Whistler-Lake Louise 1,
Nov. 22, 2023,
Hi Everyone,
I am sitting in an airport waiting for my plane to Vancouver. This was a semi last minute decision to both go skiing and see Antoine at the same time. As you all know if you have been following my blog, and listening to my verbal non sense, I am a member of Canadian Ski Patrol and a Level 2 ski instructor. The season has not yet started here, so I decided to go out west and take a Level 3 Ski Camp at Lake Louise. This is the beginning of a 10 day course which I have little chance of passing. I scraped through the Level 2 course last year and am taking the course to improve my skiing. Most of the Level 3 instructors are Level 4 wannabes and Level 4s are really pro skiers who do this for a living. I will see Antoine and Julia for a few days and we will do some skiing at Whistler. I will then fly to Calgary, drive to Lake Louise, ski for 2 days and then take the Level 3, 3 day course. As a member of CSIA, I get to stay at Chateau Lake Louise, a 5* hotel for less than half price.
2 days ago, I had a muffin and cappuccino at MacDonalds for $4. The same snack cost $9 at Starbucks the next day and $13 at the airport today. The inflation over a 3 day period is extraordinary!
Everyone my age, a few years older or a few years younger, can remember exactly where they were and exactly what they were doing at approximately 2:00 pm on Nov. 22, 1963, 60 years ago. It was the day President John F. Kennedy was shot and the world was changed forever. I was writing a 9th grade exam at Monkland’s High School when my teacher was called out of the room and there was a commotion in the hall way. At the end of the exam period, my teacher, Mr. Dewdney announced in a sober manner that the president had been shot and killed in Dallas while driving in a motorcade. Some of the pupils started crying as JFK was very well liked by my generation. 2 days later, we watched live on tv, when Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald. The mystery of the whole affair has never been completely solved. Yesterday I watched the original Zabruski film which is the only known film of the assassination. The film, terrifying as it was, was only released for public viewing 12 years later. Within a short period of time, Robert Kennedy and King were also killed. What would the world be like today if these 3 men had been left to complete their work in this unstable world.
Love,
Brian
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