MAY 7, Thursday, Sooke
Cloudy and rain in the morning but the sun did come out for a while in the afternoon. Truck still in the garage, trying to find the short or whatever it is. I stopped in and they had one of the harnesses apart. Finally finished all the photocopying of my insurance papers and mailed some of them. Downloaded all the pictures and updated the blog.
MAY 8, Friday, Sooke
Val found a place for TAI-CHI so she went there in the morning. In the afternoon, we went to visit an old friend of mine from my sailing days, Joan and Jim Eaton. They moved here about 7 years ago and are now retired. We had a very nice visit and Jim BBQ’ed salmon which was delicious. We reminisced over old friends and happy days of sailing.
We came home around 9 p.m.
MAY 9, Saturday, Visit more friends
A beautiful sunny day greeted us this morning. We drove to MILL BAY, about a half hour drive from here up Island and visited Val’s good friend, Tony. Willow and her husband and kids were also there (Toni’s daughter). We had once again a very nice visit and Tony served everyone deer meat (delicious) and halibut fish. Needless to say, our stomach was full.
We came home around 8 p.m.; I didn’t want to drive in the dark as Sooke road is quite crooked with curves and narrow at places.
We stopped at the 17 MILES PUB for a bite to eat and watched some hockey then drove home where we watched Canucks losing the game to Boston.
MAY 10, Sunday, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
Both Rochelle and Joanne called to wish Val a Happy Mother’s Day! She was overwhelmed by the calls and very happy.
We had visitors today; friends of George and Gladys, who spent the day. We had a cook-out of hot dogs and freshly harvested crabs which George steamed-cooked. We had a nice time and the guests left around 4 p.m. Unfortunately, the day ended in rain.
MAY 11, Monday, Sooke
I went with George to Langford to pick up some lumber for his boat ramp. I bought a generator, 1500 Watts, for $280. It is a 4 stroke motor and very quiet. We came back home, unloaded everything and then Val and I went to Victoria to Royal Oak Cemetery where Val saw and spent a few moments at her biological father’s grave. I took a few pictures then we came home.
Wanda, Gladys sister, had arrived from Prince George so we visited with her, had dinner and watched the Canucks lose the series and their chance to the Stanley Cup. We all went to bed very disappointed.
MAY 12, Tuesday, more problems with the truck
I swear this black cloud has a thing for me!! I went to the garage to check on the truck and found out that after all this time checking all the harnesses and connections, no short were found and to top it, as I took the truck home I discovered that the pedal was going all the way to the floor and the brakes were not operating safely. I took it back to the garage and they found the brake cylinder needed replacing. I left it there overnight.
MAY 13, Wednesday, here is that black cloud again
Val, Gladys and Wanda went to Uncle Russ house to pack all the stuff and get it ready for a garage sale. I worked on a few thing around here, got propane @ $26., and topped up the diesel tank @ .90 cents per litre. AOR called to advise me that I could not stay at Chemainus as the Park was full for the week-end but I could go in on Monday for the balance of our stay. So back to the phone and after numerous denials, I found a Park in Parksville that had a spot for us.
In the afternoon, Val and I went to visit Russ at the senior home to say our goodbyes before we leave tomorrow. We picked up the truck which was ready. Norm, the owner of the garage, told me to take the truck and drive it for a while to see if the problem returns. In the mean time, he charged me for the cost and repair of the brake cylinder but not the time spent trying to find the problem with the wiring. Now this is an honest and fair guy and I would go back to him again anytime.
We had hamburger for dinner then visited with Gladys, Wand and George. It’s been really miserable today; rain and wind and colder than usual.
MAY 14, Thursday, onward to Parksville, BC
A sunny day greeted us this morning. We slowly packed our stuff, I went to town to fill yet another tank of propane @$26, then loaded the generator once back at the house and hooked-up to “Q”. We said our goodbyes to everyone and left around 11 a.m. We first went to a local park where we dumped then drove east on Hwy 14 to hwy 1 north. We climbed the Malahat pass (1000 feet) easily and stopped for lunch near Lady Smith. It’s been many years since I’ve been this way and everything has grown. At Nanaimo, we got on Hwy 19 north and once near Parksville, we turned on 4A then 19 A to our destination, PARADISE SEASIDE PARK. We paid $25/night for a million dollar view, full hook-up, cable and WI-FI. We have a full view of the Georgia Straight, the Mainland and the mountains capped in snow. It’s good to be back to BC!
After we hooked up, we went for a short walk on the beach as the tide was out.
We travelled 175 KM (110 miles) in 4.5 hours at an average speed of 36 MPH.
N 49* 19’ 25”
W 124* 19’ 19”
Alt: 40 feet
I HAVE DOWLOADED 5 new pictures in FOLDER #40
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