About Me

Lee Creek, North Shuswap near Chase, B.C, Canada
We went full-time Rving in October of 2005! We retired from full time to part-time as of the end of 2015. Our present "small but comfortable" Wagon is a 2008 Camper trailer(TravelAir Rustler), pulled by a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 4X4.l. Our home is now a Gated Community Park, in Oliver, British-Columbia, Canada. I retired in 2005 and my Life Companion, Valerie, retired October 1, 2006 from nursing. We invite you to follow and share our new adventures and mishaps. Life is but an adventure full of dreams yet to be fulfilled!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

November 5 to 9, 2011; Casa Grande and visit from Aud & Marcel

NOV  5, Saturday, Casa Grande
It was windy most of the night and rained heavily at times, it woke me up!  This morning, we have a beautiful sunshine with a few clouds but quite cool; only 8*C (46*F) at 8 am.
I spent the day setting up our camp, putting up the dish for satellite which was very frustrating as we never got it going.  Actually not quite true, I had the signal for a while then lost it and never got it back so gave up before becoming frustrated.  There was a craft show in the hall and Val bought a small shoulder purse.  We spent about a half hour in there then Val went to the library and I came home.


NOV  6, Sunday
A cold night, 6*C but the sun is shining this morning and already 10*C at 8 am.  A quiet day at home, temperature went as high as 18*C (67*F); we read, Val went to the puzzle room for a while and I finally got our Star Choice satellite set up,  thanks to a neighbour from Alberta.  A quiet day at home!


NOV  7, Monday, “the Beast” is back
It rained and blew quite hard over night!  Once again we had to get up in the middle of the night to bring the awning in.  Now, 8 am, everything is wet but the sky is clearing some so maybe we will have sunshine later.  I got a call from the garage that the wrong part was sent so they had to re-order it and should be here early afternoon.
Val is at her “walk the pounds away” exercise class.  At 10:30 am, we both went for line dancing lessons!  YES!  You read that right!  It was for an hour and a half and was quite fun and interesting.  The Ford dealer finally called me at 4 pm that the truck was ready.  They picked me up and I paid the bill then came home to pick up Val.  The problem was the PSI hose from the power steering pump to the hydroboost.  Val and I went to FRY’s to get some milk, beer and wine (necessity of life) then we came home, cooked dinner and watched the tube.  It is quite windy here now.


NOV  8, Tuesday,
A beautiful but cool morning.  The sun is shining and it is a balmy 7*C outside (44*F) in the shade at 8:30 am.  The forecast is for 65*F today.  Val is gone to her exercises.
We went into town to the mall on Florence and shopped at Best Buy (oh! Oh!) , then to a couple of shoe stores for Val and Target looking for plastic wine glasses.  Val found her sandals at the Outlet.  We came home via Walmart then it was dinner time.  After dinner, I set up my new Virgin Mifi and called Marcel and Audrey.  We made arrangements to meet them on Thursday in Palm Springs.  Their motorhome is still in the garage.


NOV  9, Wednesday, surprised visit
Up early again today, Val took a break from the exercises and did a load of laundry instead.  I researched cost for insurance for Mexico.  I went into town and had the truck washed then to Big Lots to see about my lamp exchange but they were still unpacking so I will return tomorrow.  I stopped at the Post Office and mailed a b’day cards for McKinley.
Audrey and Marcel showed up here from San Diego; a last minute decision and it’s great seeing them again...it’s been a year since last we got together.  After catching up with news, we went to a local pub, “The Place”, and had dinner and lots of laughs.  We didn’t get to bed until midnight.  They slept on the couch which turns into a bed.

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