May 15th. …
Should be safe to start back up to the Great White North.
I’m going to miss the dry, sunny “snowbird” days of the American southwest.
On this long driving trip I’ve used only my iTouch as car stereo. Works great.
I should be in Kamloops by May 24th for the Canadian Gymnastics Championships.
I’ve been here nearly a week.
The Women’s NCAA Gymnastics Championships brought me to Gainesville. An awesome competition this year. Florida did not win.
It’s an honour to finally get to such a prestigious centre of sporting excellence, though.
… The University of Florida’s intercollegiate sports teams, known as the “Florida Gators,” compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). …
Florida’s athletic program has ranked among the top five in the nation in twelve of the past seventeen years, and it is the only Division I program that has ranked among the top ten athletic programs in the country in each of the last twenty-three years.
Florida is one of only two Division I FBS universities to win multiple national championships in each of the two most popular NCAA sports: football (1996, 2006, 2008) and men’s basketball (2006, 2007). …
… The university is also the sixth largest single-campus university in the United States by student population …
Great Spring weather. Plenty of pretty Florida girls. A beautiful campus …
The most memorable part of my week, though, was wandering the backstreets of historic downtown Gainesville. Dilapidated old shacks. Lovely buildings a century old. Folks playing gospel and the Blues in their yards. …
I stayed right across the street from the Hippodrome Theatre (1911).
Shout out to the zen center and Gainesville Florida hostel. One of the most unique I’ve ever seen. I recommend it highly.
Departing Tuesday for Lost Wages.
Dana (Canada) and Fred (France), and their son … Maximum, I believe he’s called … have been living in Vegas for years working in the Circus biz.
When Fred was called away for 5 months by Cirque du Soleil, Dana opted to return home to Saskatchewan.
(If you can’t spell Saskatchewean, never mind you having been there, know that it’s just about the opposite of Vegas in every way.)
Dana posted the story with photos, just in time for Christmas, on her blog:
… So, here it is.
Do you ever wish that you could go home? I mean really home? Back to what feels comfortable, to the people you love and cherish, where you feel safe and secure? Well, this past year, I had that chance and for this I will be eternally grateful to those people who made it happen.
A little background – Fred was going to do the creation of Cirque du Soleil’s Viva Elvis, for 5 months in Montreal. Maxim and I could stay here in Vegas, without health insurance or perhaps we could go along with him. But fate intervened, and my old club, Marian, was in need of a coach for several months to replace the assistant head coach who would be going on maternity leave. The planets aligned and my world came together to make this happen. My dear friends Joan and Bill offered us a place to stay, our neighbours offered to take care of our house, my parents offered their car and to keep Oliver, and my brother came down to help me make the move. …
read the story – Dana Brass – The Gift of Home
My first day in Bangladesh was most interesting. Everything is great.
… The restoration of democracy in 1991 has been followed by relative calm and economic progress.
Bangladesh is the seventh most populous country and is among the most densely populated countries in the world with a high poverty rate. However, per-capita (inflation-adjusted) GDP has more than doubled since 1975, and the poverty rate has fallen by 20% since the early 1990s. The country is listed among the “Next Eleven” economies. Dhaka, the capital, and other urban centers have been the driving force behind this growth. …
Due to the terrible traffic, I’m moving tomorrow from the 5 Star hotel into the National Sport Training Centre residence where my gymnastics course is being hosted. I may have limited internet access there, however.
It’s the dry season. Water level is low, low, low.
The company that hosts GymnasticsCoaching.com is down.
That company is Bluehost.
Hundreds of thousands of sites they host. Even their own site.
… How are they going to blame it on me this time?
New look. New colours.
This is the 3rd theme I’ve used over the past 4-5yrs. The best yet, I think.
I was a guest at a big house warming / Canada Day Party in beautiful Prince Edward Island.
Big barbecue. Great seafood chowder. A dozen kids on the trampoline.
I’m in Charlottetown for a Summer Gymnastics Camp.
Why did I have trouble waking up this morning?
Oh … RIGHT.
I just traveled 2700mi (4400km) … 4 time zones … in the past few days.
I’m here for a gymnastics camp and coaching clinic.
Congratulations!
This pic came from Facebook.
I had a great time as always in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Farewell. And have a terrific summer regardless of what happens!
