June 27 to July 3, 2010

June 27 to July 3, 2010


Happy Canada Day on Thursday, July 1

This week we sanded and stained our cedar picnic table. We gave Bo a haircut. I taught a neighbour how to drain her dog’s anal glands. Now there’s a useful skill ! HA HA HA !

We picked Saskatoons ( berries ). Lots of Saskatoons ! The large Saskatoon bush ( now a tree, actually ) at our park’s front entrance has been laden with huge berries for the last couple of weeks. But they didn’t seem to be ripening, due to the cold, wet weather we have been having. Well, this week they finally began ripening nicely. Joanne baked a variety of Saskatoon berry desserts, including some baked desserts blending Saskatoons with rhubarb and / or strawberries. I can eat her baking almost as fast as she can bake it. HA HA HA ! The lowest berries on the Saskatoon bush / tree are about at the level of the truck’s side windows. Today as we drove out of the park heading for work, I stopped, rolled down my window, and … HA HA HA … Bo lunged out of the truck window and chomped a mouthful of hanging Saskatoons. HA HA HA … way to go, Bo ! Almost as good as those blueberries you liked picking by yourself and eating near Falcon Lake in Manitoba in 2005, aren’t they ? HA HA HA … Bo loves fruit … and eating in the truck !

Saturday was our first day of work. We delivered two travel trailers to Nk’Mip Campground in Osoyoos. We picked them up in RV Days’ Osoyoos storage yard, delivered them to the campground, set them up ( water, electricity, sewer, propane, slides, etc. ), tested everything, and gave an orientation to the clients. It went quite well. I had never hitched up and manoeuvered a large travel trailer before. All my experience has been a fifth wheel trailer. With Joanne as my very efficient spotter, it was relatively easy. And while I worked on the outdoor “guy” stuff, she took care of everything inside the trailers, including answering all the clients’ questions, which kept them out of my hair and allowed me to work safely, without distractions. WOW … Nk’Mip Campground is a zoo on summer weekends ! Kids everywhere, loud voices everywhere, unrestrained dogs running around loose and playing, lots of loud boats and personal watercrafts on Lake Osoyoos.  Joanne commented, while we drove home, how nice it was to be returning to the “quiet” of Riverside RV Park Resort.

DSK