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| Blogdate: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the Boeing airfield in Seattle, Washington... |
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A
day after attending the Remembrance Day memorial in White Rock, where
Brandon trumpetted the "Last Post" for the second year, we decided
to hop into the Prius and head south across the border to Seattle's Boeing
Museum of Flight. At the border crossing though I found myself having
to explain to the guard why I had the day off. "Aren't you supposed
to be at professional development?" he asked after learning that
I was a high school teacher, and obviously having see some other teachers
pass through already. "Well, you see, we went in for a day in the
summer so that we could get an extra day off during this Remembrance Day
week." With a slight smile on his face, the guard didn't seem convinced.
Switching to a different line of questioning, "do you have any fruit
with you?" That's when Bern says my hand started to twitch. I had
accidentally packed some oranges forgetting that citrus fruits are not
permitted into the USA from Canada. Looking at the empty banana peel on
the dash, "just some bananas," I replied. "Bananas are
okay" he exclaimed this time laughing. Guess he just wanted to see
me get a little squirmy in my seat. Either way, it's always an adventure
just getting across into the USA and I don't really mind. |
I
never tire of going to the Boeing airfield. Boeing is
synonymous with commercial air travel, and I wonder how many people also
realize just how much revenue Boeing generates from their defense contracts.
With this knowledge in mind, it is no wonder that Boeing's Museum of Flight
has the influence to be one of the best aviation museums in North America
if not the world. This was Rian's first time and as a 23 month-old kid
he was predictably overwhelmed by the sheer size of the planes and the
exhibits. Bodhi, on the other hand, can do things on his own now, climb
into the mock cockpits or test the flight simulators for kids, even ask
a question or two of the several exhibit volunteers. |
| Blogdate: Monday, October 11, 2009 Nothing beats an apple right from the orchard... |
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| Bodhi relaxing in the pumpkin corner during some sunny but -1°C weather. |
A Thanksgiving afternoon at the Apple Barn just outside Abbotsford has turned into a yearly tradition. This time around though we made it a group effort and joined a bunch of other friends for a full morning of pretty much every kid activity you can think of at a farm. Bern wanted fresh apples for some pie and I wanted twenty or so for the candy apples I plan to make for the neighborhood kids for Halloween this year. Something new I figure is in order. And since I used to love getting candy apples from this one family every year back in Prince Rupert some thirty-five, yes 35, years ago, I reckon to become the family that gives candy apples. Yesterday was Thanksgiving dinner at our place as well as yeh-yeh's (paternal grandfather in Chinese) birthday party. I don't know what you get for a 76 year old, so we gave him every type of pie and cake we could think of: birthday cake, chocolate cake, apple pie and cream pie. He was happy. So were we. Period. A rare moment: Rian stands still long enough for a picture (left). |
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| Me, Bern, Bodhi, Chris, yeh-yeh, Brandon, Rian, Debi and Rick on yeh-yeh's 76th birthday at our house in Surrey. |
Don & Bernadette along with their two boys live in Surrey, BC, Canada. |
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