Welcome to White Cane Connections.

My name is Sue Boman. Yes, that’s me in the picture posted here. I have called this blog White Cane Connections because I am one of the many people who use a white cane. I began this blog because I wanted to write about a project I undertook in 2012. The plan was to complete a series of walks using my white cane. Between March and September, I walked in 82 different locations across Canada. So, the blog begins by telling of my experiences and the many people I met along the way.

While this particular journey has now been completed, I find that I still have much to write about. I am continuing to make new white cane connections, and so for the time being I will continue to add regular posts to this blog. I am hoping that you will be a partner in the journey.

Sue


Friday, 23 January 2015

January 23 - Snow in the Mountains



Good weather, good roads and good gas prices led us to a weekend away in Canmore. For those of you who live outside Alberta, Canmore is just before the gateway to Banff National Park and just inside the beginning of the mountains. It was a perfect weekend for a mini retreat.

I like being around big things. As I have written before, I don’t see detail, but I can make out larger objects. Mountains fall into this category.  I can see the huge shapes even though I might not be able to see a definitive outline.

In Canmore, we walked on a number of the river trails and other trails leading through the trees. Canmore is a fairly active and sports minded community and we passed many other people also walking, jogging, running and biking. The trails were wide enough for Lyle and I to walk side by side and the number of people using the trails meant that the snow was packed down and walking was easy. It was nice to be able to enjoy our outside activity in a different location.

Lyle took the accompanying picture on one of our walks. The majestic mountain peaks were quite visible when we looked across the river. 

View of mountains from Canmore


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