As Ian Sees It

     Living at what is arguably the premier resort in our province has provided us with a wonderful social life.  Social life...... truth be told,  we always had a pretty decent social life.   In spite of unending evening and night shifts and with one in every four weekends off,  we enjoyed many many great times with friends we met along the way.    We were looking to continue a social life when we came here in 2009.  We joined a golf club and I got into a Tuesday Morning Mens league.    It started there.  We have had a pretty solid group with whom we  have come to know and appreciate very much.  Golf, cocktails, movie nights, parties for all occasions.   As routine as our life of leisure can be,  there is always change.  These days, change comes in the form of health issues.  It concerns our children's adult problems,  and our grand children's triumphs and tribulations.  But change ...

            I don't need to go on about how much I enjoy this very quick time of year.   It is simply beautiful.  We just got back from a trip through the Rocky mountains to Vancouver where we witnessed our niece marry into a family that looks every bit as wonderful as the one she brings to the table.  We stayed in Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver in a very nice hotel on the waterfront and enjoyed the west coast life style to the fullest.  While Vancouver has its problems,  it remains a fascinating city.  Where the mountains meet the sea.    We took a different route home through the Crow's Nest pass and stopped at a couple of my favourite vineyards,  visited some fruit stands, and enjoyed a most beautiful route through the numerous mountain ranges of southern British Columbia.         We spend an awful lot of time concentrating on economic woes, political and religious differences, crime...