60 Kms in 5 days!

60 KMS, well it may not sound like much, but trust me it is. I took a week off and went out to Winnipeg and Saskatoon to visit family. While there I took the opportunity to walk, A lot! I stayed at my brothers home, which is about 7 kms north of Winnipeg on Henderson Hwy, I walked into the city either to the supported housing that my mother lives at (recently moved into, thus the reason for my visit) or to my brothers church to pick up a vehicle. Either way, both destinations were 15 kms from the morning start.

This bridge pictured below, you may recall from media coverage in February, it is the bride that Olympian Cindy Klassens sister’s jeep went over the edge and landed upside down on the frozen red river below, was on my route during my morning walks. It just so happens that in February when the accident happened, I came upon the scene just 15 minutes after it occured as I was visiting in Wpg then as well. All told in the span of 5 days last week I walked 60 kms, It was, yet again, a learning experince, mainly to see what it felt like to walk for 3+ hours then see what the body thought of doing it again the next day….. needless to say I’ve got more training and conditioning to do.

In other news! Our Elgin county, Christian Horizons teams, hosted a garage sale this past week for the Guatemalan, Ecuadorian and Respite projects, Thanks to ALL who were involved and donated their time and their stuff to the cause…. If you have some pictures, sent them and I will post them here.