The trip out was much easier than the one in. For starters, I made sure I had proper directions. I pulled up the map and showed the route I’d planned all nicely laid out on the computer with my little GPS trail to follow. “Yup, the road on that side of the lake is much better than the Youbou road…
Read more »I was on the road again today, off to the Nitinat Salmon Hatchery on Vancouver Island. It’s a major hatchery, but not one I’ve visited before, or was familiar with. All I knew was that it is sizable…and somewhere out off the Bamfield Road. I was given directions to turn off the Bamfield road at Franklin Camp and head South.…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|20 June, 2008|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: entertainment
I believe it was PT Barnum who said ” A fool and his money are soon parted”. He was referring, of course, to the penchant for people to visit the circus and witness a world full of midway wonders and disappointing marvels. Today the circus has changed significantly. When I was a child it included lions and tigers and bears…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|16 June, 2008|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: environment
I received a forwarded presentation from a family member the other day. We’ve been trying valiantly to reduce our waste and making every effort to reduce our use of plastic bags for the past few years. But this presentation really reinforced things for us. Here are some statistics contained within it. Data released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|12 June, 2008|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: random
I’m not sure either, but it ends up with a lot of police cars on site. Last night, just as we were drifting off to sleep, we heard some running feet and some banging. We looked out to see three cars and about 6 teenagers putting tires in their trunks. They all jumped in and peeled off. We scratched our…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|11 June, 2008|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: boating
First we wanted a boat. Then we got a boat. Then we realized it wasn’t exactly the perfect boat. Then we realized the perfect boat doesn’t actually exist. We love our boat, Chantelle (we didn’t choose her name, she came with it and it was painted on so nicely we chose to live with it), but we are outgrowing her…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|10 June, 2008|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: memories . relationships
It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since our friend passed away as a result of Glioblastoma multiformes. I’d never heard of it before….it is an aggressive form of brain cancer and it took him from us in the blink of an eye. Rob died June 8th 2007 Rob’s brother read the following at his memorial… What Cancer…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|06 June, 2008|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: relationships
There are certain immeasurable truths in this world. Rice A Roni “is” the San Francisco treat I “am” stuck on BandAid and BandAid is stuck on me Mikey “likes” it! NyQuil is the nightime, sneezing, sniffling, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, so you can rest medicine “Choosy” mothers choose Jif Bounty is the quicker picker upper And the theme song…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|03 June, 2008|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: random
……………………..who was Pete and why should we love him?
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