Welcome to the pot hole capital of the world

Well we're finally in the new place and settling down. Although we've only moved across the city, the amount of organizing, the number of people to inform and the stress involved, you'd think we'd moved continents again. Still, the new place is nice, the views fabulous and now we have internet, cable, phone and our washing machine plumbed-in, life is resuming normality. The kids can also walk to school now which is a boon. The house is a bit bigger than our rental place so our furniture is rattling around a bit but that's easily remedied with some shopping.

I've managed to get the full 4 days off work at Easter so we're heading down to Victoria, the provincial capital, for a few days R&R this weekend which will be interesting. They're well into their Spring down there so it'll be nice to see some flowers and get away from the snow which, although melting fast, will still be around here for a bit. Our kids are still sledding down the hill at the back of our garden can you believe. It's warming up though and last night stayed above zero degrees for the the first time since I can't remember when.

The mood is changing too. Everyone wants to see the end of the snow (it was still snowing on the first two days of April) and are now looking forward to the summer. The shops are full of lawnmowers, barbeques and patio furniture. I even saw someone wearing shorts last week. The bad news is that the winter has had it's toll on the city roads and it feels like we have now become the pot-hole capital of BC. The main city routes have become giant slalom courses and drivers everywhere appear be driving enebriated but are simply trying to save their undercarriages as they swerve across the roads avoiding the holes. The same city crews which spent the last 4 months snow-ploughing the roads are now repairing them with a 24 hour pot-hole patrol in effect. Not only that but the melting snow has turned roads into streams and snow blocked drains everywhere result in very large puddles further impeding driving. Pickup trucks and SUVs are handy not only for winter but all year round in PG it would seem.