{"id":7575,"date":"2014-10-13T07:15:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T14:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2014-11-23T16:17:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T00:17:54","slug":"happy-canadian-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/happy-canadian-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Okanagan<\/a>
Okanagan Lake (Paul’s Tomb), Thanksgiving, 2014.
Photo by Tabs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, my sister, daughter and niece (not filmed) spent a few of our afternoons in Okanagan Lake.<\/p>\n

The thing I love about Canadians is that we are tough mothers. Cold water never frightens a Canadian.
\nLast year, when I was in Cuba, snorkelling in a freshwater, underground river, our driver told me I’d find the water too cold to bother going in. Of course, as a Canadian, I highly doubted it. Indeed, the water was refreshing, similar in temperature to a fresh water Canadian lake in July.<\/p>\n

Thus, on this Thanksgiving, on top of being thankful for family and health, I am very thankful for beautiful Okanagan Lake; which, is a huge part of my life all year long. I’m either in the lake or running on trails above it.<\/p>\n

I thank Ogopogo, the spirit of Okanagan Lake.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to my fellow tough Canucks!<\/h4>\n

The video was taken on the beach, at the bottom of the mountain I live on.
\nhttpv:\/\/youtu.be\/ynyKYxSVQNk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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