OCT 6, Wednesday, Gateway
We got the rig ready to move for tomorrow morning then went into Chase for some last minute stuff. The park is really quiet now with most people having left, there are only 5 full timers left including us. It was another beautiful day!
OCT 7, Thursday, to Kamloops
We left around 8:30 am for South Thompson RV dealer in Kamloops to get the last of warranty work done. We dropped off the rig after going through the list of things to do then went downtown to do some shopping and killing time.
At 5 pm, we drove to Brook’s house and spent the night there. What a beautiful house! Brook collects chandeliers and he has them all over the house. His house is of the 1900 era and we got the complete tour. After a delicious dinner of BBQ salmon, we went to his parent’s house to visit their place too. It is or was a hotel back in 1912, converted into a house later on and they’ve been living there for the last 20 years or so. His father is a collector and there were all kinds of stuff throughout. His mom collects dolls, all kinds. It is a heritage home now and they have city tours once in a while. It really was beautiful and Brook was a marvellous tour guide. Unfortunately, his parents weren’t there so we couldn’t visit and, like a dummy, I forgot to take pictures of the place; I am really getting forgetful lately!
We went back to his place and chatted and watched TV then it was bed time.
OCT 8, Friday, Back to Gateway then down to the coast
After saying good-bye to Brook, we went to South Thompson to pick up our rig. They were still working on it so had to wait an hour and were finally on our way by 11 am. We drove to North Shuswap to our place, parked “Bear”, loaded our gear into the car and headed for the coast. It is sunny and warm!
We arrived at Jeffrey’s place around 6 pm and spent the evening chatting and catching up to news after Debbie and him served us a great dinner. Tucker re-acquainted himself to Simon and met a new one, Charlie who is a mix shitt-sue/ cocker spaniel. Charlie is shy and scared of Tucker who growls when he plays fights.
OCT 9, Saturday, Jeffrey’s house
Welcome to the coast...it is raining and the forecast is for rain the whole week-end! At one point it was raining in buckets! Anyway, we went to Costco where the girls shopped for cloths while Jeff and I went to cafeteria for hot dog and fries. Afterwards we went to his shop for a looky-look then we went home.
In the evening, we went to the pub for the dinner and the evening entertainment. We came home around 11 pm after a great time.
OCT. 10, Sunday, Thanksgiving in Chilliwack
We left Jeff’s house at 11 am and we all made our way to Rochelle & Kevin’s house in Chilliwack where we had the most marvellous Thanksgiving dinner. First we visited with the kids and grand-kids and everyone started to arrive for dinner. There were all the grand-parents (3 sets), Hayley and her new boyfriend, Josh; the newlyweds Vanessa & Garrette; Graeme; Jeff & Debbie and mom & dad of course. Needless to say that the dinner was a success and everyone enjoyed themselves.
Later in the evening, we had pumpkin pie and ice cream then watched some pictures; Kevin was in the mood to reminisce about the kids when they were younger. We said good bye to everyone including Jeff and Debbie who drove back to Surrey and after everyone left, the four of us sat and chatted and enjoyed a glass of red wine. When it was time to go to bed, around 12:30 am, I went to get Tucker from under the couch but he didn’t want to move so I reached for him and he growled but instead of heeding the warning, I went further and he bit me on the thumb making a gash that once at emergency, had to have 4 stitches to close it. Yes, I had to go emergency. Rochelle drove there and back and we finally got to bed around 3 am.
OCT. 11, Monday, Back to Gateway
We didn’t get up 10 am. We had breakfast then went to visit Vanessa and Garrette new apartment downstairs. They bought some new furniture and had their apartment looking really nice and homey. Once again, it was time for us to leave so we said goodbye to Hayley, Rochelle and Kevin and left Chilliwack around 2 pm. We arrived back at Gateway around 5 pm and Bob called us over for dessert. Ron and Therese; Donna and Marcel were also there. We visited for a while then went home to have dinner and put our stuff away.
4 days to our departure!
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