True Summer Week
Well I'm long overdue for a blog post. It's been even longer than my title would suggest. From July 8-10 I was in Whistler. We did some street/trail biking, but no mountain biking. My cousin and Uncle are quite into that and have the $3000 (:) bikes to handle it. We also went on a canoe trip down something called the River of Golden Dreams. There is an extensive lake network (Alpha Lake, Green Lake, Lost Lake, etc.) around Whistler as you may well know and we canoed between two lakes.
The evening of July 10, my uncle took us to the driving range to hit some balls. On July 11 I dropped my mom off at YVR and then drove around Vancouver with my dad going to some random stores to get him a backpack and a "shell" (really thin outer layer of jacket to protect against water).
July 12, I saw Alana* shortly before she went camping. I rode my bike, then, to Woodgrove and that evening departed to Cowichan. There, it was David, Ted, Skyler, Richard, my dad and Uncle Stu. It consisted mostly of watching Smallville; however, on the 14th, we were granted a beautifully sunny day and calm waters. Perfect conditions for wakeboarding. I drove, David boarded, jumped, let go of the rope in the air, and landed on the other side of the wake. Then David drove, and I managed to clear the wake and land it, still holding onto the rope, while Dave was going 30 mph. (most of the time, we drive around 18-23 mph for wakeboarding). I was ecstatic.
I came home to be invited by Alana* to see a staff screening of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Once again there was much food to be had and it was a pretty funny movie. July 15, KD graced Nanaimo with his presence. It was awesome seeing him after not being here for 10 months. That evening I drove out to see Alana*, and dropped her off at her Dad's before heading back home. That evening, we had a guys family gathering at Future Shop, I acquired 3 CDs and my dad rented the Pacifier. I watched it and it was interesting. :P
Saturday, was Alana*'s 18th birthday. Indeed, I am but 16. I scoped out her house and sat for an hour in front of it waiting to give her my present :P. It was worth the wait, and I convinced her to come and meet Kevin for 8 hours. That evening not as many people came as I expected, but it was really fun nonetheless. The people that did come were pretty close friends and didn't mind that there wasn't a huge party. We had lots of food, jammed and talked into the night.
Sunday marked Alana* and I going out for 3 months, minus some days off :(. Nous nous sommes réveillés à neuf heures pour carpe diem, mais ended up sleeping for 2 hours of the day anyways. We went down to Departure Bay after getting an excessive amount of Subway and foiling their illegal advertising price scheme. That evening, Chris came over to shoot some hoops and we rode to Devin's house. Devin came with us and we rode to the 7-11 on Terminal Avenue to get a GIANT slurpee (1.7 liters) to Bowen Park to 7-11 on Bowen Road (where I looked at LD phone cards) to the parkway trail from E. Wellington Road to Northfield back to my house and to Chris's. @ Chris's house we talked a bunch and caught up on what we had missed in one another's lives. Good friends they are. I got a bad news txt message and my stomach felt like acid was eating away at it, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. :)
Today, I woke up at a reasonable hour to hear my phone vibrating and got another text message. I ended up going to Westwood Lake with Alana*. Tonight, my mom gets back from Halifax and hopefully, Kevin and I get to see LA Confidential.
Alana* - my wonderful girlfriend. :)
The evening of July 10, my uncle took us to the driving range to hit some balls. On July 11 I dropped my mom off at YVR and then drove around Vancouver with my dad going to some random stores to get him a backpack and a "shell" (really thin outer layer of jacket to protect against water).
July 12, I saw Alana* shortly before she went camping. I rode my bike, then, to Woodgrove and that evening departed to Cowichan. There, it was David, Ted, Skyler, Richard, my dad and Uncle Stu. It consisted mostly of watching Smallville; however, on the 14th, we were granted a beautifully sunny day and calm waters. Perfect conditions for wakeboarding. I drove, David boarded, jumped, let go of the rope in the air, and landed on the other side of the wake. Then David drove, and I managed to clear the wake and land it, still holding onto the rope, while Dave was going 30 mph. (most of the time, we drive around 18-23 mph for wakeboarding). I was ecstatic.
I came home to be invited by Alana* to see a staff screening of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Once again there was much food to be had and it was a pretty funny movie. July 15, KD graced Nanaimo with his presence. It was awesome seeing him after not being here for 10 months. That evening I drove out to see Alana*, and dropped her off at her Dad's before heading back home. That evening, we had a guys family gathering at Future Shop, I acquired 3 CDs and my dad rented the Pacifier. I watched it and it was interesting. :P
Saturday, was Alana*'s 18th birthday. Indeed, I am but 16. I scoped out her house and sat for an hour in front of it waiting to give her my present :P. It was worth the wait, and I convinced her to come and meet Kevin for 8 hours. That evening not as many people came as I expected, but it was really fun nonetheless. The people that did come were pretty close friends and didn't mind that there wasn't a huge party. We had lots of food, jammed and talked into the night.
Sunday marked Alana* and I going out for 3 months, minus some days off :(. Nous nous sommes réveillés à neuf heures pour carpe diem, mais ended up sleeping for 2 hours of the day anyways. We went down to Departure Bay after getting an excessive amount of Subway and foiling their illegal advertising price scheme. That evening, Chris came over to shoot some hoops and we rode to Devin's house. Devin came with us and we rode to the 7-11 on Terminal Avenue to get a GIANT slurpee (1.7 liters) to Bowen Park to 7-11 on Bowen Road (where I looked at LD phone cards) to the parkway trail from E. Wellington Road to Northfield back to my house and to Chris's. @ Chris's house we talked a bunch and caught up on what we had missed in one another's lives. Good friends they are. I got a bad news txt message and my stomach felt like acid was eating away at it, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. :)
Today, I woke up at a reasonable hour to hear my phone vibrating and got another text message. I ended up going to Westwood Lake with Alana*. Tonight, my mom gets back from Halifax and hopefully, Kevin and I get to see LA Confidential.
Alana* - my wonderful girlfriend. :)
3 Comments:
That's an effin' cute footnote, Brad.
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barbara_mary, at 10:32 p.m.
*blush* yup.. it's been some good times, and u better believe there will be more in the next 3 days before u leave to naramata!
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Unknown, at 5:20 p.m.
oooo, sounds hot alana haha :)! Yes Brad these last past weeks have been hardcore, and I can't wait to travel to the Lakehouse one last time! And thanks for the other nite when you, chris, and I chilled together on the bike ride, and then the big long talk at chris's, that's why I love you guys! Glad to see Kevin is back too, I think our jamming sessions just got hotter lol... Have fun in Naramata also!
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