February Ice-Fishing & Picnicing

With an above average warm winter and less snow than usual, Isabel took care of February cabin-fever by springing out of the BICC for three different outings this week. We drove to the valley and toured Katepwa & Mission Lakes, Katepwa townsite and Sandy Beach. If you have a cottage there, and Isabel knows where it is, we probably saw it. We noted many less fishing huts on the lakes than usual and only three vehicles on the ice on that sunny afternoon. Any idea how thick the ice is this winter? The sun was warm enough shining through the car windows to open the windows a crack as we cruised along.

Yesterday at (early) supper time, Isabel's nurse hooked her food PEG bag to a telescopic pole on her power-chair and we headed outside to sit in the sun. Isabel declared that she was going on a picnic in February. Today she sat in the sun at the main entrance and dreamt of Mexico (where she has never been!).

A coffee party in Abernethy and attending another hockey game in the Balcarres Rink made for a good week! Isabel was able to walk through all the rooms of her friend's new four-room suite in Abernethy. Thank you Wascana therapists for your dedication that helped enable an outing and a walk like this one!