Jimbo Red
Retired on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada after spending 30 years overseas in Engineering, Procurement and Construction. involved in Oil and Gas, Pulp and Paper, Civil, Pipeline, Protective Coatings, Refinery and Chemical as well as participation "onsite" during the firefighting efforts in Kuwait after the war with Iraq. Married 5 children, 4 grandchildren and a boat.
CAN SOMEONE STOP THE FUN, WE ARE IN HAWAII NEXT
We are off once again. Back into Nadi and on another plane, this time to Hawaii. We were going to have another 10 days there before heading back to Canada and then seeing what my next job might look like.…
WRAPPING UP FIJI IN PICTURES, SOME OF THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 1991
We spent an idyllic time in Fiji. Our days were filled with sun, beach, shopping and a wee bit of touring. Once again we had found a perfect place to spend our time away from work. As always Deysi had…
I NEED READER FEEDBACK ON NEW BLOG DESIGN
Due to overwhelming pressure from my “reader”, it has been recommended that I change my blog page format, once again. At issue this time is the “confusing” layout of my blog page. It seems when I changed my design to…
ANGE’S TURN TO FISH THE PACIFIC OR HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHUM
Along about midweek, at the Fijian resort, came time for our family deep sea fishing expedition. Deysi had booked it as part of our package. Ange and I were pumped. The other two had already been deep sea fishing with…
DAD KICKING BUTT AND CONQUERING NIGHT GOLF
After a few days of relaxing and seeing the local sights in Fiji, we changed hotels. This new resort was a little closer to the airport for our next flight, and had a golf course just waiting for me to…
MORE SHORT CLIPS FROM OUR TIME IN FIJI “OR” MOM GETS THE LICE
At our first resort, Ron and I had occasion to take scuba lessons in the pool. It was quite fun, but I felt a little embarrassed to be dressed like a “spaceman” in full scuba garb, standing on the deck…
FIJI HERE WE COME, SECOND LEG OF RETURN JOURNEY HOME
Well we made it, exhausted from all of the partying and wild times. Mom is still taking photos. Difference back then was that for every film she snapped off another $25.00 was down the old tube. She didn’t care, and…
ON THE ROAD AGAIN, THIS TIME TO BRISBANE, MAY 1991
In Sydney, we hired a car to use during our vacation there. On our third day we all piled into the car and, loaded with goodies headed north along the coast of eastern Australia with a final destination of Brisbane,…
AUSTRALIA IN THE SYDNEY HARBOUR 1991
After a rousing day of sightseeing in downtown Sydney, we start day two off on another tourist adventure. The girls were excited, not, and showing signs of passive resistance on only their second day. Looks like this was going to…
SYDNEY AND THE GIRLS CAN’T WAIT FOR ANOTHER TOUR
We have arrived in Sydney, Australia in early May 1991 after just having left New Zealand. We are taking an extended break before touching down in Calgary and searching out a new job. “An extended break” you might ask, “isn’t…
