The Squamidian Report – May 20 / 17
Issue #782
Including:
The Ontarion
Hi All,
You may recall that last Saturday was the gondola's 3rd anniversary
party. You may also recall that a year ago their celebrations took
place out on the deck under a warm sunny sky. That meant there was lots
of room for the musical groups that played throughout the afternoon as
well as the attending public, leaving the interior of the lodge for
food and beverage consumption etc. Well, as I've said so often lately,
Mother Nature seems to have other ideas. Everything had to be held
indoors this time. Heck, on the Friday, the day before, they couldn't
keep up with the falling snow, the shovelers would get one part of the
deck cleared only to find the part they had just shoveled was buried
again. Snow wasn't a problem on Saturday but the wind was cold as it
blew across the snowfields above and on the few occasions the sun could
peak out from behind the cloud cover, it didn't seem to have much
warmth to share.
However, the event went off quite well considering that attendance was
down a bit due to the weather. Drapes were hung as a back drop in the
corner by the wood stove giving the bands, and myself, a place to play
our music. Just like last year, my set was first on the list which
makes sense because a single person doing their thing has a very
different energy quality than a band does. It would be weird to try to
follow a band that had just rocked the place. People would probably
just fall asleep. My set went well and was well received. Like last
year I played my own original music. Thats not something many
performers can say and I say it quite proudly. Something I apparently
do differently from the others playing around here is I don't rely on
sheet music, or even a play list for that matter. With a set that is
only half an hour long there would be something wrong if I couldn't
remember my list of songs and the words to them. But I'm a grumpy old
guy and thats just the way I did it, again. I must confess though that
when I play for several hours up there I do use a play list so I don't
have to distract myself with trying to think of the next number to do,
but don't tell anyone.
By the way, there was snow up there again on Tuesday morning and that
day set a new low temp record for the daytime high. Tuesday was
supposed to be the day that started a nice warm dry sunny stretch, then
it was going to be Wednesday, then Thursday. Then it was going to be
Friday but that didn't exactly pan out so Saturday is when the nice
spring temps and sunny sky's are supposed to start. We've heard this
all before so who knows. What I do know is that this is the start of
the first long weekend of the 'summer', the one that kicks off all the
camping and holidaying and traveling. It definitely kicks off the
traveling because as of Friday the highways around here were clogged
with wallowing RVs and camper carrying pickup trucks and small cars
with canoes on their roofs and so on. The ferries were booked solid so
anyone trying to get over to the Island would be out of luck if they
hadn't made reservations. I figure I'll just stay close to home,
perhaps take a toot up to Pemberton or Lillooet for lunch on the bike
but generally stay close to home. Face it, why try to go somewhere when
I've got 'here' to be at.
doug
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THE ONTARION REPORT
Hello everyone!
You may have noticed the absence of The Ontarion Report this past
couple of weeks! Well, we have been in Rome Italy for that time. We
left on May 3 and returned home on May 17th. It was a planned vacation
and as it turned out, one of the most interesting vacations we’ve ever
taken. We had rented an apartment in the center of Rome and spent the
two weeks walking our legs off visiting every amazing historic site in
that beautiful city. What an incredible experience it was to visit the
many ruins and sites that are up to 2000 years old and still standing.
I have many things to tell you all about but since I’m late in getting
this edition out to Doug, I’ll beg off one more week and start my
account of this great adventure next week!
Thanks for understanding and I’ll talk to you all again starting on May 27!
By for now and it’s good to be home again!
Happy May 2-4 weekend and Canada Day to all!
Greg
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Have a good one..
the doug
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