Quick Winter

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Just a quick note to assure our faithful readers that we have survived over 2 weeks in the frozen wasteland that is Edmonton and vicinity.

Our bodies were obviously not happy with the change in climate.  Both Sue and I have had nasty colds the entire time here and the extremely dry air does not seem to help much.  When we arrived, winter was in full swing, lots of snow and cold temperatures - the type of weather that makes all Canadian kids dream of hockey stardom.  It did warm up considerably during our visit and peaked early this week with high temperatures around 17 or 18 degrees (just about as warm as the overnight lows in Mazatlan).  By today, even though it has cooled off a bit, the snow has virtually disappeared in the city - just leaving behind the dirty sand and gravel covered streets.

Because of the our poor health, we have not ventured very far afield; just enough to buy the things on our ever-expanding shopping list.  We did spend some time with Susanne's family and a few days with some good friends on their anchorage just outside of Edmonton.  Fun to watch the deer traipsing around in the back yard.  Of course, now everyone we have met is at risk to contract our deadly diseases - we sincerely hope that that has been avoided.
Now, we just have to get all of our new purchases back to Mazatlan.  For some insane reason, among other things, we purchased a new kayak - inflatable so it will theoretically will become a simple piece of luggage for the journey south.  Tomorrow we embark on that journey and by nightfall should be safely back home on Sine Timore.

Sixteen days makes this the shortest winter we have ever had, and that is all good.

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