Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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Burgers at the Dewdney Pub
My buddy and I were travelling through the very smoky Fraser Valley yesterday in my gasoline powered car (more on that soon) and we needed lunch. We could’ve stopped at the Mission Springs Brew Pub in Mission or Rocko’s Diner in Mission but we chose to slip out of our usual ways and so made…
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Traveling the Scenic 7 and the Fraser Canyon by Electric Vehicle
1945hr update – note to self. Don't plan an EV trip with a guy who plans to (literally) climb a mountain the same day as you want to drive the Scenic 7. My driver is still stuck on the road so we'll have to postpone this trip for the time being. 1815hr update – My…
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My Visit to the Royal Columbian Hospital
Last Tuesday I was at home, playing Lego with my kids when I was quite suddenly doubled over from a pain in my abdomen. Within 30 minutes I knew that I was not just having a “stomach ache” so I had my kids call their mom to get her home ASAP and an ambulance to…
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Electric Vehicles Vs Gas Powered Vehicles
Seeing as I am quite seriously considering the purchase of an electric vehicle, I decided to do some cost comparisons of electric vehicles to comparable gas powered vehicles. The four specific vehicles I chose to compare ON PAPER (I did NOT drive any of these vehicles – this is strictly a numbers comparison) were the: Mercedes…
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Every Parent’s Nightmare; Lost Child
So the unthinkable happened to me this week; I actually lost one of my children. Rest assured, within a few minutes she was back with. A little background; we were in Burnaby on the SFU campus for a work related thing I was doing and because my kids enjoy being on the SFU campus, I…
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Corn on the Cob – “Packed Fresh”
I was in a dollar-type store yesterday looking for playing cards when I stumbled across corn on the cob. Corn on the cob – vacuum packed. Ready to eat, corn on the cob. Corn on the cob vacuum packed. Corn on the cob in a plastic wrapper, sitting out on a shelf in a dollar…
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Manning Park; Lightning Lakes Air Quality
If you are thinking of going camping in the southern part of the province, like I just did in Manning Park, you should know that the air quality is just fine, especially down through the Okanagan-Similkameen area. Go out and enjoy yourself. But be careful with any burning material!! And if you want to check…
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Camp Cooking Essentials
As I mentioned in my last blog post, I survived a camping trip to the Lightning Lakes campground in Manning Park with my wife and kids. Part of my survival is based on what I took along for camp cooking essential tools. I like to be thoughtful and organized when I go camping, or even…
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We Survived Camping at Lightning Lakes Campground in Manning Park!
Yes, we are home again from our trip to Manning Park and yes, we survived our first family camping trip. Just barely. I will update this blog post with my advice for other campers once I get back into my more regular routine. In the update I will add a list of what I believe…
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Words to Live By; Advice for Parents
A friend of mine posted a comment on Facebook saying how he felt like a bit of a failure as a dad after reading about and seeing images of all the fun and interesting things that other people were doing with their children this summer. A blogger friend, Don Smith of the Personal Growth Channel…
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