Washington

What a day. 

We started our travels at 5:30 am Winnipeg time (getting tot he airport for our 7am flight) and are just getting to the hotel now.  

Overall things went well. Flights were on time and we got a rental car (grandpa would be happy, it's a Kia Optima). We arrived in Vancouver at 8:20 and then left for Seattle at 11, arriving at 12:15 or so. 

I feel like we have eaten a lot of food - a muffin in Winnipeg, breakfast in Vancouver, lunch (at Dennys) in Seattle and supper (at Outback steakhouse) in Yakima. I don't imagine it will get much better as we are going to the pool party tomorrow where we will have supper and then the wedding will be full of Ukrainian food - at least I hope so, I haven't had perogies and cabbage rolls in a long time. 

It hasn't just been travel - we drove through Mount Rainier national park such added maybe an hour to our total today. It was pretty cool seeing the mountain with its snowy top in the summer heat. I think Gwen got some good pictures from the car while we were driving but those will come later. 

Oh yeah, it's hot.  100*F in Yakima when we stopped for supper at 6:15. Time for some rest and some local beers that we got at the Safeway. 

Busy weekend

Wow the weekend went by fast and now (at 8pm) it's time to relax before another busy week. Here's how the weekend unfolded:

Saturday:

7:45am - go with Eric and Jamie to the St. Norbert farmers market. 

9am - go to the mint with Eric and Jamie and take a tour. 

11-1230 - go to Eric and Jamie's house, unpack food and then go get beer while Gwen goes for her sugaring session. 

12:30 - lunch at Original Joes

1:30 - go to the zoo to see the penguins. It was disappointing, there are so many renovations going on that they have sent some animals away. And they got rid of the gopher exhibit... 

4:00 -5:00 - pick up food from our house. I napped for 20 mins. 

5:00 - 12:30 - go to Eric and Jamie's for dinner, games and a bonfire. 

Sunday:

9am - depart for La Salle to go golfing at Kingswood with E and J. 

12:00 - done 9 holes; ladies return to Winnipeg to do some crafting while Eric and I finish the back 9. Total score 106; Eric shot an 85...

2:30 - return to our house. Eric naps while I finish assembling my rc airplane. Now I just need to read how to fly this thing...

4:45-5:15 - E and J leave; Erin, Chris and Kaitlyn arrive for supper. 

7:45 - the McCallisters leave with their French student in tow. 

The week will not be much easier. I have training all day on Tuesday and then it sounds like I will fly to Peterborough for two inspections on Wednesday. After that I will fly home and start vacation for a few days - we are going (with Brian) to Seattle for another wedding for one of Gwen's relatives.

Hope all is well wherever everyone is these days. 

Landscaping begins

Step 1. Fence post removed. 

Step 2. Fence cleared. 

Step 3. Dump soil. 

Step 4. The fun begins.