Monthly Archives: July 2009

The 54th street resort offers a unique combination of privacy, luxury, and peace.  After whale watching three days ago, a transit day two days ago, birthday prep yesterday, I am glad for do-nothing-day.  Today I lump-of-coaled it until 9 AM.  … Continue reading →

Opa’s Birthday -Whew- Between breakfast prep, breakfast cleanup, washing the car from the return trip from Campbell River, making a Costco run for dinner, installing the new large monitor, chasing the kids around the resort, downing oysters for appetizers, eating … Continue reading →

Transit day. Two hours of packing.  Two hours by car.  One hour wait.  Two hours by ferry.  Two hours by car.  One hour to cross the border.  Two hours to Seattle.  One hour for dinner and a diet coke.  Four … Continue reading →

The highlight of this trip thus far has been the whale watching expedition in the straights between Vancouver Island and the Canadian mainland.  My wife and I were part of a 7 person tour from The Campbell River Whale Watching … Continue reading →

The day was started late.  We got up after 9 and lazed around the house until noon.  We tried to get a geocache just down the road.  It was a multi-cache and the first stage required finding a set of … Continue reading →

Paradise found. Like lumps of coal we slept until 10 AM.  Warm toast, eggs, and a selection of meats and cheeses certainly goes well with sipping thick coffee.  I, of course, had to taint my coffee with some hazelnut coffee … Continue reading →

Whew.  Fun can be so tiring. I started this morning out with a three mile run along the False Creek walkway.  Just a week ago I was running along the Tanque Verde wash in Tucson.  There are many striking differences.  … Continue reading →

Stress is a wonderful thing when measured in retreat.  If its origin is a two week long PowerPoint marathon building up to a two day program review, and all that remains is the afterglow from the fiery mass of Microsoft … Continue reading →

A rest day.  We stayed at the 54th street resort mostly poolside.  Sushi for lunch.  Chinese takeout for dinner.  My daughter learned how to do a full flip off the diving board.  I am trying to talk her into a … Continue reading →

This is the initial travel day of our Vancouver Island vacation.  After packing all day then driving to Phoenix, we caught the 8:11 PM flight to Spokane.  It landed at 10:55.  Taxi to the 54th street resort.  Glass of wine.  … Continue reading →