Travel with Art

It was a long night and day before finally arriving in Cape Breton. Flight delays and then a wait in Halifax visiting Cecilia and Francis while waiting for Ivan, Jennie, Ashlee, Ryker and their friend Nicolle to fly in. And then the 3 hour drive. Mostly the next 2 weeks would be days of warm (not hot) weather around 24C, sunny clear skies, and moderate winds that occasionally went to near gale force (the bad f-word, "fog", only appeared on a couple of mornings and was gone before afternoon. Even the sea temperature was relatively warm and pretty nice to swim in. Both Ivan and Paul launched their power boats - although Paul's did not stay in more than a few days as it was discovered to need some work. Ivan's stayed in until last night when she was hauled out as he and the kids fly back out west on tomorrow. We had some pretty good times out on the ocean and in the Bras D'Or lakes. A lot of tubing (see the next video), a little boarding, some swimming, and a...

Finally updating the blog for the period that I have been in Canada (so far)! I flew into Calgary on June 12 and spent the first week at his home. We had a corporate party (New Orlean's style) that first evening so the pace was set... Golfed with Cole and Carmen and had a pretty good round with rental clubs. Then we drove up to Whitecourt where I stayed with Neil, Gayle and Abby - both at their home and camping on the Mcleod River. I headed out again for a round of golf here (with Ivan, Neil and Mark) and had my best score ever - 107 (not great but finally within a normal "handicap" range). It has been great meeting everyone here with the highlight being the high school graduations of my nephews Luke and Tylor. Luke graduated with honours with several MVP Athletic awards and Top Male Athlete. Tylor graduated with honours with distinction and several academic awards including 2nd Overall Academic and was class valedictorian. Wonderful graduation ceremony and ev...