Barron Canyon, Algonquin Park

Just a sample of shots from my canoe trip in Algonquin Park, in the Barron Canyon, Aug 16-20.

Silent Lake

A few shots from Silent Lake Provincial Park the weekend of Aug 14-15

A final election update from Burundi:

Dear All,

After weeks of political tension around elections, situation is settling down!

All elections (Local, Presidential, Legislative and Senatorial) are complete. The new governement is likely to be formed in near future.

We thank God for His grace that took people through this difficult situation

We continue to pray that the nomination of the new governement be in peace.

Speaking about Haiti

For those of you who are interested, I will be speaking about Haiti beginning at 10 am on Sunday Aug. 22, at Wentworth Baptist Church. See link below for directions:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&q=wentworth+baptist+church+hamilton+on&fb=1&gl=ca&hq=wentworth+baptist+church&hnear=Hamilton,+ON&cid=0,0,2122105973732970253&ei=qqdZTNz_BYTfnAeG__ygCQ&ved=0CBoQnwIwAQ&t=h&z=16

On Saturday I discovered there was water on the floor of my car. Major amounts of it pooling under the floormats. It seems this may have been happening for the past 2 weeks or so. So today, I pulled the entire interior of my car out, seats, consoles, carpets, trim, to try and figure out where all this water was coming from. There was no sign of leakage from the roof, windows, or doors, so I was mystified as to the source. The water seemed clean, so it was also unlikely it was coming from underneath. Finally, I decided to pull some styrofoam insulation at the front, more just to dry it out than anything else, and that's when I noticed on the front passenger side that there was a hose coming out of the front console that appeared to have become disconnnected. A quick check of an on-line manual confirmed that it was, in fact, an airconditioning drain hose, and the tell-tale watermarks immediately under the hose confirmed the water source. This of course comes as a huge relief. I was imagining cracks in the frame, or defective gaskets, or other horrors, so being able to refit a disconnected hose is great. Now I'm just trying to get all the carpets and underpads dried out, and crossing my fingers that there is not some other leak somewhere. For those of you who may run into a similar problem, please see the photos below.

The passenger side showing the disconnected hose which would normally be hidden under the carpeting. Watermarks below the disconnection are visible.

Close up of the same hose, passenger side

The gutted interior, not really that difficult to take apart, 1 hour tops.

The insides of the car, drying outside