Beam Reach

O Canada!

Last week on the boat, we spent a couple of days in Victoria, B.C.  To make friends with our neighbors to the north, we learned a few facts about Canada:

1.  Gained independence: 1867 or 1931, depending on who you ask.  It’s worth noting that there wasn’t an independent Canadian embassy to the US until 1947

2. Prime Minister: Stephen Harper

3.  Currency: Well, they call it a dollar, but there’s not a single President on it.  Nor are there any creepy masonic eye pyramids either, so maybe they’re onto something.

4.  National Anthem (Music so you can sing along)

O Canada!  The land where we saw whales
A whale-less week at sea, ends with a humpback tail
With Transients near the waterfront
And porpoises galore
With Mt. Baker as our photo mat
They swim away from shore!

Chorus:
O Canada! Your conference we attend
O Canada! We duly recommend
O Canada! Jason’s talk at 10

O Canada! Your showers take loonies
What’s one to do, with American currency?
The Mounties nearly chased us down
On the morn we left early
But all was good, for we ate our way
Through our surplus fruits and veggies!

Chorus:
O Canada! Your conference we attend
O Canada! We duly recommend
O Canada! Jason’s talk at 10