October 20, 2012

Hi everyone - hope you had a great Thanksgiving. I know we did.

We left home on Wednesday, October 17th. Gone for the winter to warmer climes!! Our destination this year is Florida. But we decided to head straight south to get some sun before we head east.... We had three days of beautiful driving weather, sunshine!! No rain - No snow!! First night we spent in Grangeville, Idaho. The second night we met up with friends Rich and Tina in Jackpot, Nevada.

The third night we spent at the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge (we stayed there last year on our way home). It was pretty full. Only half of a double site left available, so we pulled in behind a couple with Idaho licence plates. What an interesting couple! Patty and George Reynolds, from Anywhere, USA.... They've been living 'on the road' since 1976 when a great flood claimed pretty much everything they owned, except the trailer they were now pulling. They've been everywhere, done everything - and still going strong!! We always say "you gotta get outta your rig and say hi to your neighbour" - you just never know who you'll meet along the way!!

Today we arrived in Laughlin, Nevada. Here we'll hang out until Monday when we begin our eastern trek. The temperature was 80 degrees and tomorrow it's suppose to be higher......YES!!

Bye till next time - thanks for reading!

October 6, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
Enjoy your turkey and have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!

Click on the turkey!

September 15, 2012

We've spent a lot of time in our gazebo this summer. We've had quite a bit of company and quite a few camp fires with and without company. We find it so peaceful and almost surreal to hear the creek rushing by as we watch the fire spark and dance in front of us.  




We've got good friends who enjoy it as much as we do.

So here to the right we have our good friends Steve and Doreen who came over Saturday night (Sept 8th) for a glass of wine (beer) and a little campfire sing a long (just the four of us). Always enjoy their company.... 

Sally, Helen and Barry

Ted, Norm and Hertha

 But this week (Sept 11th) we had a surprise visit from Barry and Helen, friends from Saskatchewan. We met them while working at Boundary Creek Prov. Park  3 years ago and haven't seen them since. It was nice to reaquaint ourselves and spend some time with them. They were camped in town with friends Ted & Sally and Norm & Hertha. So we had a few more campfire visits and a few more glasses of wine- lol.

 

Remember earlier in the season (June 11th) I posted a picture of a little petunia in a great big pot? -  - well, baby look at it now!!! It is so big you can't even see the pot it's in. I was so surprised at how huge it got, and it's only one plant. The lady at the greenhouse told me this "Supertunia" would grow massive, but I didn't believe her - the joke was on me ....love it!!!

That's all for now - until next time - thanks for reading!!

September 2, 2012

This weekend we had a visit from my BFF Deb and her husband Len Wald from St, Albert, AB.  Deb and I go back almost 40 years, and even though we only see each other a couple times a year - it's like we've never been apart when we get back together. We just pick up where we left off - Gotta love having a friend like that... I sure do.

The weekend went by much to fast, as ususal but we managed to get in a lot of talking and laughing. We had two evenings by the campfire. We even made it to the Greenwood Saloon on Sunday afternoon for a pint, after a marathon shoppping tour of downtown. Had a great weekend - thank you Deb and Len - you are always a pleasure to be around!

August 20, 2012

This weekend we had a wonderful visit with Michel's daughter Alisha, her husband Rob, and their two little girls Emily and Kaitlyn. It was sad to see them leave today.









We haven't seen them since May, so it was surprising to see how much Kaitlyn has grown in 3 1/2 months. She's almost 7 months old.

Emily was more active this time - we forget how busy little people are. Always on the go. Mom and Dad were busy keeping up.

Emily and Grandpa..... 

 Another good picture of Emily and Grandpa - she sure did enjoy swinging!

August 1, 2012

The "dog days" of August are upon us with temperatures in the mid to high 30's (that's pretty close to 100 degrees F - for our American friends).

Michel loves the water and it doesn't take very much to convince him to swim in the creek in these heats. The creek is much to cold for me; I'm a pansy when it comes to water.

He's been trying to re-direct the flow of the water. It's washing away our property; making tunnels underground. He's managed to clear away some debris and and old tree trunk, and the water doesn't swirl so much in front of our place now. That, and he's been throwing large rocks from the creek onto the creek bed as a barrier.

He does manage to keep busy - As we're still taking care of Jewel and Boundary Provincial Parks, he's responsible for chopping, splitting and selling firewood to the campers. Although it seems that the parks are slower than last year, he still keeps up his wood pile!

July 27, 2012

 While browsing through my pictures, I came across this photo of our back yard, as it was last spring - BEFORE .......

Then the work began and after replacing all of last years paving stones with new ones - we're what we call 'finished'.  Sure looks different! The AFTER photo.....

As you can see, we had enough bricks to complete the entire back yard.

This is the view from the deck.

BUT - where once grew weeds, we now have beautiful flowers!! Right now the flower gardens look a little sparse, but in time we'll have that all filled in and looking good.

It is however, a work in progress, as we're nowhere finished planting. But thanks to a few friends, who have given me plants and cuttings, the job is not as big as it could have been....