Always time for a roadside ditty ;-)



Well it's been a fairly eventful stint since I last wrote. Our elementary school performances were well received and the kids were fascinated by how we got there, where do we sleep, do we repair our own punctures, and "can any of you do the splitz"! Then, for the first of the high school performances we decided to rewrite and re-rehearse the play to make it more relevant to this audience. This entailed a lot of work, but at our premier the kids seemed to be paying attention and laughing in all the right places. I had worried they would just laugh throughout ;-) but apparently we're on the right track!


Thunder Bay has presented us with lots of exciting opportunities, including both running and participating in workshops at Lakehead University. Another highlight was connecting with the group "Bicycles for Humanity". This organization collects bikes that are headed for landfill and repairs them. Mountain bikes are shipped to Namibia en masse, where they are converted into all kinds of trailer bikes and even ambulances for health workers. Road bikes are donated to families living in shelters in the Thunder Bay area. We performed our play for them, before helping with bicycle repair for a few hours...very inspirational.

There is so much more to tell but so little internet access; so maybe I'll have to fill in the gaps (i.e. the beauty of Quetico and Kakabeka Falls) some other time! I hope you're all having a lovely day, ciao for now!