October 24, 2009 (Victoria, BC)
Driving the 6 wheel Dodge 3500 with a trailer full of kayaks through town was a lot of fun -- we were heading to the Crystal Pool for a kayak rolling class – its diesel engine sounded like a real truck – making our company vans – Misty and the Silver Bullet – light weights – for those who remember -- it was in a way reminiscent of Max – that crappy old but tough truck was on its last legs back in 2001 when I drove it to Tofino on a warm summers evening to teach a surfing class – but the truck made you feel like a man! Although I don't think I will be moving to Alberta to work in the oil patch anytime soon...
Eight students signed up for the class at the Crystal tonight – the pool that once seems so vast and mysterious to me…as a child my brothers and I would shimmy our way around the edge – unable to swim but venturing into the deep end…and then staring up through the huge domes, we would look up at the sky as the light flickered in the water.
Me and Gary were determined to get all 8 students rolling and after a few hours of practice...everyone had at least rolled once on their own.
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