This summer is going to be very busy summer and I’m looking very forward to it. Driving down to Colorado to meet up with the RMCKC and then driving to Rochester, NY for US Age Group Nationals. From there we drive up to Canada and do the summer race series. Then, back to Alberta for nationals and Pan Ams. As we are camping the whole summer, I doubt I will get a chance to post anything new. Have...

I have really been enjoying art lately. We get to try all different materials and complete a bunch of different projects. As our class is really small (5 people on a busy day) we spend a lot of time chilling out. It’s a nice change of pace during the day. Here are some samples of what I’ve done. Dancer (Henri de Touleuse Lautrec) Pan American Games Poster Self-portrait

I was able to attend a wonderful awards night put on by the Calgary Booster Club, in which I received an endowment fund award which will help pay contribute towards my training and competitive goals this year. Many important sportspeople were in attendance and it was pretty cool to meet all of the people who have made a difference in the Calgary sporting community. Thank you Calgary Booster Club...

I woke up yesterday morning to a very red and very swollen hand. It looked like a clown’s nose was to trying to escape from my hand. I left it to its own devices, but by the afternoon, it was still huge so I showed it to Mike. He promptly gave me a Benadryl and we went paddling. I was doing a ferry across the river when the meds finally got absorbed into my blood stream. It felt like I had just...

To the right: infamous sea urchin rock Another day off, another beach to visit; this beach was quite picturesque, set in a cove with lava rock formations on either sides. Upon arriving, we scoped out the place and promptly decided to climb that massive lava rock. Mike and the boys went first, they told us all about the oh so wonderful sea urchins chillin’ on the rock. Haley and I treaded water...

Mexico has been tons of fun so far. As we are staying here just short of a month, we are exploring the area so we know the best places to train, eat, run, etc. A couple days ago Mike dropped a car of us off just below the waterfalls. We were supposed to do a workout but decided it could wait. We wanted to explore! Paddling upstream, we discovered a canyon. The vegetation coming over the edge of...

We have been at Aventurec for two days now. Upon arriving, I immediately found out that the bugs here mean business! Five minutes outside and my legs don’t even resemble legs anymore. They aren’t mosquitoes, but are more like noseeums. They are tiny and you don’t even know they’ve bitten you until 15 minutes later when you’re scratching your skin off. I broke my paddle today. Luckily...

Thanks for the great pic Mike To be an athlete you have to appreciate the art of travelling. To wake-up up before the sun, delegate with check-in clerks, and in those especially wonderful cases, to weave your conspicuously oddly-shaped white package between people and poles in the customs line. Once you’ve successfully navigated through the field of land-mines, you’re home-free. You have a...

So I realize that I haven’t posted anything for a long time. It has been a long couple months. Team Alberta leaves for Mexico tomorrow morning for a month. I am not taking my computer with me for this camp, but if I am able to find an internet connection, I’ll put up a post and add some pics.

We were able to paddle a few days ago. The weather was just above zero. Not too much on the Bow, but enough that Mike had to jump to shore a few times when the ice shelf he was standing on collapsed and sunk into the river. It’s a good thing he has those water-proof boats, or Mike may have been a very unhappy, waterlogged coach. I haven’t been in my boat for awhile, and as a result my edges...