Richmond House Vernon

... but the check in lady at Continental Airlines took me under her wing. Tut-tutting all the while about the tricky situation, she helped me to collect my bag and steered me to customs in order to get me to my gate in time. After that, everything went well - including my hitch-less navigation of the immense Houston Airport, complete with a shuttle train to get passengers from one of the many terminals to another.

einen wunderbar sonnigen guten morgen<br><br>jaja, meine zeit hier in canada neigt sich langsam aber sicher dem ende zu. dies ist aber noch lange kein grund, weshalb ich nicht doch noch das eine oder andere geschichtchen zu erzaehlen haette :-)<br><br>waehrend meinen freien tagen durch die strengen sommermonate hatte ich nicht gross lust, in der region rumzukurven. dies habe ich vorgestern nachgeholt - zwar im wissen, dass es unterwegs eventuell ...

Que hay de nuevo viejo ?<br><br>Es van acabant els dies i haig d'escriure mes i mes depressa. Haure de fer croniques mes resumides, quina llauna. Gracies de nou pel seguiment que esteu fent, tan el comunitari com els que escriviu en privat. Al gra ...<br><br>Estava jo tan content deixant la minima de -20C de Lake Louise quan enfilo cami de Golden, ciutat rara perque esta emmig de 3 parcs nacionals aixi que no saps ben be que hi passara per alla. I tan rara, dos albergs que ...

From Kaslo we went to the Halcyon Hot Springs which is really beautiful but very commercial. Then we headed west to the Okanagon Valley, the banana belt for BC. It's got some great wines too.<br><br>We stopped on the way at Fauquier and played golf at yet another beautiful course.<br>

The scores so far; 177 bird species seen in BC. 22 Mammal species. Bears - Black - 6 Vs - Grizzly - 6. So to recap. Birds have had a great season [spring]. Mammals started poorly but have been developing of late. And bears it's still neck and neck although most would agree that Grizzly's best is now behind them and Blacks should improve from this point on... So much ...

... a stinkin' mountain", but I digress. Today I pulled my father's old bike out of storage, hooked my camera to my belt, and took off for downtown. Well, not exactly. First I spent two hours looking for my helmet, realising I sold it when I sold my bike last year, driving to the mall to buy a new one and while I'm there pick up a new lock, stopping by work first because they broke the computer, driving back home, trying to figure out the ...

... und dann ab ins Bett, Couch, Sessel.... Gaaeehn!!! Noch Hundemuede geht es gegen 9 Uhr nach Kelowna, wo Johannes den Flieger nach Deutschland nimmt. Ausgerechnet heute hat sich das Wetter ueberlegt den Winter so richtig starten zu lassen. Genau die richtige Gelegenheit um am Strassenrand im Schneegestoeber die neuen Winterreifen aufzuziehen. Aber trotz schlechter Strassenverhaeltnisse, wenig Schlaf und viel Party am Vorabend haben wir sicher Kelowna erreicht und Johannes es ...

... was quite enough for me! We finally arrived in Banff and decided to check out what this party time reputation was all about. After dinner and a few drinks at the hostel, we headed to the Pump and Tap, which is apparently a well known Moose Tour hangout. Quite a fun night, although I didn't really like the other club we went to - Insanely loud RnB with 18-year-old girls dressed in very little girating on podiums with boys trying to look up their skirts.

... last time... Just the practical to do this Thursday. I'm doing it in the beast, so that should be fun. All the examiners look short to me, so I might have to provide them with a complementary step ladder or box. What else.....We ordered the hot tub for the house. Should be in by Dec 20th. Elaine needs it, she's now on her feet all day. Also, we went to a 'meet the residents' night at the local hotel. There we ...

... sausages were not my responsibility, another lad there had an idea of soaking a piece of wood and placing the sausages on them to cook, where I had mine on sticks hovering above the fire. So whilst his soaked piece of wood soon dried out, set alight, burnt, fell apart and deposited his sausages into the roaring fire mine were nicely toasting away at a safe unflamable distance. Blair had a Native Sauna. Now this is a far cry from your log ones with nice benches and lighting etc. This was a ...