After packing and saying goodbye to a couple neighbours, we were on the road by 10 am under sunny sky. We stopped in Chase where I found my lost sunglasses; this is really getting to be a bad habit!!! We continued to Kamloops where I put $250 worth of fuel in the motorhome then to Costco to buy some steaks for tonight. From here, we followed Hwy 1 through the Fraser Canyon and eventually Chilliwack seven hours later. We stopped for lunch in Savona then many times to take pictures or just take-in the scenery.
We had a BIG reunion at Rochelle & Kevin’s house. My kid brother Johnny was there, also present were son Jeffrey, grand-son Graeme and his fiancé Courtenay and finally Doreen (Roch’s mom) and her husband Gord. Unfortunately the girls couldn’t be here due to work. The BBQ consisted of steaks, potatoes, salad and lots of wine. The place became noisier as we drank more and lots and lots of laughs. As usual, Kevin kept everyone entertained and my brothers loved joining in. We finally got to bed at 1 am.
N 49* 07.793’
S 121* 57.751’Alt: 58 Ft
We travelled
251 miles @ an average speed of 48 MPH for 5 hrs. Total time: 7 hrs
There were a few people with hang-over this morning! Johnny, Gaetan and Josette arrived at our place around 11 am. G&J are staying at Johnny’s place. We took two vehicles and drove to Port Moody with a stop in Abbotsford to pick up Johnny’s girlfriend, Jone. Within 15 minutes after arriving at the dock, we were on our way to Indian Arm, a long Fiord within 15 minutes from the Marina. We went to the far end enjoying the scenery. At the end, there are three Yacht Clubs with their own clubhouse and docks but no one is allowed unless a member. We looked at the water fall which is quite famous in the early summer because of the volume of water but today, it was just a small creek coming down the rock face. It is very steep here so we let the boat float free after coming to a complete stop, shutting down and we had BBQ salmon and steaks with salad. Like all good thing, it had to come to an end so the motors were started and we cruised back to the Marina arriving around 7 pm. We sat around for a while but then it was time to say goodbye to Jeffrey. We drove back to our own places in Chilliwack. We were home by 11 pm.
This was relaxing day! I didn’t get to shower until noon. Johnny, Gaetan and Josette arrived to return the cooler; they are headed for Vancouver today sightseeing. We were invited but I didn’t feel like driving to Vancouver today. We did invite them for dinner tomorrow night though. Earlier this morning, Kevin and I had a chat about work he is offering me so he explained what I could expect. It sounds great and I look forward starting tomorrow morning at 8 am.
We
went into town while Rochelle and Kevin went to a birthday party and then later
a dinner invite. We went to MARK’s WORLD
for some pajama bottom as mine are worn out and new shorts for Val then it was
to TIM HORTON for lunch and Sears to shop for a new comforter but no luck. We stopped for some groceries then home for a
glass of wine and update the blog.
Today was my first day at work for my son-in-law Kevin with his business, window and glass! We had to go to Abbotsford where a new post office is being built. My job consisted of installing rubber seals on the frame of the new windows. It wasn’t a hard job but interesting. My grand-son Graeme was my boss on site; kind of weirdJ! Anyway the windows are huge and it takes all 5 of us to move them in place. We finished at 4:15 pm.
In the meantime, Val made a couple calls about furnished houses for us for the winter and I think we may have found one in Cultus Lake and Val made an appointment for tomorrow evening.
For dinner, we had Gaetan, Josette and Johnny over. Val made her famous Meat balls with mash potatoes. Rochelle bought some delicious Jubilee Corn from Chilliwack. Grand-daughter Vanessa came over with her new Beau, Shawn but didn’t stay for dinner. At least she got to see Gaetan. This wasn’t a late evening as G&J are leaving early in the morning for Vancouver Island and we all have to work so we said our goodbyes and went to bed early (10 pm)
I was at work by 8 am and got home at 5:15 due to a 4 car pile-up near the Vedder River crossing. Val did some laundry and found us another place to look at on Promontory Hill; we have a viewing Thursday evening. She cooked dinner for all of us too; what a wonderful person!
More work and not much else to say about the day except that it was a nice day. We met R&K and Russ and his wife at the Pub in the early evening then came home and I was in bed early
Today, I was given the job of making some parts pick up. It was interesting and different to go to different places and driving a truck again, diesel to boot! Once home, I had a shower then we went to see a place on Promontory and decided to take it. IT is a one bedroom basement suite but with its own entrance, furnished, brand new and all for $800 including utilities, cable TV and internet. WOW! What a bargain. To top it all, the lady knew our good friends Zhila and Dennis who passed away a couple years ago. We came home happy to know we had a place to live. I heard from Gaetan and they will be in Vancouver tomorrow so will meet them tomorrow. That's their last day.
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