Working Vacation
07-25-09
I am off to attend a family reunion at Otter Lake near Princeton in the middle of the British Columbia interior mountains. Our family reunions take place every five years or so and are a great way to keep in touch with the relatives, their children and new young ones we have yet to ever see. I look forward to seeing my son from Saskatoon, who I haven’t seen in over a year and my mother, who still keeps way too busy for a young lady her age. For six days I will be taking it easy in the outdoors and on the beach away from the city life. No sirens, no cellphone, no internet (that will be the toughest part) and no deadlines. A taste of the 1800′s good life!
Around noon on July30th, we intend to go for a picnic at Tuey Park in Enderby. My great uncle donated to the city, a stretch of land near the river where the waterwheel grinding facility was. It is now a luscious park open to everyone.
Later that afternoon we will arrive in Penticton to stay at the luxury Penticton Lakeshore Hotel and Resort on the edge of Okanagan lake for two days and nights. Room service, electricity, television, phone service, spa, lake front water activities, drinks with umbrellas in them, five star tourism at it’s best. Quite the contrast from the previous five days.
That evening are two Bill Cosby shows put on by one of the companies I am a shareholder in and sit on the board of directors of – WALL Music & Entertainment. It should be a great time for all, especially those in the Skyboxes.
Then August 1st WALL Music & Entertainment is putting on a concert with opening special guest bands – The Latency – Armchair Cynics – Faber Drive who are headlined by MARIANAS TRENCH! What a fantastic way to celebrate the long weekend. Tickets and information for the two above events are available at http://www.valleyfirsttix.com .
This is a working vacation because I am expected to be involved in a Board of Directors meeting and possibly a Shareholders meeting as well. Either way, the Okanagan valley is one of the most beautiful landscapes Canada has to offer and my family and I will be enjoying it to the max.
See you on the beach!!!
Sandford Tuey
PS: I will not be receiving any internet service, so will not be able to reply to any contact until August 3rd, 2009. Until then, Best Wishes to You All!