August 16, 2007

We took a short trip to Kamloops this week. We went to visit Michel's cousin Les. He sunk his speed boat in the river the previous night, so we lucked into helping him to try to retreive it from the bottom of the river. Approximately 30 feet deep. Well we didn't really do very much, I took pictures, but mostly we sat around. He hired a scuba diver to do the underwater work and here Michel is holding the guide rope for the diver.
He took a huge inner tube and pushed it into the bow of the boat, then tied another larger tube to the stern. Then inflated both tubes in hopes of floating the sunken boat.



It worked - sort of. The front of the boat lifted out of the water, but the back inner tube couldn't float the back of the boat, so the guys pulled it up close to the shore to try to re-position the tube. They worked at it until it got too dark for safety.

We went back the next day for a couple of hours, but Michel and I weren't there when they actually pulled it out and trailered it. But he did get it out, and he's working on getting the water all out of it. He says it will be fine and on the river in no time!!!

August 11, 2007

Well here's a bit of news for you - we sold our two lots in Fort Greenwood! It all happened quite quickly with not a lot of time to think about it. In a matter of days, we had our $$ and the deal closed. We are very sad to be leaving our good friends in the park, but we've promised to stay in touch.

We decided we'd try out our other lot - the one in the 'trailer' park at the north end of Greenwood. We're not really suppose to be parking our motorhome here, but it's only for a few days. We'll be heading out on Monday - first reservation Christina Pines at Christine Lake.

August 6, 2007

Can you see any gold in the pan???

Believe it or not there are 3 tiny tiny specks. We didn't get rich today - too bad - Deb and Len will not be quitting their day jobs just yet!!








After a hard day of panning for gold we ended up in Rock Creek at the Prospector Pub, which is over 100 years old. It was a hustling, bustling little bar back in the days of the gold rush.


Pictured here from left to right: Len and Deb Wald, and myself.

August 6, 2007

Gold panning anyone??
We had a great visit with Deb and Len (Wald) this week. They "stopped in" for a couple of days on their way from St. Albert to Vancouver. We laughed a lot, drank a little and ate too much - even tried a little gold panning in the Boundary Creek. They say there's gold in them thar waters!!!

Top picture is Deb swishing the water around while Len takes a break.

Next picture is Michel and Len both hard at it!!

July 27, 2007

We had company this week. My cousins Darlene and Ed Cyre and Phyllis and Hector Menard were here from Plamondon, Alberta for three days. They didn't stay in Fort Greenwood, because we still only have temporary power for the few living here, but they stayed across the street in the Greenwood RV Park. We had a great visit. My sister Cindy and her husband Dan and my daughter Tammy also came down from Kelowna for the day.

Here is a picture of the gang just relaxin' on the deck. (left to right they are: Tammy, Ed, Hector, Phyllis, Dan, Cindy, Darlene and Myself)

July 26, 2007

Here are a couple shots of our set up at Fort Greenwood. Still only have temporary power, but at least we can run our a/c, which is a very good thing seeing as we've had very high temperatures. The very nicest thing about this area, is that no matter how hot it gets in the daytime, at night it cools right down - even dipped as low as 6 degrees one night.

July 21, 2007

We had a visit from Ron and Ann Roszak today - friends we met at Catalina Spa in Desert Hot Springs two years ago. Of course I forgot my camera, so no pictures. But we went to Midway for a nice lunch and a good visit. Then they carried on back home to Osoyoos.

Today we resigned from selling lots and being the camp hosts here at Fort Greenwood. The park is about half sold and we decided we needed to 'step back' and relax a bit after being on-site and on-duty 24-7 since April. I think we'll enjoy our decision. We've moved onto our lot (with temporary power) and joined the other RVers who bought in Fort Greenwood.