how time goes by

So my friend Jordan has an online journal that he updates on a semi-regular basis. (I won't call it a blog, because he hates the word blog). You can check it out at www.cavok.com. Anyway, the reason that I mention it, is that once upon a time I used to check his site even more regularly then I do now, and I used to harass him when he didn't update it on a regular basis. Now that I have a blog (or an online journal as it may be) I realize how quickly time goes by between posts and all of a sudden it's been a few weeks with nothing. So, Jordan I promise to bug you a lot less about this - and for those of you reading my posts, I promise to update at least once a week going forward.

Anyhow, lots has happened in the last little while - it's been a busy fall. First off, I had a couple of friends make the drive out from Calgary to come visit - which was awesome! The first was Tamara who came out for a self-appointed long weekend. It was a weekend full of wandering, good food and some much needed recovery after a well deserved night out. Mental note - soaking in the Ainsworth hot springs is a good cure for that. We did take in the Nelson Premiere of the most recent Freeride flick, which gave Tamara a good dose of local culture, so to speak. She also enjoyed the coffee and has since emailed requests for me to send more oso negro her way.

The second visitor was Sheri (and her pooch Tydal) who came out over the remembrance day weekend and ended up getting forced (twist her rubber arm) to stay an extra day due to bad weather in the pass. While Sheri was here, we did manage to take in some hockey as the World Junior A Championships were also in town. We ended up at the gold medal game, which was a standing room only and oddly was a matching of Canada East vs. Canada West. Naturally, Canada won. That week, I also managed to see a US Belarusse game, which went right down to the wire, with the US scoring the winning goal with only 5 seconds left in overtime.

Let's see, what else has kept me busy? This past weekend was the Rossland Mountain Film Festival. 4 sold out shows of ski flicks and mountain bike videos made for very happy mountain people. I cut through the fog on Friday night with my friends Ben and Vanessa to enjoy the festivities. My personal favorite was a video submitted in the Under 19 contest called "Riding with Kenneth". Kenneth, as it turns out rides a unicycle around town and through some of the meanest mountain bike trails in the area as well. (Check out my previous blog on mountain biking if you have any doubts on the skill level required for those trails) Incredible talent on one wheel - impressive!

Anyway - this is really getting lengthy, but I do have another fun website for you to check out. This one is a throwback to the lovely recipes one might have found in one's cupboard in the 70's. I strongly recommend you take the tour - and be sure to read the titles of the pages as you go along. http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html Enjoy!