Who Do You Trust?

Greetings from Canadia! We made it to Calgary yesterday afternoon. [Turns out it was cheaper to fly to Calgary and drive down than it was to fly to Montana and rent the RV there. We just needed to factor dealing with customs into the plan as far as getting and transporting food across the border. Anyway...] The weather forecast is calling for the hottest day of the year! Thirty-one degrees! Of course that’s degrees Celcius, but it reminds me of a story that I have probably told before. [You don't really think that's going to stop me from repeating it do you?]

A few years ago I was in Calgary. We were going up to Banff and Jasper that time. The morning after our arrival we had the TV on while getting ready and the weather report called for the temperature to be “soaring up to 35 degrees!” To my ear that sounded really odd. It took me several seconds for that to register that, of course, it was 35 C. And another several seconds to make a mental estimate of the conversion. Damn, that really is hot! So today may be the hottest day of the year so far, but it’s no 35….

I am also saddened to hear the news of the passing of Walter Cronkite. I always liked him. Even though I’ve never been a news hound I’ve really come to appreciate how good he really was by contrasting with how bad TV news has gotten since he retired. [I briefly considered selling T-shirts with the caption, "I'd Rather Not," under Dan's face with the universal red circle/slash -- is there a name for that thing? Seems like I should know. Anyway...]

We pick up the RV today and we’re off to Waterton. Did you know that Canada has a National Park adjacent to Glacier NP in the States? Well, they do. And that’s where we are heading first. The rest of the week we’ll be south of the border [meaning back in the U.S.]. Don’t worry, I’ll take notes. And photos, of course. I know that’s what you really want anyway. I’ll shut up now.

There’s no automatic spell-check on this hotel computer and I’m road-weary so be kind if I’ve got mistakes here. Point them out and I’ll fix them later. BTW, “Canadia” in the greeting was on purpose. No offense intended. Look for a couple ghost posts this week; I don’t know whether I’ll have access before I get home. Be well!