Irene - It is awfully pretty, isn't it??
Heidi - Dh and I have been taking the trip to Canada for the past 6 years (I skipped last year to go to MB), so unfortunately, yep, I know how expensive it is. It wasn't so bad before when OUR economy was good and there was an actual exchange rate, but now it's ridiculous. Taking a water taxi to the island (10 miles) is probably going to be about $150 - no kidding - because of the gas prices.
We had a manager's meeting yesterday with our senior manager and he was asking about people in our groups and their commute. I guess people are asking for revised work schedules to help reduce traffic time because of gas prices. It's (in some places) up to $3.86. There's talk about it being up to $7.00 by the end of summer. Something has got to be done about this. We can't live this way.
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