Be careful what you wish for

So the Libs are getting their act together. This Ignatieff guy just might have a shot at the big time. It was a lot of fun watching the three stooges led by Ding-Dong #1 but that phase looks to be over. The only flaw in the plan to take over the party without a leadership convention is that the Liberals stood to make a lot of money from the convention. But something tells me that Michael has probably thought that one through as well. Harper had better be on his guard - this one's got legs.

We got to Ottawa late last night, just ahead of the big storm that blew into town today. We're settled into a park south of Arnprior for a few days. We finally got our water system thawed out. It was good until we left Brandon and then froze up during the day. We tried to thaw it out on the road but the heat loss from the travel was just too much to overcome. And we couldn't stop because we just had to get the miles behind us. This country is BIG - really big. Years ago I remember father saying "you drive and drive and drive until you get to Thunder Bay and then you realize that you are only half way there". We also had the fortune to run through some incredibly bad roads. So bad that the little truck was absolutely filthy this morning, even including under the hood. It wasn't full under the hood but there wasn't a lot of empty space left either. I ran it through an automatic carwash today and its still dirty but not as bad as it was.

Today I drove into Ottawa for a meeting and then got caught in the early exodus from the city this afternoon. It took me 3/4 of an hour to go in and 2-1/2 hours to come back. Tomorrow the poor bastards will have to cope with a winter storm plus a public transport strike. Fortunately we don't have to travel at all tomorrow.