Someone told Elise that the loop in front our house was three and a half Kilometer to go the full circle, so today she and her Mother went for a run. Elise is seventeen, and an athelete. So off they went. After thirty minutes, Mother Anne turned back for home. Anne was holding Elise back because of the difference in their speeds. Elise kept going, and going, and going. Finally, an hour after Anne returned home, Ken the Father went searching for Elise and found her still two K from home. The loop actually is almost eighteen K around the loop, but there is a three and a half difference between the two branches of the loop. The moral of the story is that when you are in a new area, always ask at least two sets of directions before you set out for your run.
Ken and Anne live in Vancouver with their two children, who are Eric who is 19 and Elise who is 17. Ken is my nephew, the youngest child of my brother David. Since the time he was the youngest child, he was mechanically inclined. He could take things apart and put things back the same way. As a young kid, he wired their whole house for sound, long before it was easy. He was a Physics major, as is his wife, who has her PhD in Physics. We love having them around because they think about things in a different way. Andrew and David, Ken and I are delighted that they are spending two weeks in Nova Scotia, to attend our celebration, and we are delighted they are getting to explore Nova Scotia. They are some of our most favorite relatives and they are visiting one of our most favorite places. That is about as good as it gets!!
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