On the Road Again

[Lazarus]

Well folks, I just accepted a new position working out of Kelowna.  I'll be a regional rep working from home and covering Kamloops, the Okanagan and the Trail/Castlegar/Nelson/Creston area doing automotive lease-return inspections.  The compensation is quite satisfactory...  

So anyway. no Kootenay Colour Run for me this year as I'll be going for training in October and officially starting in November.  

Now I've just got to get a place lined up!

 

[Fast Blue]

Your going to school so you can ID scratches on returned cars

[Lazarus]

Your going to school so you can ID scratches on returned cars

Pretty much my thought too but hey, they're paying for it...    It's actually more shadowing another rep for a couple of weeks just to learn the ropes.

[Kootenanny]

So, any way to ride your bike on the job?

[Lazarus]

I was hoping but apparently one of their U.S. reps did himself up pretty good while using his bike for work a few years ago (and trashed all of his company-supplied equipment, computer, etc) and now they have a company-wide ban.  

So, once a little money flows in I'll get a reasonably fuel-efficient car and my wife can drive the Explorer for a while until we replace it with something newer.

[Against The Wind]

I like Kelowna. I could live there. Good for you.  

[Fast Blue]

I like Kelowna. I could live there. Good for you.  

If it wasn't for the cottage in PS  I think we would have left Onterrible along time ago

[Against The Wind]

Where in PS?

[faststage1]

Kelowna! Hey welcome to my world. I can recommend a good phsyco therapist if you have difficulties adjusting to the weather, and the lakes, and the great riding, and great skiing, and, and, and............
(my guess as a neophite westerner would be PS = Perry Sound)

[bubba zanetti]

Hey Mike .. that is good news for you as I know you have been looking hard for a new community and better job opportunities

It goes without saying however, that you must give up you Kootenay passport upon leaving.  

[ToadRide]

Where in PS?

PS. Perry Sound. Ah, yes. I was once an Ontarioigan. A long, long time ago in a land far away. OS. Owen Sound.

[Lazarus]

But I can still visit right?  Right?

Looking forward to a much longer riding season though - maybe 2 months of downtime instead of seven!  

Also, a big part of my territory is going to be Castlegar, Trail, Nelson and Creston - I'll be out there about a week out of every month so I'm not leaving entirely.

I'll be running over to Kelowna on the bike the middle of this coming week to try and lock in a place for Nov 1st - got a line on a really nice, private, heavily treed rental house right on Mission Creek.

[Hardware]

PS. Perry Sound. Ah, yes. I was once an Ontarioigan. A long, long time ago in a land far away. OS. Owen Sound.

Where's this "Perry Sound"....I've only ever heard of Parry Sound?

[ToadRide]

OK. U win.

[Against The Wind]

Where's this "Perry Sound"....I've only ever heard of Parry Sound?

No wonder I keep getting lost...............................

[bubba zanetti]

No wonder I keep getting lost...............................

S.W.O.T.  

[Lazarus]

Thursday update:

Got the house lined up.  It's in Westbank with lots of room for visitors.  Feels like it's out in the country but it's just 3km from downtown Westbank and 15km from downtown Kelowna.  I think we may have to do a barbecue there next year...  Not really any tent space though (it's mostly on a slope) .  We'll be moving in for November 1st.