One plane, two plane, three plane, four. That’s how many it took to get here. I’m sitting in a hotel room in eastern Ukraine. I’m a bit sleepy since I only slept two hours last night. 3am came along and I was up ready to go… at least my body was. I wasn’t really too [...]

I don’t remember how old I was, but I can still vividly remember watching an Olympic track cycling event as a young child. As an active youngster naturally drawn to the bike, there was a moment of “wow, that looks like something I’d like to do when I grow up”. Many times since then I’ve [...]

For the first time ever, Tricia and I managed to get away from the kids for a full 36 hours. We had been planning it for quite some time. Back in the summer Tricia redeemed some Air Miles points for a free night at the Tigh-Na-Mara resort in Parksville. Her mom was kind enough to [...]