Wheeling Around

It is pretty easy to convince everyone in the house that we should get out to the farm and turn over the two dirt bikes and go for a rip.  The country roads are absolutely baron except for that procrastinating farmer who was just combining wheat and running his grain bins up and down the road.  There was no traffic to contend with at all.  We took off to our go-to spot outside of Dungannon and down at The Mill.  I tell Molly this is where Joel and I used to go when we were in high school.  And not so long ago it was a pretty common Friday afternoon post school stop to skip rocks and to have an impromptu staff meeting with Mike, Larry and Leisa.  There may have even been a drink or two consumed in the process.  But those days seem like eons ago, they were pre-kids for the 3 of us, not Larry, and we haven't really been back regularly.    

It is a leisurely ride for sure.  We don't get up past the 30km/h range at all.  The bikes just putt-putt away with little effort.  Wally rides in the front, and Molly generally rides pylon with me. 

Playing Mozart Sideways

Summer

There has been no shortage of beach days and opportunities to jump off the pier in Goderich.  July and August has been very, very warm.  It has been a great summer all in all.  There is no lack of water, that is for sure, in Goderich.  The end of the pier, which you can't quite see in the video, is submerged in 2 feet of water.

A few friends and I went to a Def Leppard concert in London back in July.  It was a really fun night.  I suppose the original band from the early 80s is still altogether and touring to make ends meet.  They must all be in their 60s.  They started playing at eight and they were done by ten.  A band called Tesla opened for them, but we didn't get to our seats to hear their set.  So if Def Leppard played 16 songs, 12 were from the Hysteria and or Pyromania albums. I knew most of the songs.  And sure enough the one armed drummer, who I can't recall his name, was beating the skins with all the enthusiasm and capabilities of someone with two arms, and of 30 years of age.  It was a really good time.

Other then that my travels haven't taken me too far away lately.  I did go and attend ETFO's Provincial Annual Meeting a few weeks ago as a delegate.  My new awareness of Robert's Rules of Order and certification as a Parliamentarian served me well, but there were a few occurrences where a delegate called a point of order on another, and it was past me initially, but the chair ruled in favour, and reminded the delegate to be in order....  We got the business of the union complete.  There was an election with a bit of turnover, and lots of solidarity, and the odd cry of "shame" too.