Womens Walking Group

Eight walkers did Malta Road area and down to the Shawnigan Weir. A good walk with very little
traffic and interesting things to see. Many varieties of fungus have appeared this fall. Back to
Shawnigan for coffee. Thank you to our drivers, Ann and Claudia. Next Monday Oct 28th we will walk at Mill Bay Nature Park and Beehive Campground area. Arrive at the Legion to leave at 10am
sharp.   V.M.   p.s. to the walking group. When I arrived home after the walk, Cliff had repaired
my camera.(with a toothpick) So I went right back out and did it again to get pictures.

Men's walking group

Hi All Today we had a good walk along a country road kicking Maple leaves as we went, Richards Trail which is northeast of Duncan. With coffee at the Gardwen market on the highway at the turn off to Crofton. We did about 10k. Next week is our day out we plan on walking the Cable Bay trail in Cedar having lunch at the Crow & Gate , We will be back to the Legion by 2pm . okay? Tks

Men's Walking Group

My contribution from our Richards Trail walk today.  

Google Earth image of our walk.  Lots of great farmland.

Ainta gonna need this house no longer!!

The tractor needs a bit of work too!

Interesting architecture at our turn-around point.

Time to regroup and head back the way we came.

Womens Walking Group

On a beautiful, sunny, Thanksgiving Morning, 5 walkers did 7 K on many up and down trails around the legion area, then down to say hello to the Alpacas. Coffee and a chair were most welcome after
the walk. A welcome to our new members in the walking group, Lila and Ann. Adios to Joyce from
all of us. She is leaving for Mexico, returning in April. Thank you Joyce for driving us to our
destinations and back safely. Next Monday Oct. 21st. meet at the Legion at 10am.    V.M.

Men's walking group

I didn't get to my report before the Turkey. First things first,ha  Anyway yesterday Thanksgiving 6 of us walked be hind the Legion WoW what a great day weather wise and we had a good walk too.Next week we will investigate a little country road north of Duncan called Richards trail, Also we plan on a walk in Cedar and go out for lunch to the Crow & Gate{hows that sound--- good food} on the 28th of Oct. Tks

Computer/Photography group

Hello All Computer/Photography members,

Well, I was gone for one week and I missed you all. I hear you had a great time at the photography meeting talking about computers. That's all right, I plan to show you some great mushroom pictures at the next computer meeting.

COMPUTERS:

1) The Blackberry phone that was given to me recently(about 6 months ago) has developed intermittent problems of going dead completely or showing only a blank screen. This gave me an excuse to buy a new smart phone and I chose the Samsung Galaxy S4. It's a rather large phone but it sure does everything you might think of. I'll bring it to the meeting. So far I think it is a better phone than the iPhone 5 s/c.

2) I got caught again downloading more than I wanted. This time it is a search engine called Snap Do and it just will not go away. It now is in all 3 browsers, Firefox, IE and Google. Will ask for advice on how to remove it.

3) Your questions, concerns, and input as always is welcome.

PHOTOGRAPHY:

1) Our next photography session is October 22. This happens to be the day of the IMAX trip to Victoria. I was planning to go to this and also attend the IMAX show instead of actually doing photography stuff. We should discuss this further tomorrow.

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These according to Ed Hughes are short stemmed Rossulas. They are usaully white but when they are infected with a parasite they turn bright orange and become very tasty! We did not taste them.

Womens Walking Group

Ten did 5.4 k along part of the Trans Canada Trail that began off Beverly St. Claudia directed us to
the start of our walk. This was also the trail that was done by many for the Parkinson's Walk. This is
a very nice trail with much to see along the way. A good walk and lunch at the pub. Thank you to
our drivers, Claudia and Joyce. We had mentioned we might cancel the walk for next Monday which
is Thanksgiving Day. I have since then found there are some who would like to walk, so we will
meet at the Legion at 10 am.   V.M.

Men's walking group

Hi Gang
I'm a bit late getting this out but my anniversary get away got in way of my post. Thanks for the pictures Dennis I didn't even see those deer. Any way next Monday is Thanks Givings but those that would like to walk we will do a local walk. Tks

Men's Walking Group

Some pics from our Whiskey Point-Mill Bay Park stroll today.  GPS says we did 6 Km.

This time we follow the red arrows from Baytown along the "yellow brick road".

Looking towards Brentwood College from Whiskey Point.

Looking down at the water.

Brentwood College.

Up the Down Staircase.

Lots of us today - probably because Denis ordered the sunshine to hang around.

Assembled for head count on the bridge.

Assembled for head count in the field above Mill Bay Park.

Beginning Computing Class

We have a new catagory or group in our YSAGS organisation. It is a class to show how to get on and use a computer. This is a beginner's class to show the ins and outs of using a computer. The goal is to give the confidence to do basic functions such as sending and responding to emails, using programs like Skype to keep in touch with far away friends and relatives and learn what you can do safely on a computer and what might be better to avoid.
Each student is assigned their own laptop computer and is encouraged to follow instructions so that he or she builds confidence to operate the computer on their own.
Here are a few pictures of our class.

Harvest Dinner

We celebrated our Thanksging at YSAGS with a sit down 'Harvest Dinner' this Tuesday October 1. The meal was excellent and entertainment was proveded by the Harmonica Players from Duncan.
A good time was had by all'