Well unfortunately my wife found out the hard way what meningitis is. Lucky for us she is recovering well and seems to be OK here now. It's been a long rough week of parents flying in, babysitters for the lad's, fast food, and a lack of sleep.
Needless to say kayaking didn't happen this week.
My wife was heavily sedated however I stayed by her side day and night worried to death. During one of my drives either too or from the hospital to check up and care for my wee lad's I heard of a new book "Alligators of the north" which sounded very interesting. However with my brain running around a million things from work to kids to wife; to my new found little chores my wife usually does ( do you know someone has to BUY shampoo?)It totally slipped my mind.
Anyway being the awesome husband I am, I remembered her talking about a book she was waiting for that was released on the 5th. So before I went to the hospital I dropped by coles bookstore and picked it up for her. Not that she could actually read it, but I was glad it put a smile on her face anyway. And right there at the checkout was Alligators of the north!
It is a fantastic book of the awesome warping tug's that were used for pulling timber over ground and water. I don't want to get too much into the books awesome descriptions and stories but WELL worth picking up. It's given me some clues as to the steamshipwreck I showed you guys on that previous post. More on that once I get a few more tidbits to fit my puzzle together. I will hopefully end my quest soon to I.D the wreck.
I had a good chuckle when I realised I was reading a book I had heard about on a CBC radio, sitting in the hospital...When I told my wife she exclaimed:
"Oh my God, were getting old arnt we"
Needless to say kayaking didn't happen this week.
My wife was heavily sedated however I stayed by her side day and night worried to death. During one of my drives either too or from the hospital to check up and care for my wee lad's I heard of a new book "Alligators of the north" which sounded very interesting. However with my brain running around a million things from work to kids to wife; to my new found little chores my wife usually does ( do you know someone has to BUY shampoo?)It totally slipped my mind.
Anyway being the awesome husband I am, I remembered her talking about a book she was waiting for that was released on the 5th. So before I went to the hospital I dropped by coles bookstore and picked it up for her. Not that she could actually read it, but I was glad it put a smile on her face anyway. And right there at the checkout was Alligators of the north!
It is a fantastic book of the awesome warping tug's that were used for pulling timber over ground and water. I don't want to get too much into the books awesome descriptions and stories but WELL worth picking up. It's given me some clues as to the steamshipwreck I showed you guys on that previous post. More on that once I get a few more tidbits to fit my puzzle together. I will hopefully end my quest soon to I.D the wreck.
I had a good chuckle when I realised I was reading a book I had heard about on a CBC radio, sitting in the hospital...When I told my wife she exclaimed:
"Oh my God, were getting old arnt we"
I don't know about that but two things are for certain.
1. Meningitis is a horrible thing.
2.Alligators of the North is a must have for anyone with a interest in history. A well written very information heavy book. It's a must have in any part time historians library. I see myself referencing this book a lot in the future.
Don't get meningitis...buy this book....and life will be good.
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