Peace be the Journey

This is probably all over the community news already but I just got wind of it. This guy Casper is riding across Canada to raise money for the Canadian Down Syndrome Society. His goal is $1 million. His inspiration is his cousin Andrew. Click here to find out more. You can even sign up for a daily inspirational text message. Go Casper, Go Andrew!

Happy Canada Day

No pictures today, it's too late. We went to the beach again and had a great time. We actually crossed the border into Point Roberts which is a little spit of land belonging to America but attached to Canada. We just wanted to look around and see if there are any nice beaches there. The line up to come back was nearly an hour and there was an altercation between a car trying to butt in line and the buttee. The latter crashed into the former and it was pretty silly. Meanwhile the kids are exhausted and A starts crying because the car is not moving. I'm not anxious to go back there.

I told t stories of Dad (Grandpa J) leaving Hungary and arriving in Canada. How he and Uncle F landed in Vancouver and had to take the train to Ontario. They had offers of adoption from all kinds of people but they eventually made it to Tillsonburg, went to school, learned English and grew to be fine Canadians. Canada Day was really important to Dad and it still means alot to me. What about all of you? What stories about Canada do you remember?