Poor guy.
Last night I was still hearing bangs at 3:30 am. Meaning Yoshi was still antsy at 3:30 am. Up and down the stairs, prancing around outside our bedroom, coming into the bedroom and walking from one side of the bed to the other, heading downstairs and doing laps of the house. Yeesh.
I am very tired today.
Tuesday night will be bad, and then it should end pretty quickly after that. Tuesday can’t come soon enough.
The big change this year was they had a small consession to raise money for the gardens. Excellent, a chance to get some hot chocolate on a chilly night! Nope. They had coffee, apple cider, and cookies, but no hot chocolate. I was pretty disappointed in that.
Otherwise it was fun to keep Sprout up way past his bedtime, and take him out to see some pumkins. Next year will be really fun to take him there!
Sunrise yesterday morning.
Dandelion seed on my bikes tire.
Near Spinnakers on the way home tonight.
West Bay Marina
There were lots of demos done by nevy people, and lots of people to answer questions. There were also flyovers by aricraft, diving demonstrations, and RHIB rides. A RHIB is a rigid hull, inflatable, boat.
All in all a very fun time. And it was free.
Sox and I both felt it was cheap advertising for the Navy. There were tons, and tons of kids around checking things out, playing with machine guns, touring ships, and having fun. What better way to introduce the idea of the Navy (or armed forces) to kids?
A rather funny (to us) event was the announcement of that attendance of the Women in Black. The announcer, who was frequently telling people about what was happening at that time, announced that the WiB were in attendance, announced what they stood for, then launched into a spiel about how the navy was glad to see them there, and that the navy exists to fight for their freedom to protest. 🙂 It was quite amusing at the time, and to Sox and I it sure felt like he twisted their attendance into another promo for the navy.
I asked on the way out if it was going to be an annual event, and the guard said that they hoped to make it one. I hope they can make it happen next year. How often can you get onto a navy ship and take pictures?
I wanted to take the pictures, but I was too lazy to go get my shoes and jacket on. It was quite nippy outside, and the deck was wet. Instead I stayed inside and shot through the glass. I can see a few artifacts of this (no polarizer either), but that is what I get for being lazy.
For this last shot I used the timer function to ensure I wasn’t in the shot.
I am pretty dissapointed. I had high hopes for the class, and it just hasn’t worked out.
The fam flew across the country to Ottawa for a nice 10 day vacation. The flight out went great, way better than expected. Sprout did well, and for me having him with us helped the flight pass quicker. WestJet is such an awesome carrier to fly on. Without a doubt I would prefer to fly with them over anybody else.
Once in Ottawa we made our way to Sox’s family’s place and settled in. Then the vacation kicked in. We headed from Ottawa up to Carp to take in the Carp fall fair. A couple days after that we then headed up to Montreal for a couple days. Back down to Ottawa for a day, then we jumped in the car for a serious drive.
We took the scenic route, and ended up in St Catharines (what a gorgeous town). We stayed in a 4 Points Sheraton that was very nice. The next day we continued on the journey to Niagara On the Lake, then down to Niagara Falls. I also saw my first 2 great lakes on this trip.
After the falls we stuck to the scenic route, and got to Wallacetown where we stayed on a farm for a short stay. We took in the pretty-much rained out Wallacetown fair, and just enjoyed being away from home. That night there was a huge lighting and thunder storm that awoke me. The next thunder clap shook the whole house and Sox awoke with a start. After re-assuring her we fell back asleep.
Too quickly it was back to Ottawa after a 7.5 hour drive. A day and a bit later it was back on the plane back to Victoria. Whirlwind tour, but extremely fun and enjoyable.
I took a ton of pictures too. Just under 2 GB.
Soon I will try to gather some highlight pics and post them seperately.
Good: new shredder from Costco. We burned out our last $20 shredder, so we upgraded to a cross cut. Very nice to have a shredder back in use.
Bad: I noticed that the LCD backlight on my stereo has gone kaput. This means I can’t see what track is playing any more. Can’t complain too much though, that stereo has served me well since 1991 (approx), and has travelled around the city numerous times. Some day I will get a replacement.