Who Says Parenting is difficult?

I arrived safely in the UK on Friday afternoon, despite my flight being a hour delayed from Vancouver. On arrival I headed to Neil's house and was thrown in at the deep end as a make-shift babysitter, as Neil had to go to the airport with Lotta.

As you can see from the photo, everyone survived and nothing was broken. Who says that parenting is difficult?

The next couple of days have been great catching up with a variety of family members. More fun to follow....

England Home Coming. Wheels Up!

My trip to the UK is almost upon us..... my flight leaves Vancouver at 8.3opm and lands at 1.40pm on Friday. Currently I am sitting at the airport in anticipation.

Look out Friday Night Club, we are overdue a reunion!

See you all on the other side

Portland Road Trip

Over the past few days we completed a road trip to Portland, Oregon on the west coast of the USA. Nancy, Wendy, Scott M and myself crossed the USA border last Wednesday evening, after work and due to my British passport we had a forty minute wait to get my entry visa. We made our way down to a hotel Olympia for our first night. Next morning was when the real excitement started as we crossed into Oregon State and drove along the historic highway 30. The route took us along the Columbia gorge, river and we saw a number of waterfalls and view points. Lunch in a nearby town was followed by a drive on the mountain road of Mt. Hood, where we came into contact with snow.

One of the trip's highlights for me was a visit to the Nike Employee Store as the Nike HQ is based in the area. Huge discounts and great deals had by all, especially as there is zero sales discount in Oregon. After all the shopping we had a couple of enjoyable days in the city of Portland, seeing the sights, shops, riding the free tram system and visiting Powell's Books, which is the largest independent used and new bookstore in the world. This was my first visit to Oregon and proved to be a top trip with cheap shopping.

Portland, Oregon Road Trip Coming Up

On Thursday, 11 November is a public holiday for Remembrance Day in B.C. and so we are taking the opportunity to complete a four day road trip down the west coast to Portland, Oregon. This will be the first time that I have visited this part of the world and one of the trip highlights for me is the planned visit to the Nike Global Headquarters.

We leave on Wednesday evening to cross the USA border and so look out for a blog post and photos later in the week.

Canucks Hockey Games Galore

This week saw Nancy and myself both watch a Vancouver Canucks hockey game, but not the same one.... two different games on two different nights. Nancy saw her game in Vancouver with the Canucks playing against the Devils in a VIP box suite on Monday night. Whilst on Tuesday night, I saw the Canucks play the Edmonton Oilers in Edmonton with seats right next to the ice. I was sat right next to the away team's box (i.e. Vancouver Canucks) and so close to all their subs.

Credit to the Canucks for playing two games in consecutive nights in two different towns and two different time zones. Furthermore, they were playing on Thursday evening as well. As the Canadians keep telling me hockey is a tough man's game - I suppose you don't get the English footy teams playing back to back games.

Also, as a side note today in Calgary I met Stephen Ames who is currently the highest ranked professional golfer in Canada and plays on the PGA Tour. He was the at the dealership arranging his new car, my boss was star struck to say the least.