Lyle Yes, a tad late getting this up, but better late than never. This photo is of mom Agnes, my sister Eileen and me at my mother’s 100th birthday bash at The Peninsula Residence in beautiful Sidney by the Sea in British Columbia, Canada. Wow! 100 years! Imagine the changes she has witnessed in her lifetime … Read more
At our weekly jam last Tuesday night, I got to play the last two songs on our set list (Jenny Jenny <867-5309> and Rocking In The Free World) with a version of this guitar. I was hooked! The feel, the tone. That’s it … I “need” one 🙂 So off to Long & McQuade I … Read more
<YYC – TH-FH – WED 28 JUL 2010 – 1. – 0121> 03 April 1972 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: First Solo Cross Country! Piper Cherokee 140 – PA-28-140, CF-YTY: YXE – YQW – YPA – YXE; 3:05 WOW! Freedom! First solo cross country flight! I remember following along the north shore of the North Saskatchewan river, … Read more
25 August 1971 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: First Solo! Piper Cherokee PA-28-140, CF-YTZ, Ray’s Flying Service – Vern Forbes, instructor: 10 minutes; one circuit on runway 08 ! First solo! WOW! I was not certain that this day was going to be “the day”; Vern had only previously mentioned that he thought I was ready; on … Read more