Traveling with my trusty backpack.

   The past few weeks have been a blur....but extremely enjoyable!  Getting together with friends for lunches, meeting on Skype with María Eugenia my travel companion to Greece, to plan our itinerary, working in the yard and garden and saying goodbye to family.  Even though I postponed my usual early morning swim and gym workouts, somehow the training with my backpack and hiking shoes just did not happen...other than perhaps a half a dozen times when I got out on the beautiful trails of Medicine Hat to accustom myself to carrying a backpack.

Enjoying a few moments rest with a cup of coffee and a good book!

Here is a portion of the train along the Seven Person's Creek just before the bridge on Dunmore Road.

Beautiful Strathcona Park

Archway in the old cemetery with the tee pee in the background.

Our beautiful landmark.

One of the paintings on the tee pee structure.

College pond.

   We are so fortunate to have such an extensive network of trails in our cityand I have come to know them so well with my running buddies or cycling with my grandchildren or training for various hiking holidays.  I know I will miss this city, my cozy little house, puttering endlessly in my garden but mostly my wonderful family and amazing friends.  See you all in August!!!
 

New Technology Challenges

  The new camera I recently purchased is very small and compact so will be great for traveling.  I like simple.... just point and shoot.  There was a manual available for download on the Canon website; 163 pages long....yikes!!!

 I must admit that I was intrigued by a feature called NFC...or Near Field Communication.  What this is supposed to allow me to do is share photos on the camera with my tablet wherever they are in close proximity and there is a WIFI connection.  This sounds so simple...right?  Enabling this feature was important because it would allow me a greater selection of photos to add to my blog while on my trip.

  Problem to resolve:  my tablet speaks Android and the new camera speaks NFC and I speak neither.
                                                                      :-(  

  However, it seems the Greek Gods were on my side and I am proud to say that after creating accounts (more passwords...!#@*&!), downloading apps, sitting at my PC with the Canon website open in one window and the 163 page manual in another, my tablet on my left and the clever camera on my right...low and behold....they talked.
   Thinking back over the hour or so that it took, I can honestly say that I have no idea what I did and doubt I could do it again.  I have one more test before I can say ˋ'Total Success' and that is to try it on a WIFI connection outside my house.