Freedom, true and pure freedom. That is what I feel when I ride my motorcycle. The road ahead is something to look forward to and the sights, sound and smells of the road invigorate me. Today was another day to live the dream and ride. I rode to the boat in the morning and the mountain in the afternoon. I left the Eldorado at 12:45 and headed towards Big White. It was a beauty day in the Okanagan. It has Read more…
Living the dream. Today I made it in time on the motorcycle to take people boating on the lake. The dream is becoming my reality. Rob had a four-hour tour in the morning and I had one in the afternoon, followed up by an evening cruise. Our first wonderful group of intrepid boaters were celebrating a surprise birthday party. The guest of honour thought he was just going for lunch at the Eldorado. The next thing he knew he was Read more…
Happy Birthday to the United Mistakes of America. I didn’t realize it was Independence Day down south until I typed it out at the top of the page. I can’t help but wish my American friends the very best on this most tumultuous of birthdays. I also would like to hope for their best in the future. A future very much clouded by viruses both human and microscopic. Viruses we can only guess at what they will do. Will 2020 Read more…
I worked at my real job this morning. It went good and I had the afternoon to prepare for my dream job. Luxury Lake Tours is getting busy and I looked forward to riding my bike to go boating. Living the dream, until it went sideways. I hate running late, I just can’t seem to find a way to get organised enough to not run late. I always try to do the maximum I can every day. I think that Read more…
Happy 153rd birthday to our great country. I am proud to call myself Canadian; today more than ever. We have succeeded in controlling the pandemic within our borders, of ‘flattening the curve’. I don’t always agree with our fuzzy-faced Prime Minister, I am proud of the people of this country for coming together apart and keeping our viral enemy at bay. So a happy birthday to Canada is in order on the grandest scale. Unfortunately, there would be no grand-scale Read more…
Traffic is back, busy, constant moving, traffic. Phase three has opened the floodgates and we now have heavy traffic on our roads again. Red plates from Alberta have started to fill our highways, it is another sign of normal again. I envy my wife who can stay home and work. I had to go to work across town and the traffic has built back to pre-covid levels. In Canada, we did what the health officials suggested and now things are Read more…
Our cat followed us on our walk today; she is getting lonely. We have traveled a bit in the last three weeks. I can’t imagine how she would have felt if we went away for twenty-six days to Europe like we planned on. Snowbee cried as we walked back up our hill from the mailbox. She can get very demanding for a cat. Snowbee and Gabby are our two feline family members. Snowbee was named Snowball when she wandered into Read more…
Strange random dreams teased my sleep. I awoke in the darkness, in a strange room, an uneasy feeling seeped inside. Time was an illusion; we had no clock and no light. Awareness dawned on my consciousness. We had no coffee. I lay there in a state of awakening nerves and body. I wanted to return to sleep and hope for my dreams to return. In my dream, I didn’t need coffee. In reality, I don’t need coffee, but like a Read more…
We awoke to sunshine and clear skies. The wind had died in the night and it looked like it was going to be a beautiful day in paradise. I fired up the computer and saw the storm warnings. Thunderstorms were forecast for the Okanagan Valley. I knew that I needed to put the boat on the lift. Today we were heading up to Big White. Jon Bos was playing at the Globe Patio! Excitement filled us, we looked forward to Read more…
We cut across the waves, the swells were deep and the bow broke heavily through the troughs. Water crashed over the helm and soaked my shirt. Adrenaline rushed through my veins as we headed for shelter from the wind. I trusted my boat and my skill, yet fear was there on the edges of awareness. I turned toward the boat slip but knew that was not an option this evening. We would need to seek temporary shelter from the onrushing Read more…