Aldergrove Lake Regional Park

Cass and I went down to Aldergrove today for a bike ride. It's only about 15 min away. We couldn't find their paved paths that we had read about so we went for a hike instead. The only place I could draw some similarities too for the scenery would be rushing river in Ontario. It was a fun walk though. We we're right on the border and the park is set -up a lot like birds hill. There is even a little man made lake/pond to swim in.

Shtuff

I put together Cassandra's Bike and we're looking for camp sites. Apparently you can't be spontaneous with your reservations, they don't let you book for the next day. Still we may drive and drop in some where for a couple nights. There are too many options here and cougars, grizzlys, and rattle snake warnings.
I did however get in touch with my aunt who we can go up to visit in halfmoon bay by sechelt. We'll go next week and see my uncle play in the Jazz festival. My cousin will be there with his kid as well just for the day. We are both looking forward to that trip.

BBQ

Yesterday Cass and I went to Canadian Tire based on something I heard at work.

We bought a small 30 dollar gas BBQ that runs on the small camping propane tanks. I assembled it and we had BBQ chicken sandwiches for dinner.  It was so nice to be able to cook outside of the apartment and it made some yummy food too.

Making Decisions

Are we in control of our own decisions?

My favourite quote is at the end "If we understood our cognitive limitations like our physical ones we could design a better world." I wonder how this applies to political elections between two candidates or 3/4? Do prime ministers in Canada more regularly run consecutive terms than in the states?

www.TED.com

Weather

So this is the extended forecast for Abbotsford. Pretty sweet after several damp days.

Baking

I just got back from a baking class. There were only 7 of us, 3 of which were kids. We were shown how to make sweets like brownies, a cream cake which is delicious and jam cookies. I'm going to try making the cream cake next time I decide to bake something, with whipped cream icing that has a secret ingredient to keep it stiff.

This evening in a couple hours I'll get my new bed delivered. I'm excited. I bought some sheets and a couple pillows from the bay, they were having a big sale. I think I got a really good deal on the sheets too. There was only 1 bed set package left so I couldn't be choosey, we'll see how it turns out. I may need to buy a blanket now but we'll see.

Top Gear

Ok, so after watching a marathon of old episodes of Top Gear the British Car show I can say it is one of my favorite TV shows. The pranks those guys play on each other and toys they get to play with are ridiculous. There is a 24/7 stream of episodes here

http://www.justin.tv/faustinipt

I have spent a fair amount of yesterday watching these. I downloaded the special episode where they go to Vietnam, it is one of the best shows. It's hard to tell if the producers are just being mean or funny.

I think Ricahrd Hammond is my favorite bloke of the lot.

Theo