Ownership

It just struck me this morning as I was scrolling through some FB posts that we likely will never own a home 🏠 in the traditional sense ever again. I'm alright with that, as when we sold our home just before retirement our plan was to travel and see all we could before our health prevented it. 

We are well on our way visiting many people and places as our loose knit plan unfolds. Our trailer is our home, and we both love it. The space is generous, well organized, views change as we move, warm when we need it, and cool when we need it too. We have adapted well I'm thinking, and checking with Polly every once in a while, we both are very happy with what we have, and where we are going. 

So why was I thinking about a house? I'm always looking at the for sale signs around town here, actually everywhere, and thinking that would be a nice place! Gee, that is a nice place, like the look of this neighborhood. 😄 Then comes the thought, I don't want an anchor ⚓ , moving around as we do gives us the freedom to enjoy many places, that was how we started retirement, and how we will continue all going well. 

Where we are right now is a beautiful place, Jack & Wendy are so relaxed about do as you want, no pressure to be here or there, just do what we want or need to do while here. A few jobs they have lined up they call "Brent jobs" as Jack knows his limitations 😆, and I love to do them. 

Visiting Chris & Ciara's home 🏡 gives me the opportunity to do the things I like as well, I get to enjoy the maintenance of a home, without the responsibility of owning. I did like some of ownership, just not wanting it now. 

As I think while writing here, some of the plan I thought of is working out, visit here, then visit there, keep moving as our years go. We have family and friends in many places, seeing them all in one place is unlikely, so moving to there location is the best way to visit with them all. 

Planning ahead I see such a wonderful year ahead, all going well. A little maintenance on our trailer, and truck before we leave GP, and east we go towards family and friends, and sights we have seen before, and many we have not. I love to hear Polly explain where our next adventure is, where we are going, and what route we will take, I love that she's as excited to travel as I am. 

So a house would just get in the way, just as we knew it would when we began this journey into our older age. I believe this keeps us young in spirit, as we often get told, well Polly does, you don't look that old! 😆 

Act your age doesn't apply here 😂😄😆

Living this life we love ❤️ in many places 🤗

Sunday morning in Grande Prairie Alberta

I've been having fun building a shed here for Jack, he said he needed a place to store some lumber and outside Christmas decorations, so after looking on the internet under pallet shed plans this is being created. 

I'm not a builder, at least not a technical builder, so after getting this far I wake this morning thinking I should have done this, I could do this. And that's how my mind works on Sunday morning at 4:30am as the birds are chirping to each other, and the light starts coming in the window.

 I laugh at how my mind works. Coffee ☕ is ready, bright light out now, a light breeze today, and some clouds in the sky.  Looking like another beautiful day, yesterday was warm and sunny all day, and calm. Perfect day I'm thinking, and no buggs yet! They will come.🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟☕

Has been a fast almost 2weeks here, visiting Chris Ciara, Colton & Chase most days, but yesterday we stayed here at Jack & Wendy's, dinner was planned, roast beef with Yorkshire pudding Mmm 😋, like Sunday on Saturday.

I worked on the shed, Polly worked at cleaning the fridge, and making dessert, her love. 

We had happy hour outside in the sun, always moving just a little keeping our body's in the sun. Was a great afternoon to sit and yak, Jack always entertaining with a story or 2. 

Jack & Wendy worked on dinner later, I didn't take a photo of my plate, but was a really Mmm good dinner. 

Jack and Wendy's dog Charlie got a bite from their son's dog Walter last week, stiches, and a cone around his head, he's not liking this, so as we eat I see him trying to scratch in the living room, poor bugger I think. After dinner we all tied into desert, was good way to end a day. Not much energy left, soon off to our trailer, watch a bit of a show and bed. Dam I sleep good after working some of the day away. 

Today we be doing Sunday, no working for me, will start that again tomorrow. Today will go to the lake outside of town and visit with John & Matty, Jack & Wendy's Son and Daughter-in-law at there cabin. Be nice to see what that looks like, and have a visit with them. We haven't seen much of them, been busy with Colton 😃

I think I'll message Ciara, and go for a visit there early, when our little guy first wakes up. Just can't get enough of that little smile 😄😊

That's my Sunday report for today, I'm just loving the whole experience here in Grande Prairie. Not, home, but pretty close as is a nice time of year to be here, before the buggs, and after the snow. 

Love our life ❤️🤗

Friday 13th today

                 Early morning view

So much stigmata around Friday 13th, or should I say unlucky superstition day. I laugh as I peck on this phone, I never had it so good in my life, I could call this my "lucky day". Today Polly & I get to visit with our Son his Fiancee and his son, our grandsons, and top it off my granddaughter too, that's pretty darn lucky I'm thinking. Oh yeah and it's sunny to start the day.

Now how can that be an unlucky day. 

Superstition can rule you if you let it. No 13th floor on a building, that's a big deal, always wondered, hmm, did they build it, and the elevator just Never stops there? Or is the 14th floor really the 13th, if so would it be unlucky to be on the fourteenth floor hahaha, I don't pay too much attention to it, but still it does happen yearly, and sometimes more than once. I do carry-on the stigmata by acknowledging the day saying at least once, Friday 13th today. 

So today's Friday 13th is a very good day here in Grande Prairie, for me anyway I'm looking forward to a day of hugs, laughs, smiles & absolute enjoyment. It's likely to be even better than I imagined as the plan I'm told is to go to the fair that's in town this weekend. Now that otta be fun for sure. The best part for me is to watch as kids are playing. I'm not too interested in a ride, cotton Candy, or throwing a ball at something and winning a prize, but I do look forward to the smile's I'll see on our grand children's faces. 

Photos are a for sure, as well as maybe a 🌭 hotdog, and the smells of the fairgrounds, so many memories built over the years and many fairs. Most at the Port Alberni district fall fair. This will be different, new memories, different fair, new faces, some of the very same smells though. I'm sure will be fun! I did see the forecast for today, 

Could be a fun afternoon, always love the lightning 🌩️⚡

Got to go, Chris is up, 😁🤗♥️

 Love my Life ❤️

Traveling Talking Learning TTL

Talking with people as we travel gives a good cross section of what people are thinking. This year was South to north through many different areas with different concerns for the areas they live, and the people that live there. Connecting the places and people I realized that world concerns all of us have, but local concerns are what people really care about. Things that effect there lives close to home, stuff that you might never hear about in another place not to far away. 

I did learn a long time ago as we traveled that the water, rains we complain about in one place is direly needed in another, and the sun hoped for in one place is something people hide from in other places. Weather is only one part of what guides us, directs us, pushes us. 

The amount of people, density that makes a huge difference. Some people are just fine with neighbors all around, all close, and some like miles between them and neighbors. We have been close mostly, as RV park life has us next to our neighbors, and I kinda like it. How close? Well not so you can hear everything, but sometimes that's the way it is. 

News, what people hear, see, read this all plays a part in how people act. World information is one thing, but local info, that's what effects them. 

We tried to stay warm as most snowbirds do as we traveled north, knowing we would have some cold no matter how much we tried to avoid it, part of heading back north 😊

I didn't think about the differences we would see as we traveled, the differences in how people think in different places. I know we are all different, but the outside influences effect us all different. All the outside differences, weather, news, and how we get it, location, density of our suroundings, our income, working, young, and older, we all are pressured to do this, do that, with whatever our knowledge is at the time. Some search before they make a decision, some act automatically. 

The outcome is what? Ahh shit, I'm thinking too deep now 🥴 lol 😆

I guess what I'm saying is this year I learned just a little more about people, and about myself. Good or bad, Happy or sad, we all are making our way the best we can. Sometimes I feel outside of the world, as I'm not "In it" working as a part of the rush of the world. Sometimes as I drive along with all the rushing people, I am so happy not to be "in it" at the same time feeling out of it! Funny hey.

I did learn this year that the water we cry about on the coast I call home, is something our southern friends would love to have, and believe me they are hard up for water, and are looking to wherever they can get it. 

Changes are coming everyday, I think that water and how it's controled is going to be a big deal in the future. That will be a local problem for many south or north. 

Listen to me sounding all worldly, who am I. 

Just another snowbird, heading North for the summer 😎😊

Loving our lives on the road 🤗❤️