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!

Tuesday, April 09, 2013

April 6 to 9, 2013; Our last days with Bear and The Beast!

APR  6, Saturday, Desert Hot Springs
Windy again, quite strongly at times.  Today, we packed more stuff.  I put the spare back under the trailer then we took the kayaks to the storage and locked it up.  We also left our golf clubs there.  Val did some laundry in the afternoon then, at 4:30 PM. We picked up Dave & Louise and went to Red Lobster and met Audrey, Tom and Ellen for dinner.  T&E are leaving tomorrow for Los Angeles to return their daughter’s car which they had been using; they’ll be back by next Wednesday.  Taking about date, I got a call from McMahon RV asking that we do the switch on Wednesday rather than Tuesday which suit us fine.  After dinner, we all went to Tom & Ellen and had a nightcap then we drove Audrey home and we came back to our Park.

 
APR.  7, Sunday,
The day began cloudy but it soon warmed up to low 90’s when the sun came out.  Val went shopping with Audrey at Costco and other places I am sure.  This is a relax day for both of us, I stayed home and did just that.  I talk to a neighbour from Alberta who bought his MH in Arizona and he said there were no problems getting a permit.  Val and Audrey got back around 4 PM and Dave and Louise joined us for Happy Hour.  A neighbour of theirs also joined us and we had quite an interesting conversation about WHR membership and the attitude of a salesman here in Desert Pools.  Everyone went home by 6 PM and we had dinner.  I packed more boxes today.  I also wrote a note to WHR HQ about the stories we’ve been hearing about this “salesman” and our own.

 
APR  8, Monday, more stuff about our purchase.
I called Customs office in Palm Spring and made an appointment for 10 which we attended.  I signed two pieces of papers importing our Silverback into the USA.  That part was easy, painless and quick.  We drove to McMahon RV and took measurements for the chair in the living room and looked around some more to familiarise ourselves with it.  We talked to the manager and he seems to have concerns with the truck paperwork so to put some of worries aside, we went back to the Custom Office and filled out the papers for the truck.  The officer there will hold them until he gets the Letter of Compliance from Ford.  I put $60 of diesel in the truck @ 4.19 then came home and made some more phone calls: The insurance, Ford dealer, our insurance adjuster.  I wish I didn’t have to deal with that accident but such is life!!!  Val is making a big batch of spaghetti sauce for tonight and for when we hit the road.  Audrey came over for dinner and then we had a quiet chat.  We called it quit early as everyone was tired.
It has been extremely windy today and a good portion of the streets in and around Palm Springs was closed due to sand blowing and accumulating on the streets.  The wind with strong gusts lasted until late in the evening.

 
APR   9, Tuesday; Memories & Reminiscing
Our last full day with “The Beast” and “The Bear”!  Tomorrow we do the switch-over to our new to us “Beaver, Monterey, diesel pusher”.  Val went shopping with Audrey and I stayed home doing odd jobs around here.  The winds have abated and it is much warmer than yesterday although it was cold enough this morning to turn the furnace on.  There is a new layer of snow on the highest mountains around.  I drove to Audrey’s place at 4:30PM and met the gang over there for Happy Hour.  We got home around seven and had dinner then relaxed for the rest of the evening.

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