June 7, 2005

June 7, 2005

West Hawk Lake day 21 of 113

DAY 355

 

Another cold day of rain. This is becoming tiresome. However, after meeting with a commercial real estate agent in Kenora this afternoon, I realized that another summer of bad weather, like last year's, might work to our advantage as we consider tourism business opportunities in the area. Two summers in a row of bad weather will drive tourism business selling prices downward. BRING ON THE RAIN !

I have just returned from an evening campground walk around, at 8:30 P.M.. Two yearling buck deer were feeding behind the picnic shelter behind our camp site. They allowed me to get within 50 feet, to take photos. The wild life population is high in Whiteshell Provincial Park and area this year. We saw deer frequently today on our drive to Kenora and back.

This morning we drove to Kenora to run errands. First stop was the GM dealer to check on a part that I thought I needed, based on the advice of Mechtronics in Tillamook, Oregon, when they rebuilt the transmission. They said I was missing one of the two transmission to engine braces on Dee-Dee. Turns out that one ton diesel duallies only have one transmission to engine brace, not two, like the 3/4 tons and 1/2 tons. Next stop was the Bank Of Montreal to order cheques. When we opened the account 2 weeks ago we felt we didn't need cheques, but upon reflection, we decided we do. We shopped at Wal-Mart for some groceries and supplies. We stopped at a flooring place to discuss removing the carpet from the trailer and replacing it with some other kind of flooring. When Joanne spoke to this shop the other day by telephone, they sounded as if they had experience changing flooring in RV's. They don't. Changing flooring in RV's is specialized, due to design features like the slide outs. The only place that we've found so far that truly specializes in RV flooring is in California. I bought beer. We shopped at Kenora Shopper's Mall, in a Dollar Store and Zeller's for some throw cushions for the sofa. Didn't find what we want. We went to four different hair stylist / barber shops. We rejected the first three for various reasons. We got haircuts at the fourth, me at the men's barber shop on one side, Joanne at the women's hair stylist on the other side. Kenora is not exactly at the forefront of social evolution. While I waited for Joanne's hair cut to be finished, I walked over to Landry Real Estateto have a discussion with a commercial real estate agent about our possible plan to buy a seasonal business in this area in a year or so.

We drove back to West Hawk. While Joanne put away our purchases, I drained the trailer holding tanks. The kitchen grey water tank was full after Joanne washed dishes last night. I chatted with an over night camper. He's recently retired, moving from Toronto to Ladysmith, B.C. on Vancouver Island. He's sleeping in a small tent as he drives across the country. It's a pretty cold and wet night for an old man to be in a tent. I suggested he cook his supper in the relative dryness of the picnic shelter. He took my advice. I did today's accounting. We had supper. I walked Bo, and helped an incoming camper couple select a suitable site for the night.

I gazed at feeding deer. We watched a TV show. Geeeeezzzzz ... every night the CBC broadcasts 2 hours of Coronation Street reruns. Has the CBC run out of money ? Did their entire programming department quit ?

DSK