Good Things Always Appear

Wow, where has the month gone? And we woke up to snow this morning so a bowl of oatmeal porridge for breakfast was in order. We are all set to go tomorrow morning to the US.

Things have rolled along so quickly for Randal & I as we camped out in Cochrane AB. We certainly feel we are on the wave of our goals and adventure of travelling. We have become very clear with life together.Many  things have showed up in our life that has steered us in that direction.

We viewed  Food Matters which gave us an insight of the importance of good diet and maintaining our health. We also viewed The Living Matrix Movie This is a full length film on The New Science of Healing, which featured some top practitioners and researchers who reveals the scientific theories behind alternative healing and offer their perspectives on how these new concepts may shift the future of healthcare.

Our visits to Calgary were always busy with appointments, suppers with the family, walks, attending volleyball games and violin lessons.

















The Hilderman household is a well scheduled one and now that Kaney has her driver's licence the pressure is taken off Kerry and Lynne with getting everyone at the right place at the right time.

My First Mountain Climb Experience

This past Thanksgiving weekend was a truly exciting one for me, to say the least!

After breakfast on a beautiful October 9^th morning, Randal & I were picked up by Lynne, Kerry along with my granddaughters, Kaney, Lexi and Nikki to spend the day on Mt. John Laurie, commonly known as “Yamnuska”, which is a Stoney Indian word meaning “Mountain with sheer cliffs”.

For a prairie -gal, this was my first time on a 5 hour walk up 775 meters above from where we were we started from. I was encouraged to take part as there were groups of other walkers of all ages, from very young to seniors and dogs.

I walked in a very cautious manner using two walking sticks. Going up on the rocky, root-bound, narrow winding path was challenging at times, but we took time to rest at various stages. As a true mountain climber, I took very slow steps and drink plenty of water.

I brought my Nikken Sports Bottle with me and I had a pair of magsteps insoles in my new walking shoes.

Halfway along the switch-backs we stopped to have a snack and I had to make a decision whether to go further. I was feeling pretty good at this point as long as I did not look up to see how far we needed to climb. I kept my eyes looking down to where my next step would be.

When we reached the area where adventurous climber took the gully to the very top, Randal & I took a rest and just enjoyed the view and sunshine. We watched as Lynne and Nikki, my 9 year old granddaughter, climb through the gully and waved from the ledge above us. Kerry, Kaney and Lexi were not seen as they where far ahead of us by this time and had gone to the top.

I was told the decent was would be much easier and would take less time. I was not sure of this as the path did not look the same and I really had to secure good footing. I tried not to look down to where I was to go. My legs were starting to feel the the previous up-climb. I felt muscles I did not know I had!!

Kerry had suggested a path that would be longer but much easier to do. He lead the way until the path ran out. The way back up added to more agony to my legs. So I limped down the rest of the way and was relieved when the path levelled out on to the parking lot.

My recovery time the next few days was to do plenty of Yoga stretches, drink PiMag water and use the BiAxial Power and rubbing the muscles with CM Cream Of course I got plenty of rest in my sleep system. 

 Thank to all the encouragement from my family and the Nikken products for making this adventure so exciting and healing

New Albertans.

We are well settled in being Albertans.

We have been here since September 18, which has given us time to get all the necessary paper work done to officially be residents here. I now know what an immigrant must feel like when they arrive in Canada! In order to get our driver's license and health insurance we needed proof of Canadian citizenship (pass port and birth certificate), permanent address, an Alberta phone number (that I can see) and an Alberta bank account.

Not only our RAM had to go through a check, we had to get a Saskatchewan driving record abstract before we could get driving insurance. Since Randal had lived in Alberta for 20 years, his record was researched as well.

I guess we passed everything as we were able to put red and white plates on our Open Range Travel Trailer and Dodge RAM Truck. Now we are colour coordinated!!

We have a Calgary address so the government will know where we live. It is amazing how many other campers we have met so far that are full time Rvers and have done the same thing, of using one of their children's address as theirs!!

We are making it a habit to get out every morning walk even in the rainy weather, like it was this morning. Today is a good morning for oatmeal porridge for breakfast.  

On Our Way

So much has happened since my last blog, that I do not know where to start..

The summer went very fast as Randal & I continued to sort, organize, give away and sell our possessions. We are only taking what we need the Open Range Travel Trailer. We were anxiously waiting for the house to sell and had set our plans to leave Buena Vista by September 15^th.

September came and so did customers looking at the house. Jeff, from Sutton Reality, worked hard with the sale of the property. We accepted an offer that came in and we really had to push to finalize everything, as well as pack and empty the house, garage and sheds. We took the remainder to Randal's Mom's garage.

We were out on  September 15^th, our first place to take our trailer was Lumsden Riverside Camp site. We stayed there while we finished with with the packing and eliminating.

 Now was time to hit the road for Calgary, leaving on September 17^th stopping in Medicine Hat where we boon docked in an old Walmart packing lot. There were several other campers and truckers spending the night there, so we were not alone.

We arrived in Calgary on Sunday afternoon and spent the time with Lynne, Kerry and the girls before moving the trailer to Cochrane Bow RiverEdge Camp site. We will be here until October 17^th when we head west.  

Summer Fun

There was exciting times over the August long weekend here at our home in Buena Vista!

Lynne, Kerry, Kaney, Lexi and Nikki visited from Calgary.

They camped out in the house, while Randal & I took to our Open Range Travel Trailer.

We had picnic meals with paper and plastics. The fresh veggie from my garden, was a real treat.

Everyone enjoyed the sunny warm weather.

This was especially pleasing to Kaney, when she purchased my car for $1.00. She now is of age to drive. Learning to navigate the streets in Calgary has given her the confidence to drive on the highways.

The Big Mug's Travels

 It started on July 6, 1960 in Germany when my travelling companions, Marion and Jacqui and I were "Auto-stopping" through Europe.

We were hitch-hiking in the Bavarian Country of southern Germany and had arrived in Munich on July 5,1960.

We had  been  in the Bavarian town of Oberammergau to seen the "Passion Play".

Here are quotes from my journal from that day:  "An American soldier picked us up and went out of his way to take us to Munich. He drove us through a pretty part of the country, a small road that run by a stream. We arrived in Munich by 11:30 am where the soldier dropped us off. We found the American Express Office, where we picked up mail from our families. We took a tram to the Youth Hostel, where we spent the night." 

The next day July 6,1960, we took a tram to the out-skirts of Munich, where we could "auto stop" to Dachau to see the Nazi Concentration Camp.  (I will write more on this trip in a future entry in this blog).

After we returned from Dachau, we spent the rest of the day walking around Munich "by the time 5:30 p.m. arrived we were off to find the Hofbraeuthaus. We had difficult time finding it. An old fellow asked us what we were looking for and took us right to it. It was a big beer drinking place filled with people. We had something to eat and a beer. An older guy took an interest in us and decided to take us back to the Youth Hostel". 


Before we left, "We walked out with 3 big mugs"!

We carried them with us in our small duffel bags for the next 8 months while worked and hitched through Europe.

I had mine with me for the past 51 years.


For the past few months I have been sorting, selling and giving things away so Randal & I can move into our new  "Open Range" Trailer.

This Big Mug was one of many things that had to go.

On June 19th I donated it the the Regina Beach Art and Craft  "Trash and Treasure Sale"

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I felt guilty and sorry for giving it away.

Randal & I went to the sale, found it sitting on a table looking so forlorn.

As a final memory of it's journey, I had a picture of me holding it lovingly!

90 Years of Giving

Regina Hadassah-WIZO celebrated their 90th Anniversary on May 15, 2011 honouring their member at the Annual Campaign for Women.

The program included a presentation of a red rose to each member in attendance;  a short history-video of Regina Hadassah WIZO's 90 years, with interviews of some of the members; and an up to date report of the  CHW's programs and projects in Israel by CHW President, Marla Dan.

The video was produced by Penny and Steve Wolfson from Wolf Sun Production from Regina. 

The pictures were taken by Randal Martin, from Studio eh Design.