May 24, 2017
Some bad news but also some very good news
My fall was last Friday about dinner time. My knee is still bothering me. I had the opportunity today to walk a few blocks and it was a bit of a struggle. Not good news for Venice but I intend to start in a few days to build up my walking. I have realized that we haven’t had a good walk since our last long beach walk with the girls the end of March.
You may remember that when I fell I thought that I had broken my eye glasses but Colin assured me that they where only bent. The arrow shows where the barely visible break is.
It was a long weekend here in Canada so today was the first opportunity for me to take them into the only place that I trust with my glasses as I am extremely sensitive and the fitting has to be perfect. Sadly when Deb picked them up she told me that they were broken. She is going to call tomorrow and try to get just the one piece required to repair the frame. I certainly hope so as they are my most favorite frame.
We went to check out our lake yesterday and we were surprised to see it had gone down. The water level has actually decreased to the point that two of our cement steps are now visible. Meanwhile the city of Kelowna is only 5 centimeters away from flooding. Okanagan Lake rose 4.5 centimetres overnight to a new level of 342.95 meters, five centimeters below its highest recorded level of 343 meters in 1948. Flooding is imminent yet our small lake level continues to lower.
We are quite surprised at how quickly our lake came up, this was taken May 4th.
This was taken the next day, May 5th and by the 8th we were being evacuated. You saw the photos of our lawn covered and water up to the house on May 9th.
Colin and I are wondering if the powers that be might have made an error. The incident commander chief we spoke with on the 8th or 9th told us that they had had to open the dam way up in the hills in order to release some of the water pressure as the dam may have burst. Was our flood man made? Had they opened the culvert drain at the far end of our lake and decreased the lake level before opening the dam, the flood very well many have been avoided. The only other difference is the two days of heavy rain that we had. However without the dam being opened for just a bit ( that is what they say, just a bit ) our flood may very well have been avoided. In the past we have always been able to deal with the spring melt. Over the past several days we have experienced abnormally high temperatures and yet our lake continues to lower. Something is not correct in this equation. With my new older age I am going to wisely let this theory of mine go. Life is short and I really need to start enjoying it.
So that brings us to the good news. We are going home tomorrow 😀 😀 😀 Finally. Colin was supposed to work today but it is snowing up at Silver Star so the shoot has been delayed. As our lake was cooperating we decided to move our return forward a few days. So today we did some packing and loaded the Jeep. I can’t believe how much one can pack into that car. We brought a carload of stuff back home today and unpacked it and I also drove my car home to park it as we can only drive the RV and the Jeep tomorrow.
So very happy to be going home tomorrow.
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Great news and welcome home. I have only total love for Italy and I know she will treat you well. Do take the time to grab a bottle of wine and walk to a street end on the Grand Canal and hang your feet off the edge, a picnic that is extriodanary. Cheap as chips some might say, a pleasure beyond words is what we say!
Happy to hear a bum knee isn’t going to stop you from having a fantastic time. And being able to go home – that has got to be such a wonderful feeling.
Bad news about your glasses, hopefully they can be fixed quickly. Great news about your going home! Also good news about your knee mending. I am trying to do 70,000 steps this week as we leave for Greece next Wednesday. Conditioning is a good idea so there is no overdoing it on holiday.
So glad you’re going home! Sucks about your glasses.
I find your conspiracy theory very compelling!