On The Road Again...

"On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson is a fitting title for my 1st blog entry since April, 2007.

As of the end of June, I've packed up my life (and last 2 years in Toronto) into boxes and have left it in the hands of Purolator to ship back to Edmonton. I sold off my furniture, packed up my guitars and rented this red convertible Ford Mustang for my final Hoorah! in Toronto. Words cannot explain what an experience I have lived these past 2 years, and I don't even feel I have fully realized this either...but I will with time.

Before Willie could even sing, "Just can't wait to get on the road again"...I was off to PEI for a golfing trip. We had wonderful hospitality in Charlottetown and traveled from point to point on the island! Apart from letting many-a-golf-course eat my lunch, it was an incredibly relaxing and well deserved vacation to rejuvenate and recharge.

Glasgow Lobster Supper, watching the sailboat races in Charlottetown harbour, seeing the home town of Stompin' Tom and golfing till' I couldn't golf any more...this trip was deamed an absolute success!

Next thing I knew, I was back to Toronto for a 2-day pit-stop to pack up my final things and have a lovely and completely random Edmonton reunion with friends in Toronto. Euro Cup celebrations and Pedestrian Sunday's in Kensington Market...what a great way to end my stay!

After a 4 hour flight to Edmonton, I jumped in a van at the airport and drove 12 hours south to Spokane, Washington. After arriving in the early afternoon, saying my 'Hellos' to relatives, I was off to the airport for a 3-day trip to Boise. During my stay in Boise, I went fly fishing for the 1st time on the South Fork of the Boise River. Unfortunately the fish weren't too hungry :(. After catching up with family, the whirlwind trip returned me back to Spokane, to celebrate the 4th of July in style! The next morning, we stopped for breakfast with more relatives in Spokane and then it was a straight 12-hour-shot home to Edmonton. After a quick visit out to Barrhead and spending some great quality time with my family, I'm all packed up and ready for my next adventure.

As I write this blog entry on the eve of my 1-year departure to Belgium, Willie Nelson sings "On the road again, Goin' places that I've never seen"...and it finally hits me. I'm starting a new chapter in this book called Life and I just can't wait to find out what it holds!

More to come very soon on my new job and life in Leuven!

Peace.