Just a little bit of stuff stored!

Doesn't look like much, but was a big job getting it all outta the crawl space.

Thanks for storing what we couldn't while we were on the road Americo&Claudette, we were much younger when we stuffed it all in your crawl space under your home I found out yesterday. Getting in and out of there bringing boxes to Polly, then she brings them up the few stairs to the garage floor. Yep, we were much younger then, I can feel it today. 

On the positive, we both slept well, had a really good dinner with our friends,

 then played cribbage a different way after dinner, on a mat that we played as partners. Was fun to learn, and laughing, that's a given when we are with these two. 

Ya know great friendships happen, sometimes ya don't know exactly how, but our friendship with A&C has been since Claudette and I met at a first aid course year's ago, friendship developed as we went to volleyball, then a dance, and a blind date with Polly, that was the start of our relationship, with our friends and our relationship together 🤗

Today we'll my make our way home 🏡 later, with our stuff, mostly photos, packed in our truck cab. What we can't get in Americo & Claudette will bring at a later time in their van. Sure do appreciate our good friends ❤️

Sure do love our life ❤️ 

Friends are a blessing.

         Our new sunroom be here soon

I had to move some furniture today that I got while making a deal to buy a sunroom for our new place. I thought a friend might be able to, but he had other obligations, I had arranged for my grandson to help, but his alarm didn't go as planned, thenas I realized I wasn't going to have help I called a friend. Brian was not golfing, he was watching golf ⛳ but was willing to part with his program and come give me a hand, with very short notice. 

I'm very fortunate to have such friends, that say yes when ya ask,and turn up, especially when ya need help like right now! 

We drove to Parksville, and talked like usual, but so much to talk about, he had just finished a trip east to Newfoundland, and I to Grande Prairie, so we both had stories to tell, was a really good trip down. Loading the furniture was the easy, no rain was great, then our return was the same, we both had so much to yak about. 

Then unloading went smoothly too, a coffee at our new table and chairs, along with a little cherry 🍒 pie made by Polly was just right. More stories, Polly was now listening and talking too, I'm glad it all worked out. Thanks again Brian, wouldn't have been able to giter done if you didn't help. 

Over the next month our deck is going to change a little, glass panels will be installed once the sunroom is here, have to wait till the contractor the people I bought it off of gets to deconstructing it. 

Then my work will start, assembly will be interesting. 

Or fifthwheel trailer hasn't sold yet, but hopefully this month we will get some interest. Might have to hold onto it for awhile but, that's ok, never know, might be using it again 😁

I'm thinking our blog has to have a name change, for now I think I'll just put a line through the RV part to represent how things are now. 

Dinner soon, company tonight, Catherine and Jesse be nice 👍 

Sure love ❤️ our life.

What a great trip we had, GP and back in a month.

Our friends and family along the way were great, always a fun welcoming, many happy times. I wrote a bit about our time away, but today being home again, feels great. Knowing we visited or tried to visit with as many as we could along the way. Sure was a great trip, sure nice to be home too. 

A relax after unpackin Rambo, then a beer 🍺 and a sit for awhile, I had a snooze, and then mobile again, 🛒 shopping was next on the docket. Always fun wheeling the cart around, and seeing and talking with people we don't see often, and learning about their lives as we stop and talk. Hometown meetups, always great. 

Talked with my sister and brother in law on the phone, thanking them for looking after our place while we were gone. Dinner Saturday Polly says, be nice to get together with them and yak it up. I can see that the weather is about to change, no more shorts weather, just cooler, and rain 🌧️ sometime in the future. 

Truck needs a bath, 🛁 tomorrow I'm thinking, dinner was the leftover Indian food from last night, with a bit more nan bread, and some more 🦐 prawn's in the sauce. I'm still shaking my head at just how tasty that stuff is. 😋

Done, don't throw the sauce out, do again 

I'm thinking to myself just how wonderful life is as ya go through enjoying the people you are in contact with, makes me happy to know just how freaking lucky we are. 

I guess I'll have to wash between the showers tomorrow, no problem, I'm really ready for a clean truck again. 

Our grandson Jet turned 19 yesterday, we did get a video chat in, happy to see he was with his father at the casino, a friend told us, so we called. Man, seems like such a short time ago we were going to see him as a child, now he's 19, and going to the bar. Hmm, 🍺 cheers 🥂 Jet🤗♥️

Yep, time moves on fast, gotta get ourselves moving before it catches up with us. Plans for Portugal are in the works, also Spain, but for now our plan to pickup our new to us sunroom we bought before we went away. Very excited to get that and assemble on our existing deck, and add to the other side of our new to us home. 

Plans are going ahead, I'm often thinking, movement is good, don't wanna get caught standing still 😁

Love our life ❤️ 

what a week! I have never read so much about someone that was killed that I never knew of before.

           A little wet out this morning 

Been a different week, every day something different coming at us. I usually turn away from the news, but this week I just couldn't run away, every time I looked up anywhere, there the storyline went again. I did so much head shaking that my neck is sore, maybe this next week be something different? 

During the week though I also got to finish the bar for Jack,

visit with Ciara and our grandsons at home and at the lake, oh and the Halloween store, have lunch with our granddaughter Taylor and her boyfriend Zain. Had a visit Jennifer Juska at dinner, then after a visit with her parents, a visit with Rod and his daughter. Yes been a really good last week in Grande Prairie. 

Overall been a really nice time here enjoying our family and our friends here in Grande Prairie. Today the rain came this morning for awhile, felt like fall as I opened the curtains this morning, rain on the window told the story. This afternoon we have a hotdog 🌭 roast planned in the firpit by Jack's Chuck Wagon Bar 🍻, fun times I'm sure. 

Ready to go home we are, looking forward to getting so much together when we get home. On the way we hope to visit with a few friends on the way, and just enjoy the drive west and south. The weather I'm thinking will hold, not too cold yet, and beautiful colours out as we travel I'm Sure. 

Will keep the radio off, and yak with Polly as we drive, able to stop much easier without a trailer behind us. Nice to travel this way, yet a little bit of sadness not into campgrounds. It is a nice way to travel with your bed and all your belongings with you all the time. Still, won't be long and we'll be home to all our stuff 😁

Polly watching Seahawks game today, beating the Saints into the ground. I'm not really into it, too much one sided this game. Sun is out now, for once the weather is as predicted, perfect day for a fire 🔥 and a couple hotdogs 🌭 

I put a couple shelves up for Wendy, and a small repair for Jack, said I could get a full time job here 🤣 Jack agreed. 

I feel content right this moment, having visited with many here in our time, and building stuff, something I really enjoyed. Polly talking about nice dinner with Jack and Wendy tomorrow before we leave. I don't think life gets any better, just feels great. 

Sure do love our life ❤️ 

Grande Prairie is full of memories 🤔

Some memories are great, and some I want to avoid. This time here I'm thinking maybe too much, just can't avoid the sights, and feelings going along with them. I've avoided writing about this, just because, but here goes. 

The drive up to GP from Pollys cousin Julie's place was great, love the beauty in the late summer early fall 🍁. The Fields are golden, and as we drove by we saw the farmers harvesting with combines, with trailers behind or trucks beside. Golden and green the landscape is, just so endless looking, wide roads, with huge grass dividers between, as well as widest shoulders that are mowed so people traveling can see the animals at night I'm thinking. 

All in all was one of the most relaxing beautiful drives we both commented as we traveled. We got to listen to Boom FM on our way through White Court, something we always look forward to, some really good oldies we like. 

The names of the towns as we traveled I remember talking with Chris about as he'd travel, saying to me "I'll probably loose you in a minute, heading through".... Then nothing. That would happen often, going down to the bridge, or a low place where cell service cutout. The names of the towns bring back the memories. 

I can't talk with him anymore, but I do think of him often, but coming to GP it's just a little more intense, more things here that remind me of him. We saw Ciara the other day, and Chase and Colton, was a fun time, I didn't find myself thinking of Chris then, more just enjoying the moment with their family. ❤️

We bought a gun for Colton when we were in Tombstone, Chris would have loved this 🤠 Colton loved it too.

But since I've had many sights and sounds, and memories of him, just a little more that before, more than last year here. I'm not really sad, just reminders, and the yearning, wishing a little, that it was different. 

Keeping busy helps, I've been making a few things here, shelves for Wendy, along with a bar for Jack by the fire pit, that's a fun project, I really like to do those things while I'm here. Tomorrow I'll go get a few more things I need to finish, Polly wants to (go groceries), that's her way of telling me, "Go groceries" I smile now thinking of her way. 

Our anniversary tomorrow, 31 years married, who-da thought hey, been a wonderful marriage, we both getting all we want in life,,❤️ enjoying each day.

I sigh, still it is a feeling I can't just run from, I just push on, and hope that it'll get better. 

Polly is planning a dinner with family next Sunday, be nice to have them all here. Jack and Wendy are back east, so we are watching Gracie, their dog and gave the house to ourselves. 

What to say, life is good, family here, 4 grandchildren in GP, we went to dinner with Taylor and her BF Zain, he paid for the dinner, that was nice of him, Montanas, I had ribs, Mmm 😋. Was a nice dinner, getting to know Zain, and watching Taylor and him, so in love ❤️

Well tomorrow is another day, I'm hoping just a little less heart pulling as I busy myself with doing what I Love. 

Fortunate to have such a beautiful fall coming. 

Love our life, even without our RV ❤️

Now what? RV travel change's when sold!

             Huge Blue River bears 

Our trip north this year has had a major change, no RV. We have decided that after purchasing our mobile home, (which isn't really that mobile) that moving from spot to spot as we did with our RV isn't likely to happen anymore. This year we reverted to being couch surfer's again 🛋️, something we have done a few times as we traveled in the past, but since we've been living in our RV for the last 10 years we always had our home with us as we traveled. 

As I write this morning we are in Polly's cousins trailer, on their cabin property north west of Edmonton. Our trip here took us to Pollys cousin Jean's home in Peachland for a couple nights, visit with her and Pollys brother in Vernon, first couch, well really was a nice bed. 

Then next was a smaller RV at at place called Teepee Meadows by Valemont, BC, was an interesting stop as we traveled through to Julie's place. I laugh a little now, the owner of Teepee Meadows had a French accent, and was really friendly. He showed us the trailer we'd sleep in, but really wanted to show us the ponds, and the view from where his cabin's were, and the log cabin he had rebuilt. I didn't bring my phone for this tour, I wished I had, the cabin was beautiful ❤️ inside.

We stayed a night there, with less comfort than what we could have had, change in our booking as we wanted to be at Julie's a day early, I had work planned there that I wanted to have Julie around for, she had decisions to make. 

Valemont always a beautiful spot to stay the night, no driving late for us anymore, 5-6 hours is enough, out of a 10+ hour journey now. We went to the grocery store and liquor store, right beside each other, was a small town experience that I always love. Hi to this person, how ya doin to the next, each on their way to get something. Friendly people here, helpful, a guy that was working here, on the railroad, he said he was from Vernon, showed us how to get extra fetta cheese in our salad we we about to order. He was really friendly, he'd been here awhile tenting as he worked, saving the living out allowance that he'd get from staying. 

In the lineup to the cashier we had time to talk with a woman that has a young son, about the place and how she likes it here. 

Dinner was a roast chicken, with Greek salad, and a macaroni salad as well, and wine 🍷 in our small RV as we looked out at the emu's, duck's, guinea hens, horse, 🐴 donkey, 🫏 and our course the huge white guard dog that was so darn friendly. 

Perfect spot for us after a long day drive, dinner and a few games of cards, then bed. Well that was definitely a little tighter that we'd of liked, but hey, we made it through the night, and got going early towards our next surfing place to hang our hats at. Is a different way to travel, as we have to pack to go, not a cupboard or a drawer to just go to as before with our home with us, but hey, change is good, bring it on! 

As we left Valemont in the morning, it was wet, it had rained and thundererd during the night, but luckily we had a good view of Mount Robson, a favorite spot of ours as we'd travel by. The mountain was clear of most clouds, just right for a photo. We stopped and got a photo, another group were there, taking photos too, so I took there's, they took ours. Funny how that works so easily, wished everything was like that, easily given and taken with no BS in-between. 

Our trip to Julie's through Jasper was quick, much different with the trees all burned up, we didn't see any animals this time, wondered if was as there was no cover from the trees now? The water still that beautiful blue as we drove by, and river meandering along as we drove, still a beautiful sight. Polly said as we were just about out of the park "Crow 🐦‍⬛, there's a Crow, that's an animal!" LoL 😂 we had a laugh, yep we did see 1 animal. 

We arrived at Julie's about 4pm, I had jobs to do, things Julie had asked me to build, live edge shelves, a sign, a measuring ruler to measure her grandchildren as they grew, and 4 planters that I brought the wood for to be assembled. I greeted Julie and Jerome, Julie's son Murray, his wife and two kid's, and Julie's other two grandkids, Dominic and Riley. I opened a beer 🍺, drank about half, then to work I went. Unloading, and organizing, getting things where I wanted them, luggage in, wood to the deck, tool's out, ok let's start. 

I didn't get too much done that evening, but started, then time to visit with them, around a fire later after dinner. Was nice to relax. 

Yesterday was busy, I knew there was much I wanted to accomplish, the cabin was in the midst of a total rebuild, so some tools here already, but I always like to use my own, although a table saw, and a miter saw here came in handy. Putting the planters together I realized I'd forgot a few boards for the bottoms so good there was a pile of scrap here I could use. 

Polly started helping with putting on the helmsman clear coat later in the afternoon once I had completed a few of the projects, everything needed a coat, and we got almost all one coat, but a couple planters, today I'll finish, and get the shelves up, and screw the ruler to the wall, be nice to see the finished results. 

I remember a friend saying to me how I leave a little of myself where ever I go, I like to think that's true, today I'm going to have left a little here, something that Julie really wanted, makes me happy to do this for her. 

Travel without our home is different. Good we are adaptable, every day a new experience. 

Sure do love our life ❤️ 

Feeling a little sluggish this morning after dancing last night.

What a fun time we had last night, after a few chicken wings and veggies with Larry and Maria we headed over to the knotty cowgirl dance. It was early, and quiet to start, but after awhile the band started playing, and the sun went down, a few lights went on and the Party 🎉 started. 

People everywhere, all taking and mixing as the band has a break, then the music 🎶 starts again and, well we just had to dance. It was a challenge to dance in the farms field, but one that made the experience just that much more interesting. A few times when we were waltzing we had to kinda catch each other as we step in a depression, was really a good laugh. 

Polly had to have the hat for awhile before the sun went down.

I slept like a log 🪵 last night, maybe I gotta go dancing more often. Today we'll start packing, as we are leaving on a trip north to visit family and friends this next month. We've been looking forward to this, yet after having just settled in, ya kinda like to stay. It's ok, well continue with our unpacking here when we return, it's been a whirlwind with first moving and getting things in order here, then our granddaughter's wedding, and all the grandkids and family were here last week, just left on Friday, now we get ready to Go. 

As I here often now "It's All Good!"

 We'll be in the Okanagan soon, then to just above Edmonton for a few days, then Grande Prairie for most, or all of September. Our friends Jack and Wendy have decided a trip east would work for them, so we'll house sit, and enjoy their home and pup Gracie for awhile, as we visit with grandchildren and children. 

Yep everything is falling 🍁 into place. 

Cecile & Christopher are removed now 😟

Polly has plans for a small garden memorial at our new place.

Our trailer is at Arbutus RV on consignment now, hopefully it will sell soon, then our plan to go to Portugal will be our next travel destination. I've been looking at how we'll stay and where, but still no booking yet. It's early yet, but I'll probably do that over the next month. 

Loving our life ❤️ as we change how we travel now.