Today was Canada Day, and all kinds of people were partying all over the island. When I got up this morning, I went to the school to see James, and touch base with him since I’d been off the island and without Internet for a week. After touring around with him and getting a new assignment that is going to be a bitch to figure out, I came back to David’s and hung out with Holly for a bit.
We got hungry and went for lunch at Harvest Thyme again, then we drove down to Brickyard Beach to watch all kinds of people shoot homemade potato cannons into the ocean. It was pretty impressive how many people were there partying. Every time the cannons fired – whether it flew 5 feet, or five hundred – the entire crowd clapped and cheered like it was the most amazing thing they had ever seen. It’s funny to me that a bunch of fairly rich people gather together to shoot potatoes into the ocean using PVC pipe and a BBQ lighter.
We stuck around for maybe a half hour, and then I met a nice dog who had the coolest looking eyes. His name was Kita. His owner was nice, and let me take a couple pictures of him. I keep wanting a dog. After hanging out with Honey so much in the last little while, I keep thinking how nice it would be to have a pooch to hang out with me all day.
Especially one with eyes like this!
Later on, Holly and I went and toured the school. I showed her the building we just made, and the ones that other guys had made over the years, then we wandered over to James’ new lot. Everyone was there enjoying a celebratory beer after a long day of stacking stones. I introduced Holly to everyone, then showed her the huge waterfall James had dug while he was excavating. We headed back to the school, stopped a moment to pick some cherries, then toured the classroom. Eventually James came back from his new lot and gave Holly and I a walk through his current home. I love it, and I’m pretty sure Holly did too, so now all I have to do is design and build one similar. Should be simple.
It’s now 4:20 am, so I think I’ll go hit my joint a couple times and then try and sleep a bit.
[...] I was right. It was even worse than I expected. We walked a lap around the whole thing, and the only point of interest was a STIHL booth where they were holding lumberjack contests. They had lots of chainsaws, some large handsaws, and a mini pool for log rolling. Unfortunately the competitions didn’t start until 2pm, so we didn’t get to see any. I was more excited to go meet my mighty nephew anyway, and I guarantee no one parties like Gabriolans party on Canada Day. [...]