Once again, work sent me to Vancouver, British Columbia this past week. I don't mind. It is one of the most beautiful places on earth. I went to work on some validations but since a) there was some extra time built in to the trip just in case anything had to be re-done or went wrong, b) everything went perfectly the first time, and c) their manager kept saying 'why don't we just keep going' instead of 'we really need to get back to production' I was done with over a whole day to spare. A day I spent hiking the Grouse Grind for the third time (finally achieving the goal of less than one hour...made it in 55 minutes) and geocaching, because Vancouver. And a little road trip to the border for another cache that involved seeing the border markers (and a faux pas that a kind passerby pointed out when I stepped to the other side of the monument, and crossed the border into the US. He told me, 'I just saw border patrol go that way. They don't like that very much eh.' At least I had my passport with me.) I also started running again after about a month off, with the new shoes mom bought me while she was visiting at home. No ankle pain, 5 miles. Good start. Anyway, I got back Friday, and on Saturday we all went to Pine Lake with the Cub Scouts. Fantastic time on the slides, zipline, teeter-tottery thing, and though it was cloudy, the weather held just enough. A light rain started just as we were packing up, and by the time we hit the road, it was driving rain sideways. Fun day though.