August 27

August 27, 2004

DAY 71

 

 

This morning we unhitched the trailer from the truck, and began the task of getting everything dried out and cleaned up from yesterday. Clothes, shoes, jackets, ... everything was soaked and muddy.

After lunch, we went to visit the Danelak's friends and neighbours, Emile and Doreen Peloquin who live a half mile down the road in a log house built by Emile. It's a really beautiful home, on a gorgeous piece of property. In addition to being retired school teachers ( like Bud ) they farm Colorado Blue Spruce trees on their property. Their home is filled with mementoes of their world travels. They're quite the adventurers.

George returned the plates from the van today, so we went into town and mailed all our Ontario license plates back for cancellations and refunds. On the way back I stopped at the local landscaping nursery business to buy some gravel to repair the huge craters the trailer's front jacks made in the driveway. The landscaping nursery business had a couple of 2 month old kittens looking for a new home. I thought Lilly Kitty would appreciate having a companion to grow up with, maybe named Billy Kitty, but Sharon & Bud felt that 1 kitten at a time was sufficient.

Sharon and Bud invited us out to dinner at a Mennonite buffet style restaurant in the nearby town of Landmark. After dinner, we drove around their neighbourhood, admiring homes.

Back at the trailer, I reviewed the mail, and worked on cataloguing our art inventory. Ended the day by watching a bit of Olympics with Sharon and Bud, and playing with Lilly Kitty.

DSK