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Feelin' Old
Apr. 6th, 2009 04:17 amI woke in the middle of the night, and to help distract myself before once more assaulting the walls of sleep, I loaded Google Earth and started tooling around Osoyoos, a town I lived in from the ages of roughly 5 to 9.
Its all changed. There are streets and houses where I remember dirt roads, orchards, and fields of green peppers. I eventually found my Elementary school, but its twice the size I remember and the enormous playground separating it from the High School is missing. I did find the old Motel that we owned back then, and it at least seems the same as I recall.
Its funny that most of these changes seem to have happened since I last was there in the 90s. When my Brother and I went to visit on a day trip way back then (as I was visiting my folks in Kelowna, not too far away), things had changed, but not so much. My Elementary school and High School were pretty much as I remembered then, although the proportions were different.
I'm glad I took the opportunity to visit way back when, as the pace of change seems to have only accelerated since.
And now, on that cheery note, I shall attempt to go back to sleep.
Its all changed. There are streets and houses where I remember dirt roads, orchards, and fields of green peppers. I eventually found my Elementary school, but its twice the size I remember and the enormous playground separating it from the High School is missing. I did find the old Motel that we owned back then, and it at least seems the same as I recall.
Its funny that most of these changes seem to have happened since I last was there in the 90s. When my Brother and I went to visit on a day trip way back then (as I was visiting my folks in Kelowna, not too far away), things had changed, but not so much. My Elementary school and High School were pretty much as I remembered then, although the proportions were different.
I'm glad I took the opportunity to visit way back when, as the pace of change seems to have only accelerated since.
And now, on that cheery note, I shall attempt to go back to sleep.
