{"id":5237,"date":"2021-09-20T19:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helplink.com\/CLAFC\/?p=5237"},"modified":"2021-09-20T19:00:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T23:00:19","slug":"woodsmoke-and-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helplink.com\/CLAFC\/?p=5237","title":{"rendered":"Woodsmoke and horses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The lazy hazy days of summer took on new meaning as we lingered in Alberta. The summer days were hot and dry, and in neighbouring British Columbia it was even hotter, and dryer. Forest fires bumped Covid-19 off the top headline. The skies looked foggy, and the nights a blaze of red glory. Luckily, we got to spend a lot of this time at D&S’s cabin on Beauvais Lake, so can’t complain — too much \ud83d\ude09.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hot summer days not only gave rise to vast forest fires, but also seemed to spawn powerful thunderstorms. A couple of days before we came down, Beauvais was hit with a particularly nasty thunderstorm, including some very large hail. Reports were of golf ball or larger sized stones. We arrived a few days later, and the area around the cabin looked like a war zone. The surrounding spruce and poplar trees had been completely pummelled, leaving huge amounts of debris all over the area and deck. It took us three days of semi-hard work to clean it all up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then, just as we’d got most things cleaned up, another heavy hailstorm hit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Notwithstanding Nature trying to kill us with hail and smoke, our time at the cabin was wonderful (as usual). We did some paddling, and a bit of walking and (Ann) swimming. And we even got to spend a few days with the newlyweds when they came down to relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually we shifted back up to Calgary to spend a few more days of good company and good ping pong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n