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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!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

August 8 to 14, 2013; Therese and Michel's visit at Gateway


AUG  8 to 14, Gateway and visit from sister Therese & Michel

Oooooooh, another week of HOT weather!!!!  34*C this Thursday and to top it all, I had a lousy sleep last night and felt it today at work!!!

Friday was payday, here now, gone a minute later paying bills!!!  Picked up some beer and wine for our guests arriving tomorrow.

Saturday, we went to work but I quit early and got home to find sister Therese & Michel, son Jeff already all set up and drinking beer with Val (Debbie had to work so couldn’t come).  We had BBQ Steak, corn on the cob from Chilliwack then sat around and caught up to news.  Ed and Jack came over to discuss the trip to the Baja and borrowed our book.  Jack and Mim came over to meet Therese and Michel before they left.  Val went to bed early and I did around 11 pm.

Sunday was work again for both of us but I once again got off earlier.  Jeffrey had T&M at the beach and by the time I showered, they were home.  We sat around and enjoyed the heat of the day then BBQ’ed hamburgers for dinner

Monday, Jeffrey left early this morning to go back home and work.  While Val was at work (I took the day off), I showed them our Park (Gateway) then we went to Quaaout Lodge; they were quite impress.  We walked the beach then drove to the Provincial Park, chatted with Val and her partner for a bit then I showed them around.  We even walked around at the beach.  We stopped for lunch at the Park Store then came home.  As we were driving home, the sky began to cloud over and by the time we had Happy Hour with Bob and Gail, the sky opened up and a deluge came down.  It lasted about an hour then cleared up but it sure cooled off the temperature, so much so that we had to put jackets on in the evening, a first in almost two months!!!  For dinner we had pasta with shrimps, delicious.

We went to Salmon Arm on Tuesday for our usual mail pick up and grocery shopping; I also had a doctor appointment to attend.  We went to see the Margaret Falls but the trail was closed due to a tree falling during the storm last night and it destroyed one of the bridges on the trail; so we went to the waterfront walk-board in Salmon Arm instead then to the local pub in the hotel where we had delicious ribs just like those in Logan Lake.  We came home after picking up groceries and more beer and had dinner (tacos with moose meat, delicious) then we sat outside for our last evening together.  Dennis and Ruth came over for a while.

Wednesday, we drove Therese and Michel back to Hope via a short visit through Logan Lake and a look at the mine.  We headed south on 97A to Merritt where we stopped for a coffee at TIM HORTON and a small bit to eat.  We arrived in Hope around 4:30 PM, had a beer with Johnny and Irais then we said our goodbyes to Therese and Michel and everyone else and headed home.  We left at 6:15 PM and arrived home at 9 PM after a stop in Kamloops for gas @ $1.24 and a hamburger in Chase.  Val made her lunch then we relax for a bit before going to bed and be ready for another week of work.  It’s been great having Therese and Michel with us here at Gateway and I think they had a good time while here.

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