ad Deum, qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I tend to spend vacation time visiting and praying in foreign missions. Either that or hiking, which brings up entirely different issues that we won’t go into right now. This year was no different. One of our Parishioners is discerning a vocation to religious life in the Family of Jesus the Healer. My life is forever transformed by spending time with them in prayer, and in experiencing their devotion …
This actually belongs towards the middle of the entire Canadian Hiking segment. Still, while its a mis-chronicled chronicle, it’s at least here. A random photo from the Tonquin Valley… we hiked a circuit in this valley which, from the looks of things, is rarely done. And I am here to tell the tale! Don’t do it! Find a better way! Basically, we hiked a rarely used route which was sodden with mud and boulders, and …
Did I mention that this is a fifteen mile day-hike, starting off with with the sudden and unending 1500 foot, 300 meter, 150 story or so, ascent up to The Notch and ending with a five mile slog down what is politely known as the “Fire Road”? I know that I did, but if you missed that, these pix cover a lot of territory. So many scenes are left out. But the thing is, you …