I just got back from a couple of days with my wonderful better half camping in my favorite spot in the whole world, Fundy National Park. I’m lucky that it’s a little under two hours from my house to the park because I am afraid that I would have way too many miles on my car.

Of course, the Bay of Fundy is known for having the highest tides in the world, whale-watching and the “flower-pot” rocks at Hopewell Cape, but it’s much more than that. Discovery is everywhere, on the sea shore at low tide, on the docks in the neighboring village, at the old ruins of historic habitations….and the smell of the sea is just so refreshing.

But now, it’s back to work. I haven’t had much “vacation” this summer (not sure I’d be good at it anyway!) as I have been working on a couple of projects for our Department of Education in between trips to Memphis and Atlanta for conferences. Next week I am off to Winnipeg as the umpire supervisor for Softball
Canada’s U-14 Girls National Championship.

This is an introductory level tournament for umpires. Most will be at their first national and they are wide-eyed. Must be the teacher in me…cause I love having their eyes, ears and attention for the week as we (my assistant Tonya –also a teacher from BC – and I) learn with them towards becoming a team whose aim is two-fold; provide the tournament with the best officiating possible and to help each umpire progress upon their chosen path as an official. For many it will be their only National experience and that is enough in itself. For others, this is simply the first step towards a challenging and rewarding trip through the ranks to a World Championship or Olympic Games…it is always rewarding to be able to say that I was one of their co-learners…

Should be fun.

ps…belated Happy Birthday to my beautiful wife…we celebrated at Fundy…

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