Church Barbecue in Carfunnock.

It had been showery on and off all day but it turned out well for the church barbecue in Carfunnock outside Larne.







Thanks to May Green and Campbell for all their hard work!

Last Day in Canada.


We had a flight to catch from Calgary, which is about 3 hours up the road from Medicine Hat so we left early, (got up at 5.30am) and went to a Heritage Village outside Calgary and spent a few hours there.

Really good spot, in fact you could spend the whole day there.









It's a bit like the Ulster Folk Museum or Ulster American Folk park except that there's a steam train running round it and a paddle steamer on the lake.
Dave and Caleb and I went for a ride on the train and we all loved it!

Sorry for the delay in finishing the blog of this Canadian trip. We had major problems with pictures. However here we are.

This is one of the holes on a lovely little course in Medicine Hat, "Cottonwood Golf Club".
I'm showing you this because I played the best 9 holes of my life here. Unfortunately we were playing 18!
Dave and I were playing with another couple of guys and the first nine went like a dream for me including three pars and a birdie! The second nine fell apart and I finished on 91! Which for me isn't bad but it could have been so much better!

Being North America we travelled about in golf carts!

This is a picture of David with the most useful club in his bag, a long pole for fishing his balls out of the river!

Went out for an early morning walk with Caleb.
Beautiful day.
Heard a squeaking in the long grass and discovered a snake with (live) mouse half way down it's throat!
Came back and had breakfast. Later Dave and I installed a new dishwasher and then in the afternoon we went in played golf. Very hot weather!

Fathers' Day yesterday. I was preaching in church. David was in the praise band. Good to hear the old sax going again.

Afterwards we went to Diary Queen for lunch and Caleb had an ice cream.








In the afternoon Lillian and I went out for a walk.
Those sure are big prairie skies and long trains in Canada. (Half the train is still out of sight around the bend in the distance!)

Lovely sunny day today. Took Caleb downtown to the old historic part of Medicine Hat and we had some Tim Hortons. While I was standing outside a shop waiting for Lilian a car crashed into a pillar at the side of the road facing me. The driver appeared unhurt.


After lunch I went for a walk across the couleees and took some picturesflowers and grasses of the prairies.























Came back for supper and afterwards played baseball in the back garden with Caleb.

Meeting Pastor Mike of "The Link" for breakfast tomorrow at 7.30. Preaching there on Sunday.

Weather has picked up and it is warm and sunny today. Went out yesterday and tried, (unsuccessfully) to fly my kite!






Afterwards went cycling along the prairie tracks. Note to cyclists:"Don't leave the track and cycle on the prairie itself unless you have cactus-proof tyres!"

Took a few pictures in the back garden with the kids the other evening. Easier to take pictures of Grace than Caleb, who doesn't sit still long enough!

Wet cold and windy in "The Hat" today so we all went to the pool and had a good time.

Grace fell asleep in the car seat on the way home.

After supper

 Troy and Pamela arrived with their growing family and the kids all enjoyed playing in the Playroom.

I had the "waterproof" camera in the pool the other day and it suddenly stopped being waterproof! I managed to dry it out, which took a couple of days but in the meantime it gave me a chance to use David's digital SLR.




This is where Dave and Stacey live now in Medicine Hat. This is the front of their house and their back garden.

Caleb runs about continually at about 90 miles an hour, (he's two) but if you're quick you can get a picture as he flashes past!
We took him to see a "Little League" baseball game in the park last night. Big family atmosphere with parents and grandparents just sitting on the grass and cheering on the kids. Very civilised and family orientated society here.