stubsadventures

In the last few days, I have started to explore more and more of the “back 40” they call it here. A system of paths that go through the hills. The main trial system has a trail loop that is 5km but there are so many interlocking trails, you could make a good hike out of it if you really wanted to.

Unfortunately, that is the area that the cougar is hanging out in right now, so I’m a little anxious to do some of the further, more remote parts of the trails until that friendly little fella is removed. Even with it hanging around the neighbourhood, I have stayed closer to the houses and explored a couple of different sections of the river also. The river is fairly shallow the entire length of it but you can kayak it early in the season. This time of year, you can pretty much walk from rock bar to rock bar as long as you don’t mind getting a little wet. Caper does mind. She still to this day hates the water. Sometimes, I can’t believe she’s my dog.

The last couple of weeks, I’ve been filling up the pantry, and preparing my emergency kit. It snowed three days in a row. It is going to be a long winter. With the closest store being 20 minutes away, I want to make sure I have everything to hibernate in comfort this winter. I have a fire every night now because it’s pretty cold when the sun goes down. It’s been below zero at night for the last two weeks or so. I actually love cold weather for some reason, so I’m not worried about the long winter but everyday more and more I realize how much work it takes to live outside out of the city. Between chopping wood, preparing for the winter, trying to unpack the house, painting for four days, and managing to hike around and have lots of awesome people come out to check out the place, the days have been exhausting. Because the room that is eventually going to be the den needs a lot of work, I just decided to leave the room empty until it’s done and all that furniture is piled in the future “adventure planning centre” aka, the office. That means that I haven’t had any TV since I lived here, not even to watch movies (I haven’t had cable in the last five years). I thought that was going to really bother me, especially at night when it is quiet but I find myself often just sitting next to the fire and enjoying the quiet. I know it will end, eventually I have to go back to work, haha.

Stubs.