Dragon Dance

Last Thursday I spent my first practice learning how to dragon dance. I quite enjoyed it. It was even more fun than I was expecting. Its also a lot trickier than I thought. Knowing which direction to move isn't always intuitive. Being aware of everyone else and knowing how to adjust your own direction and speed is very important. I can definitely see how it would take a fair bit of practice as a team to make it look smooth.

I have yet to learn the lion dance. I've never made a great effort to learn the lion dance, not really sure why. I'm oddly nervous around the lions, like they are something to be revered. Fragile and holy. They make me feel brutish. I'm uncomfortable even handling them much less being in one.  Its all very silly I know. I'm going to have to learn...

Jasper

I spent the weekend camping in Jasper. Its the first time I've been out camping this summer. Seems to be harder and harder to get people together for trips. It felt great to be out in the woods again. Saturday was spent swimming at lake Annette and some light hiking. I managed to get a wicked sunburn on my shoulders and back from the beach.

The weather was perfect Saturday but kind of lousy Sunday. The mosquitoes at the campground were absolutely terrible so we tried to spend as little time there as possible. We visited Maligned lake Sunday and I was amazed at how high the water is everywhere. The boathouse at the lake was underwater. I've always wanted to canoe across Maligne lake and camp on the sites there, hopefully I will be able to do it this summer.

I wonder if I can fit in my fridge...

This heat wave is really kicking my butt. My primary directive the past few days has been to keep as cool as possible. It doesn't help that the AC in my office at work broke yesterday, when its 28 degrees in the office I should be allowed shorts! My condo is sweltering and I haven't been getting much sleep because of it. Stupid lousy weather isn't making it any easier to exercise. Here's hoping we have a surprise blizzard. Alright I gotta turn off the computer, its too hot.