Turn it how you like, but in Canada we love our weekends. Even more if they have three days, but that’s not that often. Many times I think I need a day in between Saturday and Sunday to really calm down from the week’s work and troubles.
But, hey, everybody has the same weeks, right? If not, then please don’t tell me. Here is the story of one of my usual weekends, two days long.
We have been waiting for this for a long time, but finally summer is here. The start was a bit rough, or let’s say wet. A camping weekend was half drowned, but much enjoyed anyway.
Heavy rainfall in many parts of Canada have caused trouble. Happily the camp ground where we were was high enough. But after that lonely weekend of heavy rain, the sun finally came around and started to heat us.
Last weekend we were invited in Riding Mountain National Park to learn how to camp. Personally I have seen a few camp grounds in my life, but for others it was the first time. Driving from Winnipeg at a little before 6am was already something new. I hardly get up at that time.
The first thing was to dodge the thunderstorm that was hovering over Neepawa. Once that was done, my thoughts were for the coming two days, probably full of rain and thunder too. Arrived at the camp ground, however, the weather was
A few days before Canada Day’s fireworks it’s always a pleasure to have your ideas and methods sharpened up for shooting the fireworks. In that spirit I went to the Red River Exhibition a few days ago to shoot the fireworks.
When I got in the compound, the outlook for fireworks was shrinking by the minute. While the above sky didn’t look that menacing, the one behind me did. And it delivered as well.