I’m not a doctor, and do not pretend to be one either. As someone with controlled high blood pressure, I did find this to be an interesting read. It basically confirms what my doctor has been telling me. As an added bonus, many of these are effective for cholesterol issues as well.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/nutrition/20-foods-that-lower-blood-pressure/ss-AAtmu3s?ocid=ientp
A shot I took with my iPhone in July of 2013 as we cruised past on a Celebrity cruise liner. A different look of the mountains from what we are used to as we see them from the Alberta side daily. Very stark contrast as they rise out of the ocean as compared to the foothills and prairie on our side.
I guess we owe you an explanation on our extended absences of late. To be truthful, we (I) have been suffering a motivational failure at the exact moment that we had accelerated our planning. What planning you ask. I’d say retirement planning but that has some negative connotations. Let’s go with future planning.
We seem to have made some decisions now that bode well for our future. This should translate in some posting (I think). At any rate there are mounds of digital media to sort through and many adventures to share.
See you soon
A nice shot of our yard at our hopeful retirement spot in beautiful British Columbia. Taken by our neighbour and shows their back yard and deck and our out buildings and part of our park model. Very nice shot. 
Hanging out last night at our trailer in the BC Kootenays, watching the fire. Decided to check out the slow motion function on my phone. Turned out pretty cool.
Couple of shots from the weekend.
Couple of shots from the weekend.
Chateau Ste Michelle is an American winery, situated in Washington state. The wines from this area are becoming quite well-known and are carving out a name for themselves. The vineyards have been in existence since the repeal of prohibition.
The wine we are reviewing is a 2011 Merlot, purchased at the Real Canadian Liquor Store here in Calgary, and is reasonably price at below $20.00. We paired it with a Montreal spice chicken breast and sweet potato, all off the barbecue, and it was excellent.
To be truthful, I consider this purchase to be a steal and highly recommend it to our friends and readers. Typical of Merlot, it was light and flavorful, with minimal earthiness. A very good pair to the spiced breasts. There are hints of black cherry and some definite spiciness There are many fruit flavors and it has a good finish. In addition to pairing with food, it is very suitable for plain old every day sipping.
For more information on the winery, I have added a few links for you..
A Throwback Thursday post from 2011, a cruise out of New Orleans .
I am thinking I should have named this what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, but this ain’t Vegas. We are cruising into international waters on the NCL Spirit. We departed at 5:00, but first we had to meet up with Gord and Cheryl, who arrived in New Orleans at midnight on the 19th. We had our breakfast, made contact and headed off for our ship. Arrived at about 11, were processed by noon and on board by 1. The day ended in Y so it was time for a drink. We found the pool, and made friends very quickly with one of the servers and proceeded to explore the beer menu. It was extensive. One bucket of Red Stripe (buy 5, get 1 free) later, Gord came up with a suggestion. There is a pub crawl tomorrow, let’s do that. (I’m thinkin’ Gord likes drinkin’). After 6 beer, that sounded great, sign me up. As all things do, the day was moving on and it appeared that it was time to find our staterooms and get ready for dinner.
The beauty of NCL is the freestyle dining. Casual dress, no schedule, eat when you want from a large and varied menu. The food was excellent throughout the trip. Prior to dinner though, it was deck time to do the traditional wave to all the people on shore who could care less (probably thinking we are bunch of saps) that we are leaving. Yes the ship was leaving. And leaving, and leaving, and leaving. Apparently, it takes a while to reach the Gulf of Mexico from New Orleans. This got fairly old in a hurry, this leaving stuff, so we left the leaving. Suppertime.
As we sat for supper in the Windows dining room, we could look out the aforementioned windows and marvel at the scene. We were still leaving. We ate, had dessert, chatted, got up and left. It was now 4 hours after we had left, and, believe it or not, we were still leaving. Apparently it takes one heck of a long time to reach the gulf.
One more stroll on deck, then a show. Predictably, the show was really the cruise lines version of the Home Shopping Channel, but we were there, and some people like listening to Cruise Director’s talk about how great the shopping is on board. After an hour of excruciating pre-shopping , it ended. We decided to head back on deck to check things out, and we were pleased to see that we were no longer leaving, we had reached open water. Feeling satisfied, we headed off for bed.
When Lori and I were perusing possible excursions, we came across one in Belize that looked a bit different. River tubing through caves. I don’t believe there are to many places in the world that this combination would exist, so, we had to try it. We book excursions for 1 main reason, not missing the ship’s s departure. Apparently they will wait for late returning excursions if booked through them, but will not for people who book independently. The reason being they have no idea where you are on a private excursion, but know when you book their system. Basically cheap insurance.
We arrived in Belize City and were surprised to learn that the cruise ships cannot dock there. Not a problem in any way, just interesting. Shuttle boats took us to shore, about a 5 mile run.
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