It's Saturday morning, the rain has stopped and the sun is shining}:} It's quite mild outside but it is breezy. The wings were good on Thurs. night. The restaurant is called Wings and it is quite a popular hangout. Everyone comes in to watch the hockey games on Canucks TV and Bob and Cher, being diehard Canucks fans, took us there so we could watch the game and eat and drink at the same time. Our dog, who I thought was an angel in disguise, has turned out to be the devil in disguise. When we got home and opened the door there was spongy stuff on the step. Upon further examination we saw that the dog had ripped the screen in two places and scratched the foam insulation in the frame of the door in his attempt to get out. Talk about separation anxiety.
We spent Friday with Mike's brother and his wife and Weaver had Nazzy for company. We bought a navigation system from Future Shop with proceeds from a retirement gift I received from my staff. Thanks everyone. We spent the afternoon trying to figure out how it worked, seems simple enough. Hope I can manipulate it when we need it.
Tonight the four of us are going to Vicki's for dinner. She lives in Vancouver so we're picking Bob up at work (he works downtown for the MOT-he's a radio operator for the Canadian coast guard) and we'll head up to Vicki and David's place.
Mike and I have decided we will pack up from here and move on tomorrow. One day closer to our destination, whereever that may be.
Irene, it's your turn for Wordscrapper. I will catch up to you. hehe.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Made it to Surrey
We made it! What a hairy drive to Surrey in the pouring rain. Too many big trucks on the road for my liking but that's what we get when we travel on the freeway.
Yesterday we did our walk to Bridal Falls. What a spectacular walk that was. Weaver loved it. So many scents on the path. There were a couple of paths to take and of course I took the camera and like Murphy's law, I got two pictures of wonderful trees covered in thick moss when the battery said no more! So we kept climbing, with me stopping from time to time to catch my breath. In no time at all we could hear the falls and in an even shorter time we were at the base of the falls. What a beautiful rock formation. I can imagine when run off in the spring starts what a display those falls would make. The rock formation was very visible but you would never see it in the spring. We let Weaver off his leash and exploring he went; into water puddles to get a drink of water, running way ahead of us as we went down the other path, even hiding on me behind a tree and startled me when I turned around to look for him. That dog loves being outside. He hates being left behind and when we start up the mh he starts to whine. His trouble is that he doesn't have a seat to sit on where he can see outside. I thought the dash on my side would make a great seat but he's having none of that. Yesterday and the day before all he wanted was to sit on the floor between Mike's feet but as you all know that is not the safest way to drive. Today he sat on the couch, bracing himself with all his legs but one that rested on the arm of Mike's seat. Didn't look too comfortable to me, but I'm not the dog and I'm not giving up my seat.
Mike's brother Bob is coming to get us to take us out for wings but of course he's caught in rush hour traffic because instead of parking his car at the Skytrain station he drove it into town. I think he must have been pretty tired this morning.
It has rained all day. Mike says it is misty out there now. I had to turn on the portable heater in here to dry out our jackets and my toque.
Everyday we stop at a grocery store to buy something for supper. It's the best way to do things because we don't have a car with us. So far so good as far as our bike is concerned. It is still on the back of the mh.
Till next time,
Caio,
M&M
Yesterday we did our walk to Bridal Falls. What a spectacular walk that was. Weaver loved it. So many scents on the path. There were a couple of paths to take and of course I took the camera and like Murphy's law, I got two pictures of wonderful trees covered in thick moss when the battery said no more! So we kept climbing, with me stopping from time to time to catch my breath. In no time at all we could hear the falls and in an even shorter time we were at the base of the falls. What a beautiful rock formation. I can imagine when run off in the spring starts what a display those falls would make. The rock formation was very visible but you would never see it in the spring. We let Weaver off his leash and exploring he went; into water puddles to get a drink of water, running way ahead of us as we went down the other path, even hiding on me behind a tree and startled me when I turned around to look for him. That dog loves being outside. He hates being left behind and when we start up the mh he starts to whine. His trouble is that he doesn't have a seat to sit on where he can see outside. I thought the dash on my side would make a great seat but he's having none of that. Yesterday and the day before all he wanted was to sit on the floor between Mike's feet but as you all know that is not the safest way to drive. Today he sat on the couch, bracing himself with all his legs but one that rested on the arm of Mike's seat. Didn't look too comfortable to me, but I'm not the dog and I'm not giving up my seat.
Mike's brother Bob is coming to get us to take us out for wings but of course he's caught in rush hour traffic because instead of parking his car at the Skytrain station he drove it into town. I think he must have been pretty tired this morning.
It has rained all day. Mike says it is misty out there now. I had to turn on the portable heater in here to dry out our jackets and my toque.
Everyday we stop at a grocery store to buy something for supper. It's the best way to do things because we don't have a car with us. So far so good as far as our bike is concerned. It is still on the back of the mh.
Till next time,
Caio,
M&M
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Settled at Bridal Falls, BC
Sorry folks I don't have every day added on here. I'm sure all the things we've done so far would bore you to death. We stopped in Penticton our first day out (I wouldn't recommend this place-Riverside RV park at $42.00 night) after stopping in Kelowna to buy magnetic portable brake and signal lights to hook onto our bike carrier. We feel more secure driving with those lights and Mike got them on sale and they were very easy to install.
The campground we stayed in wasn't fancy by any means but it was close to the highway and a great meat shop that Mike discovered. If there is a good food outlet around us Mike will find it. You all know Mike and his passion for cooking anytime, anywhere, almost anything. We bought hot dogs but ended up having salmon filet for me and a veal cutlet for Mike. Sure was tasty. The salmon had been marinated in something and it was just the right size for me.
The rain came while we were in Penticton and it got very windy and damp feeling so we turned on the furnace to dry out and keep warm. The next morning I had to wipe all the condensation from the interior windows so we could see out. The sun was shining and we took off about 10 am for Hope. We took the Hope Princeton highway and it was good until we just passed Princeton where we caught up with the SNOW{:{ It had snowed overnight but was sunny when we drove through. The drive was not too bad. The mh drove through the mostly wet roads with no problems. Past Manning Park Resort the snow disappeared and the drive into Hope was sunny and dry. We stopped at Cooper's in Hope and bought a few things for dinner and had chicken thighs and rice and brocolli. I am afraid I am going to put on weight whether I like it or not. I will be happy to finally settle in one spot, preferably a warm spot, where I can go for a long walk 2 or 3 times a day without wearing a coat.
We are staying here at Camperland at Bridal Falls. It is a beautiful campground and I am sure is very busy in the summer with the waterslide right beside it. Minter Gardens is just down the road but I don't think it is at its spectacular best at this time of the year. We will stay here tonight too. Can't beat the cost-$15.00 per night (we are members of Passport America and this campground accepts their card) and internet is $3.00 for the day. We will be going to Surrey tomorrow and staying in a place call Plaza RV campground. We don't know much about it but hope it will be better than Penticton and close to this place for comfort.
Dave has told us to walk to the Falls. When I get up the gumption to get off my butt, we'll go.
The campground we stayed in wasn't fancy by any means but it was close to the highway and a great meat shop that Mike discovered. If there is a good food outlet around us Mike will find it. You all know Mike and his passion for cooking anytime, anywhere, almost anything. We bought hot dogs but ended up having salmon filet for me and a veal cutlet for Mike. Sure was tasty. The salmon had been marinated in something and it was just the right size for me.
The rain came while we were in Penticton and it got very windy and damp feeling so we turned on the furnace to dry out and keep warm. The next morning I had to wipe all the condensation from the interior windows so we could see out. The sun was shining and we took off about 10 am for Hope. We took the Hope Princeton highway and it was good until we just passed Princeton where we caught up with the SNOW{:{ It had snowed overnight but was sunny when we drove through. The drive was not too bad. The mh drove through the mostly wet roads with no problems. Past Manning Park Resort the snow disappeared and the drive into Hope was sunny and dry. We stopped at Cooper's in Hope and bought a few things for dinner and had chicken thighs and rice and brocolli. I am afraid I am going to put on weight whether I like it or not. I will be happy to finally settle in one spot, preferably a warm spot, where I can go for a long walk 2 or 3 times a day without wearing a coat.
We are staying here at Camperland at Bridal Falls. It is a beautiful campground and I am sure is very busy in the summer with the waterslide right beside it. Minter Gardens is just down the road but I don't think it is at its spectacular best at this time of the year. We will stay here tonight too. Can't beat the cost-$15.00 per night (we are members of Passport America and this campground accepts their card) and internet is $3.00 for the day. We will be going to Surrey tomorrow and staying in a place call Plaza RV campground. We don't know much about it but hope it will be better than Penticton and close to this place for comfort.
Dave has told us to walk to the Falls. When I get up the gumption to get off my butt, we'll go.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
One more sleep
This is our last evening at home and we're busy getting the house in order so that we don't come home to complete chaos.
We're very excited by this trip. It's snowing on the surrounding hills as I write this and my friend Jeanette says it will be snowing down here by morning. I hope and pray you are wrong :{
Tuesday is supposed to be a sunny day so we hope to get past the Hope Princeton that day where we will just run into rain, or sun, not snow.
I hope you will follow us as we travel. I will try to give some exciting detail of the days as we drive along.
Till we meet again in the spring.
We're very excited by this trip. It's snowing on the surrounding hills as I write this and my friend Jeanette says it will be snowing down here by morning. I hope and pray you are wrong :{
Tuesday is supposed to be a sunny day so we hope to get past the Hope Princeton that day where we will just run into rain, or sun, not snow.
I hope you will follow us as we travel. I will try to give some exciting detail of the days as we drive along.
Till we meet again in the spring.
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