August Rides

 A few more pics of rides I went on in August... 

Riding somewhere with Keiran... probably to one of the music lessons they took over the summer. 

Cormorants

Heading out for another paddle with Amanda

South Bridges. And smoke. 

Tandem ride with Amanda. 

TAndem ride with Keiran. 

Out for a ride with my friend, John, who I haven't seen in, like, forever!? 

Dust. 

Smoke and dry fields. 

So much smoke this month. 

Some of it was from Northern Saskatchewan... 

But some of it was blowing in all the way from British Columbia! 

Seemed like the end times... like the whole world was on fire!? 

And yet... flowers...? 

There were crazy hot days... and then there were days Amanda felt she needed an insulated jacket!? 

Finally getting around to resurfacing our street! 

It's happening! 

Finally some cooler weather and rain. 

When it rains... it pours...!? 

Over to my folks for a birthday supper. 

Me, my mom, my sister. 

SAw a rainbow on the way home. 

And a Beaver! 

One last layer of asphalt. 

The nice thing about the road being resurfaced is it's so smooth, it's like having a roller rink right outside our front door! 

So, I finally got out skating with Keiran again. 

Wow do our muscles hurt! Has it been THAT long since we went out last!? 

ran into some firends out on the Meewasin Trail and took a picture of them... 

taking a picture of us...? 

That's all I got for now. 

Back to Skewl

 After the long weekend, some people in Amanda's office were allowed to go back to campus to work. Many are still working remotely. They were given the option and Amanda jumped at it. She figured she'd be safe, as she has a private office and no one ever comes to visit her. While SOME people have LOVED working from home. Amanda couldn't STAND it - the rest of us were TOO MUCH DISTRACTION!!!

On this first day back I rode with Amanda for fun, and then carried on for a bit longer ride... 

A mix of overcast skies and smoke from forest fires raging across Western Canada - made for a pretty dark and gloomy morning. So dark, most of the photos I took were out of focus (these are the LEAST out of focus ones!) 

So dark and gloomy, if felt a little like going back to school in September!? 

There weren't a LOT of people entering campus as we arrived. Mind you it IS still summer, and a LOT of people are still working at home. 

But there was certainly more than the last time we came to campus to pick up computers and stuff - it was a total ghost town then! 

Rainbow pathway from Arts Building to the Library 

Thorvaldson - the Chemistry Building - where Amanda currently has her office. 

Masks still required here!  

After dropping Amanda off, I headed north on the Meewasin Trail. 

So much haze! 

I thought maybe I'd just do a loop up to the Circle Bridge and back home.... only 12Km - much less than I'm shooting for daily, but I did a LOT more Yesterday. By the time I was heading back downtown from the Circle Drive bridge, I decided I'd hit the South Bridge and make it a 20Km loop. 

Pelicans and Cormorants. 

By the time I got to the south bridge, however, I was feeling a bit more awake and decided to head out to Cheif Whitecap park and make it a bit longer ride! 

Looking back at downtown from the south bridge. 

Out of town and heading towards Chief Whitecap Park. 

Grasswood Road 

Strathcona Avenue

And back into town. 

Just past here I ran into my friends John and Amy who I haven't seen in ages, which was nice. 

and back downtown...

Ended up riding over 35Km.