Great Outdoors For Granted

Made a new friend today.  We have this parking problem at the office and I have volunteered to take a shuttle to a pick up zone until our new parking lot gets built.  Affords an opportunity to chat with folks while waiting.  Had the pleasure of meeting N.  N has been relocated back to Toronto and is sad that he will no longer be able to ski the Rockies in the winter and foray through nature's beauty during the summer with an easy 1-1/2 hour drive from Calgary.  N took total advantage while he was here.  We rattled off the mountains throughout the west and I could only find one that he hadn't skied during his three years here (Vernon's Silverstar).  One particular comment of his will always stand out in my mind.  "People here don't know how good they've got it!  N will take some ski vacations back to the west when he gets the chance.