I miss my sisters

I'm missing my sisters right now... wish I could get back home for a visit. Tonya's moving to Seattle next week - her husband just got a job with Amazon.com and he starts June 1. I haven't seen them since Thanksgiving at the wedding and I'm not sure when I'll get to see her again... possibly not for another year. It would be nice to see my younger sister Amy too... I finally got a recent picture of her and she's looking great! She's pregnant and beautiful and I wish I could give her a big hug. I will definitely be up and visiting by the end of summer at least... just seems too far away.

Here's a picture of Amy and my mom.

Return to Wolfe Island

Tom and I managed to get back out to Wolfe Island with our friends Steve & Wanda - this time I programmed the route into our GPS so we wouldn't make any wrong turns... plus there are a bunch of caches out there. We picked up 2, but didn't have time to get the rest. There's 2 more at the beach, so might need to get out again... plus if we took the ferry to the states or Simcoe Island from Wolfe Island we could pick up 3 more. Should make another good day trip.

We were all impressed when Tom took this picture of us while cycling (looking backwards of course).

This is a view of New York from Wolfe Island... unfortunately you have to pay for this ferry... but we didn't have passports or time to make the crossing this time. Sign of a true geologist - Steve's busy checking out rocks at our lunch spot. By this point the wind had picked up and we were all pretty cold... having been lulled into a sense of warmness as we left Marysville on our bikes we neglected to pack our extra wind-gear. D'oh!

Geocaching

Tom and I took Kali to Parrot's Bay conservation area on the weekend and finally managed to sneak in some time for geocaching! We scooped up 5 on the way back home. The first two shots are Tom & Kali with a sneaky cache hidden inside a fake rock - it was our second time trying to find it... no wonder we missed it the first time. We saw about 5 snakes at that location (2 garters, 2 black water snakes, and one striped one that we hadn't seen before)... making us leery to stick our hands under the rock, but we found it! This one was a different cache, but the moody sky and old lighthouse made for a picturesque scene.

Computer Disasters

I'm back!!! About two months ago my computer died so I've been using Tom's laptop. A couple of week's ago, Tom's computer took a turn for the worse... becoming very unstable and eventually refusing to boot altogether. Thank goodness for Rob, the geo department magician!! He was able to determine that it was just a fried memory card rather than the whole thing, and has just popped in the new part today. I'm participating in a Diamond Exploration Short Course at the moment... learning a ton about diamonds and kimberlites, and all of the stuff Tom does at work! It runs until thursday... so i guess after that i'd better get some thesis stuff done before Tom comes home. Stay tuned for pics of the awesome new mountain bike i just bought! It's a Gary Fisher Cake 1 - very cool!... and an update of the mountain bike course i'm taking in the beginning of June.