Half the book club was able to come. They arrived Thursday the 19th. We missed the moonrise that evening due to clouds. Our timing was off the next evening. But, by Saturday we were ready sitting outside with beverages and a fire waiting for the moon to rise and it was worth the wait. It was spectacular.
The photo is a little grainy because of the zoom but this gives you an idea of what we saw.
While the Slow Book Club was here we did a little hiking on the trails the Esterhazy bike club has developed
But they were also eager participants in Pat's work crew. We have a pond at the bottom of the ravine that is fed by a creek that runs in a torrent in the spring and then diminishes considerably through the summer. Beavers had built a large dam and we built a bridge over a portion of it to make crossing easier. The beavers are gone now, so there is no one to do the maintenance on the dam for us. The opening in the dam has become bigger and is now in a different spot. I tell you all this because Pat led the work detail which moved and refurbished the bridge. A bridge is much better than a couple of slippery logs.
This post has taken me a while to get to. I intended to post Monday the 23rd, but another side of rural life interfered. In one week I was in Yorkton 3 times ( a family member in the hospital) Moosomin once ( quilt store open house), Regina once ( to pick up Pat's mom at the airport) and Winnipeg once (Ikea). I swear after I take Maureen's van back today ( we traded vehicles for the trip to Winnipeg) I am not getting in a vehicle for days. I am still not used to spending so much time in a vehicle. In Saskatoon we walked or biked using the car very little. Once we are settled with most of the renovating done I am hoping a weekly trip to Esterhazy will suffice.
It has been a glorious autumn and I thought I would share a couple of photos of ravine.
The last one is sunrise Sunday. Moments like this make up for the hundreds of kilometres I travelled last week.
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