Fall in Nordegg

On Sunday September 21st I headed out to Nordegg.  My daughter Hailey came along with me.  Margarit stayed behind in the city.  She and her sister Natalia are dealing with sorting through all the stuff that belonged to their mother.

On Monday the 22nd I blasted over to Golden to meet my friend Rob and pick up his drying cabinet.  While I did that, Hailey stayed behind at the cottage and relaxed.

Tuesday the 23rd was forecast to be the nicest day of the week and it did not disappoint.  The temperature got up to about 24C and it was mostly sunny all day.  I wouldn't call it a wind, but there was a breeze, somewhat brisk at times.  Shortly before lunch Hailey and I headed over to the golf course to play nine holes on the Historic Nordegg course.  Hailey had never played golf before, and never even swung a club.  I'm certainly not a good enough golfer to offer much in the way of coaching.  She had an acceptable score for an absolute newbie, and I think she enjoyed the game.  The fact that it was a beautiful day, and that for most of it we were the only ones on the course, certainly helped.

Last time I played, at the beginning of the month, I discovered that my six iron had a dent in it.  This time around I noticed that my 5 and 7 irons had suffered the same fate.  There was a round depression, about the size of the golf ball, in the face of all three clubs.  This was a really cheap set of clubs that I bought, about three years ago, at Canadian Tire.  They were made in China, and for 250 bucks I got a putter, five irons, a wedge, a driver, a three wood, and two hybrid fairway woods, all in a golf bag with stand, and club covers.  It appears you get what you pay for.  The quality of these clubs certainly leaves something to be desired.  I have never abused them, and probably only played three dozen nine hole rounds with them since I bought them.  I'll make due until the end of this golf season, but will have to get something better next year.

After our golf game was finished, Hailey and I took the canoe down out of the rafters of our garage.  We loaded it in my truck and I hauled it over to Goldeye Lake.  Hailey jumped in and paddled around on the lake for a couple of hours.  While she did that, I blasted back to the cottage and looked after a few chores.  Hailey found a spot on the far shore of the lake and had lunch and read a book for a while.  I had pre-arranged to be back to the lake to pick her up at about six.  I actually got there about a half hour early.  She struggled a bit to paddle across the small lake as the breeze kept pushing the canoe off course.  Eventually she got back and we loaded the canoe back into the truck and returned to the cottage.

We were both pretty tired in the evening from the physical activity of the day.  We had a BBQ and grilled a couple of steaks before eventually turning in early.