Senior's Games, Vernon, BC

Leo participated in the Senior's Games again this September, held in Vernon this year.  We stayed at Kekuli Bay Provincial Park on Kalamalka Lake,

There's an undeveloped rail trail from Vernon to Kelowna that passes through the park.

only 10 minutes from the recently built track at Okanagan College.

Leo participated in a number of track events, from the 800 meters to the 5000 meters, racewalking, and several relays.

Connie competed successfully in what she does best, spectating:

The 10 km road race went from a viewpoint down to the campsite and back up again, with views like this:

Leo was first in his age class in the 10 k

But Robert from Vancouver was hot on his heels the whole way.

As always Leo did well, winning 8 medals, including 4 gold!

Tartu

From every appearance Tartu is a wonderful little city, a university town since 1632, built along the Emajogi river,

full of young students, with a lovely old town,

 and a ruined cathedral on a hilltop,

We walked by many of these sights, stopped for a delicious buffet lunch, and within 2 hours we were overcome with food poisoning and spent the next three days in our hotel room.

Also, if you are looking for a quiet place to sleep, perhaps you should pay attention to the fact that your hotel is built to resemble a bierstein?

Alexandri Hotel

We stayed an extra day in Tartu to get over our illness, then drove back to Riga, stayed in a hotel right at the airport, got up at 5 am to catch our plane, and fortunately were recuperate enough to make it home without incident!