DAY 76

Day 77: The Trailer Painters We made a quick trip to Sioux Lookout on Wednesday to be there for a memorial and laying to rest of the ashes of Zoya and Zane's Grandfather, Joseph Zinkiewicz. I was writing finals and wasn't able to make it to the funeral in the spring. I was truly honoured to be a part of this day, and to be there for my Wife and Stepchildren. We had very little time to spare while we were there and the three people we made time to see, were not at home. Uncle Art, my nephew Kyle, and Deb Roy... See you next time? A special thanks to Billy and Maria for opening up there beautiful home and letting us all spend the night, and especially for their wonderful hospitality. I would also like to thank Julia and Natalie for the great company and the lessons in Uno, Skip-bo, and of course Wii. It was great to spend time with you both! The photo for today is from on the way to Sioux. We stopped to see Kurtis and Jarod and when we pulled up they were getting ready to finish painting the newly refurbished utility trailer. Last year at a bomber game they were giving away, well... Bomber hats? Apparently they make great painting hats...

Day 77: Coffee with Jack and Arlene This morning Stacie and I got up and strolled down the hill to Jack and Arlene's for coffee. It was really great to sit and talk to them. So many names I hadn't heard for years. Some of them for decades! The one cup turned into three, or maybe even five? I know I had lot's of energy and took the short cut trail straight up the hill! The photo for today was taken late last night. I wanted to do some startrails being we were in some of the best dark skies around, but it was almost a full Moon. Doesn't work so well when the night sky has a Sun reflector beaming the daytime light from the other side of the world. I set this up on the dark side of the house and managed to get a few minutes in before it was all washed out by the Moon...