Ah, summer!
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 12:10PM Hi Everyone,
Just returned from a wonderful summer holiday -- a splendid cross-continent road trip from my home here in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, to Prince Edward Island, by way of my old Hoosier stomping grounds and then returning all the way across Canada.
Brian, Cole and I had quite an adventure.
Tons of family, long hikes through the woods, extensive beach combing, two or three beers (Sleeman's Honey Brown with a big chunk of lime has been this summer's fave, though in general I tend to be a loyal fan of Phillips IPA), and there was a lot singing, cutting up and rolling-in-the-grass laughter. My family - blood, in-laws and extended - is an unmitigated hoot and I am blessed to be surrounded by so much love.
As I've mentioned in previous posts, I don't drive much in my everyday life, so it's great to get out on the road a bit. I'm already plotting doing the same (or similar) cross-continent journey by bicycle; that would truly fulfill a life-long dream.
Also, many of you know that I am a voracious reader. Well, when I go on road trips I enjoy listening to books, mainly novels. Heard several on this trip and of them all, I highly recommend Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. Also, the favourite I read (in the traditional print-on-paper sense - and not while driving!) was Joseph Boyden's second novel, Through Black Spruce (I'm also a huge fan of his first novel, Three Day Road , having devoured it in one stretch the week it was released in hardcover).
Have a good one.