Ahhhhh.........

After getting home from my latest trip I am ready for peace and quiet for a while. Over the last few weeks I have been on the move more than usual and I'm tired. In the interest of equal time I want to give a shout out to Northwest Airlines which has surpassed Continental on my airline ratings scale. Multiple upgrades and helpful staff made my latest trip a pleasure.

Indianapolis, IN

I am on a trip to Indiana to investigate a driving adaptation manufactured by only one company in North America. Day 1 of driver training was a smashing success. After getting an Indiana learners permit (which ate up half the day due to bureaucracy), I hit the road. The special driving adaptation mounted on the steering wheel worked great. I couldn't believe that the driving trainer started me out on the streets of Indy first thing but I played along and managed not to crash into anything or anyone. We head to the highways and downtown tomorrow.

I'm an uncle!

Nicholas Christopher Senechal was born April 17 at 1:22 pm. Congrats Kim & Yan!

Las Vegas

The morning after getting back from Vancouver I flew out to Las Vegas with Pat, her cousin Maria and my friend Jon Riemche for the Easter long weekend. We stayed at the New York, New York and had a great time. Saturday Jon and I cruised the desert in a rented Ferrari which was great fun. I will post some vids later. Too bad we had to come back to reality in Calgary but vacations must get paid for after all.

Vancouver

I had to fly out to Vancouver, B.C. to meet with some government officials and lawyers for BP last week. It had been since 1986 since I was there last so needless to say it had changed a little in 20 years. I happend to eat breakfast at my hotel right beside Joe Sakic who was in town with the Colorado Avs to play the Canuks. He sure is tall in person. The pic below is in front of the hotel toward Stanley Park which was apparently trashed pretty bad by spring storms.