September 20 to 25, 2013; 10 days to Departure Day!

Today, Friday, we did something we’ve been talking about for quite a while and been procrastinating on...we went to our storage “Sea Can” in the compound and cleaned up a whole bunch of it.  We got rid of a lot of stuff and filled 5 big garbage bags of clothing and stuff to give to the Salvation Army in Salmon Arm the next time we go there.  I also gave Dennis a hand as he was cutting some plywood and that is hard to do by yourself.  Val went to Chase and got some distilled water for me and a birthday card for tomorrow.

Saturday was back to rain; I went to Chase to bottle the last of our wine.  After unloading the wine, I got some of bags of clothes loaded in the back of the Jeep to take to S.A. on Monday or Tuesday.  At 3 pm, we went to the main building and had a 70^th birthday party for a neighbour, Wayne.  About 30 people were present and we had quite a spread of food.  It lasted until 9 pm and we even had a fire outside as the skies had cleared earlier and it was a very pleasant evening.

More rain on Sunday!  After dumping the tanks, we had a quiet day at home.  We went for a short walk earlier with Tucker and daughter Rochelle called to chat in the afternoon.

We went to Salmon Arm Monday and dropped off the clothes that we bagged a couple days ago.  We stopped for some groceries then came home.  HH was at our place with 3 couples attending.  I even got a fire going.

On Tuesday, I got the car winterized and the battery put away in our storage.  I also installed the bike rack I bought yesterday at “Cdn Tire”.  Friends that we met in Mexico, Rick and Judy, came out for a visit and to pick our brains about our trip to Texas and other places to stay in the USA and to look at our new home.  We went to Quaaout Lodge for lunch with them and continued the “brain picking” for another hour or so.  We got back home by 3:30 pm and stopped at our “Sea Can” and did some more packing and loaded them in the jeep to take to Salvation Army on Thursday.  It was soon HH at Bob and Gail.  We had a very late dinner, sort of; grilled cheese sandwich as a snack as we were full from our late lunch and watched the tube for the rest of the evening.

We woke up to a sunny but cold Wednesday morning, it got down to 3*C (33*F), Brrrrrrr!  Today, I continued putting things away and getting the Jeep ready for our trip south.  I cleaned our fireplace and the BBQ and put that away.  I called Shaw Satellite and put our account on “Vacations” until our return in April.  Val took some books back to the library that she had signed out.  We had a small drizzle and all of sudden it got quite cold so we came in from outside.  Val my favorite...meatballs, potatoes and sweet gravy!  We watched the tube for the rest of the evening