Fair, food, fun
I am a TV news reporter. I write my own stories, set up my interviews, do the interviews and present the story on TV. My son is still in high school, yet he's way ahead of me!
November 2, 2007
May 31, 2007
They Quietly Slide Under
Ever see a child drowning? I've witnessed it three times. In each case I rescued those children ... essentially, I suppose, saving their lives. They were kids who knew a little bit about how to swim but were not strong swimmers. They quietly slid under the water, unable to get back to the top on their own.
February 9, 2007
March
It is only a few weeks away. I can hardly wait!
If you ask people what their favorite month of the year is, I think they would say May for the flowers or pick October for the colored leaves. Who says March?? I do!!
January 9, 2007
Blowout on an L.A. freeway
I was about 10 years of age and sitting in the back of our family car, a lemon yellow early '70s model Pontiac, when I first learned that a tire can blow out on your car. My dad was driving down a freeway in Los Angeles and soon the car was swerving and then jolted to a safe stop at the side of the road.
October 2, 2006
Lost in Stanley Park
It is an evergreen oasis of 1000-acres close to the heart of Vancouver's downtown. More than a century old, Stanley Park has the historic grandeur of Central Park in New York City and the most lush landscaping, vividly colored flowers and large masses of perennial plantings I have ever seen.
Two girlfriends and I recently rode bikes on the paths around the Canadian gem passing by majestic cedar, hemlock and fir trees that embraced us and transported us to an environment where we were most certainly biking-awestruck. We are childhood friends who grew up riding bikes together as girls and young teens. We live in different states now and so we cherished time together experiencing the scenery. The dilemma: We became lost.
We were trying to find a park lunch spot called the Tea House. Everyone we approached for directions was friendly and generous. They gave us their paper maps and helped us study posted wooden map-boards. But as we pedaled away chatting, biking along pretty paths, up and down hills and "following directions" we would always come to a fork in the road and never know which way to turn.
True to Vancouver's climate, a light afternoon rain began to fall. We threw on ponchos and kept pedaling but I began to inwardly stress that we were miles from our condo, in an unfamiliar city.
The maps made the park seem enormous to me, even though my friend Lori Moon assured me the park's size on the maps was deceiving.
We cycled past carved, whimsical totem poles and a sign that said, "Legend of the Lost Moon." I asked my friend (with the last name Moon) to stand by the sign for a fun photo we could laugh at once we were no longer lost.
I realize now that a lack of food, a wet bike and paranoia about the size of the park caused my strange declaration at one bleak point: "I am like a human compass, follow me!" I boasted.
August 22, 2006
Embracing my inner tomboy
I drove through a giant mud puddle on an ATV a couple of weeks ago. When I was finished I circled around and drove through it again!
This is about something new I tried that is out of my comfort zone. After a lifetime of being known as a girly-girl I have been embracing my inner tomboy recently.
Our family went to Whistler, Canada this summer. We took walks along lush trails, did sightseeing, rented bikes, took pictures of black bears, ate nice dinners out and played games together in our condo.
But with our youngest family member being nine years old now, we realized we could finally pick something challenging to do as a family-unit. We decided to rent all terrain vehicles and learn how to navigate them up and down the mountain roads!
We had a guide. Andrew, who unlike us, knew what he was doing. He taught us how to start the ATV, how to hit the brakes and how to keep from spinning out on a narrow mountain trail.
Our son is 16-years old and was able to drive his own ATV. Our oldest daughter, who is NOT into the idea of embracing her inner tomboy, was nervous until she was offered a ride on the back of the ATV with adventurous Andrew. Our baby of the family, Katie Rose, rode with my husband.
One of my favorite pictures from our day is one of Katie Rose decked out in her enormous boots and raincoat wearing her giant goggles. One of her boots actually slid off when we all got to racing up the mountain. Andrew had to be REALLY adventurous and backtrack down the mountain to find it.
We bumped along rocky roads and saw the most beautiful mountain scenery you can imagine. We were able to get high on the mountain to see views and trees and flowers that were different than you see around lower parts of Whistler. We came back safe, sound and filthy dirty.
In 2010, the mountains in Whistler will host Olympic athletes who will navigate the trails with skis. But for one glorious day in August, those mountain trails hosted my children, husband and me on ATV’s for a family outing we will never forget
Sue Breding shares her vacation photos
For more information on the Canadian All-Terrain Adventures featured above, visit
wwww.canadiansnowmobile.com.
Reporters Let Loose
- April Warnecke
- Ben Lemoine
- Beverly Kidd
- Brad Perry
- Brian Webb
- Carey Pena
- Claudia Rivero
- Courtney Zubowski
- Frank Camacho
- Gary Harper
- Heather Moore
- Javier Soto
- Kim Martinez
- Kirsten Joyce
- Marissa Wingate
- Mike Watkiss
- Olivia Fierro
- Patti Kirkpatrick
- Ross Shimabuku
- Royal Norman
- Scott Pasmore
- Steve Bodinet
- Sue Breding
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