Just a Few More Miles

I received an email from a friend in London that said he was going to spend the weekend walking along the coast.

Walking.

For fun.

"Did your car break down?" I asked.


Apparently this passes as ‘an excursion’ in the UK?!
Really - people there actually plan their holidays around a walk!

Just imagine how that would go over in Canada! Imagine there is a company called the Wandering Canuck and they specialize in these ‘walking holidays’.

“WALK! From Calgary to West Edmonton Mall. Witness beautiful prairie sunsets!"
(lots and lots and lots of sunsets)

“Walk the Yukon! Whitehorse to Dawson – be there in only 87* hours!"
*absolutely NO rest breaks, sleeping, or stopping to re-tie your shoe

“Walk the Yellowhead. A lifetime experience!"
…an entire lifetime…


Or the old Saskatchewan walking tour "I walked for seventeen days straight - saw wheat and an owl. Oh and a dog that was running away. Strangest thing - his owners were still watching him from their porch even though he was at least four days away by then. Took one photo and captured the entire trip. Wait, here's the photo. See, I started here and ended here - there's the owl I saw on day two and the dog I saw on day eleven. Ahhh, good times."


OK. I get it. It's flat.


You know, maybe Canadians should take up walking, give them something better to do than poke fun of Saskatchewan.


happy friday,
tanya