News Update

Another week has passed and we have moved from the shore of the Pacific to the shore of Lake Wascana, but we are still far from my hometown. We left Parksville on Tuesday morning, crossed on the ferry to Horseshoe Bay and took #1 through Vancouver. Although there is a lot of construction, it is a much better route than the Tsawwassen one already and promises to become even better. We spent our first night at the Howard Johnson in North Bend (thanks folks), and our second night at the Howard Johnson in Calgary. North Bend was a far better experience—five star, I opine! We arrived in Regina at supper time on Thursday. It is good to be reunited with the family here. The markets have been troubled this week, but I was blessed with a small gain, while selling off one of my positions to increase my cash holdings. The Riders had two games this week. On Sunday they scored first and last but gave up too many points in between and lost to BC. This afternoon, they hosted Calgary—it seemed just that since they began this swoon by giving up a 17-point fourth quarter lead to Calgary, they should break out of it against them as well, but it was not to be. As a result the Riders have gone from first to last in 5 games. 

Eric/A and the boys are mostly settled into their place in Parksville. We thank them for hosting us during those early days. They are now going through the expensive process of registering their vehicles in BC, while learning the wonders of recycling on the Island. Erica is working already and Liam is cleaning his room, still! 

Erin found the apartment rather empty with Mark away for the week and Kristian travelling with us. She is glad to have Kristian home now. Sadie got a haircut this week, and, as usual, acts much more energetically after her clipping. 

Travis has been holding the fort back in TBay. His new office continues to develop and he is finding lots of activity to keep busy with including work and hockey. Joanna is struggling through her summer of lab work and finding there are no problems quite like office politics! 

And that's about it for this week.