June 28, 2019
Wind seems to be a constant here. It was too windy for kayaking but we are going to make the best of the day. The Moose Mountain Provincial Park is very large and is situated around Kenosee Lake and several other smaller lakes. The village of Kenosee is established on the eastern shore of Kenosee Lake. After breakfast we decided to explore the area and get to know this park. A large public beach is located on the edge of the village, and many cottages line the shore within the provincial park. Several summer and Bible camps are built on the west end of the lake. The Provincial campsite is quite large and has over 400 campsites.
Near the main beach was a Mini Golf course and Debbie challenged me to a game of Mini Golf. It was a hard fought game and Debbie beat me 88 to 116. I think she cheated!!
Debbie has been working hard on completing a Canada Day Banner, and wanted it completed before July 1, so we went back to the campsite. It was a perfect day for her to do that, and it would give me some time to work on the blog. We have been in areas without wifi for several days.
While Debbie was sewing, at her sewing machine in our campsite, a lady and her daughter rode by on their bicycles and she stopped and exclaimed, “your sewing!” She stopped in and they began talking, and you guessed it – she was a quilter! Tracey is camping at the lake with her family. She and her husband have a large grain farm near Torquay, near Estevan, Saskatchewan. Debbie and Tracey talked quilting and soon another friend of Tracey joined them. Maryanne is also a quilter and she owns a cabin on Kenosee Lake. They have been friends for a long time and Maryanne also lives 10 kms from Tracey. The conversations continued and they invited Debbie to join them for coffee the next morning. These quilters seem to just pop up at the strangest places and seem to connect immediately!!
The evening was still warm and we enjoyed a few beers, had a barbeque and a shower. As we went to bed we could see storm clouds building in the distance.At 2:00 am I was awakened by thunder and lightning. For a continuous 2 hours, sheet lightning lit up the night sky and rain pelted the trailer. It was simply spectacular, and I had to wake Debbie up so she could witness this too. It was about this time that she noticed her feet getting wet and we realized we had left the trailer windows open and the wind was driving the rain inside! I got up to find the counters wet and water on the floor. After mopping up the water we laughed because that ole grey cloud found us again! We finally fell asleep around 4:00 in the morning.
Quilting in a Kayak 