MMMMM ! ! ! Bo loooooves Saskatoon pancakes for breakfast. HA HA HA !
We finished washing the trailer. We worked off some of those Saskatoon pancake calories with a Bo-gility session. Incorporating a new component into the course.
A kiddies' wading pool, part of Bo's agility course only during the hottest part of summer.
We spent the hottest part of the afternoon in our RV park's indoor / outdoor swimming pool. AHHHHH ! ! ! Joanne cooked Jambalaya in the Sun Oven for supper.
Monday ; Today started out sunny and hot, but in the afternoon it cooled down and some heavy rain fell intermittently.
This morning I received a phone call from a woman who had been referred to us ( d.b.a. Similkameen Trailer Towing ) by a Penticton RV dealership. She needed a large fifth wheel trailer towed from Penticton to Old Hedley Road. HEY ... right up our alley, so to speak ! And she wanted it moved today or tomorrow. Okay ... we jumped in the truck, drove to Penticton, ran some errands very quickly, then met her and her family at a trailer storage facility. We hitched up the trailer, her husband followed in his car, and we drove to the municipal trailer dumping station in Keremeos. We flushed the winterization antifreeze out of the plumbing system, refilled the fresh water tank, and emptied the waste holding tanks. We discovered that the trailer needed a new water heater sacrificial anode. On the way through Keremeos we stopped at Fas Gas and adjusted the air pressure in all the trailer's tires. We drove to our trailer at Riverside RV Park Resort, and I installed a new water heater sacrificial anode. My spare one. I added the cost of the anode to his bill. We drove through Hedley and onto Old Hedley Road to the customer's property halfway between Hedley and Princeton.
I gave a lot more service than a routine trailer delivery job would usually get, at no additional charge, but ... it was an investment. This customer will need their trailer returned to Penticton in the fall. Great service today should result in repeat business.
When we returned home from our trailer delivery job, I phoned the real estate agent who had dropped by this afternoon while we weren't home. Our offer to purchase the deceased neighbour's property from her NHL hockey player son and estate executor had gone sour because he had to get a sibling involved. Too bad !
Tuesday ; Well ! ! ! Sometimes ... ya take your best slapshot ... and just hope that it goes in the net !
He shoots ! HE SCORES ! ! !
Today was sunny and hot. Late this morning we went to the large Saskatoon bush at our RV park's front gate to pick berries. While we were picking Saskatoons ... lo and behold ... who should show up, but ... the real estate agent. Moments before the expiry of our "lowball" offer, the sister relented and signed the papers.
Congratulations to us ! We are now the proud owners of a 2006 Moduline Pacific park model manufactured home on lot 4 of Riverside RV Park Resort. WOO-HOO ! That continues a long range "housing plan" that began with our purchase of lot 52 at Kofa
Ko-op in Yuma last winter.
Joanne and I were trying to determine how much usage this home has had. We estimate that our deceased neighbour, the original / previous owner, could not have occupied this home more than a dozen nights in the last six years.
As soon as the real estate agent's car left, most of the residents of Riverside RV Park Resort were aware that we were the new owners of lot 4, apparently thanks to my journal / blog entry for last Saturday and a very miniscule bit of deduction. I guess if I don't want my business known by all my neighbours ... I shouldn't write about it in my blog ! DUH ! ! ! What a dumbass! ! !
Tonight, for the third time in a week, dessert was Saskatoon berry banana splits ! MMMMM ... thank you, my dear.
And ... as a sincere closing note ... we offer our condolences to the brother and sister who sold us their mother's vacation / retirement home, on the loss of their mother to the evil of cancer. That hits pretty close to home.
Wednesday ; Another sunny, very hot day.
Ran some errands in town this morning. Obedience session with Bo. Harvested lots of Mesclun mix lettuce.
After supper measured lot 4 land and building then drafted "site plan" for planning purposes. Drafting skills VERY rusty !
Thursday ; Another sunny, hot day, temperatures way into the 90's again. I love this kind of weather. We spent a couple of hours during the hot afternoon in the swimming pool.
I baked a loaf of bread in the Sun Oven. Joanne roasted chicken and vegetables for supper in the Sun Oven.
Most of today was taken up with "planning" regarding our new home and property. Day dreaming, measuring, sketching ... repeat as necessary. We picked Saskatoons again. Short season ! Less than two weeks of picking Saskatoons and we can see the end is near. The berries on the bush are just starting to dry out, even if they're not ripe yet. We'll pick again in two or three days and that will probably be the end of this year's Saskatoon season.
Friday ; Sunny and hot. Violent thunderstorm tonight. Scared Bo and Sully.
I spent most of today working on lot 4 purchase "logistics". I'm taking a D.I.Y. approach in order to minimize expenses. Major accomplishment was hiring a lawyer. I hired a "neighbour". He's a lawyer in Vanderhoof, BC. Has an RV lot in this park as a vacation property. The "local boys" wouldn't sell me what I wanted. "Minimalist" legal services.
I don't need, or want, and won't pay for ... a real estate purchase "bundle" of legal services. And ... apparently ... "à la carte" doesn't seem to be available in the local legal world. Unless one hires a personal acquaintance / neighbour.
Our real estate agent dropped by today. I had asked to be allowed into our new home next time she was nearby so that ... well ... < whispering > ... I could see the bathroom. HA HA HA ! I had not looked in the bathroom prior to purchasing.
Saturday ; Today was overcast, hot, and humid. YUCK !
All day long we were concerned about a baby robin that was hiding under the leaves of our rhubarb plant and Saskatoon bush, alternating from one location to the other whenever it became frightened by our proximity. Finally, at dusk, and in response to its mother's calls from a nearby tree, it fluttered up to the top of our gazebo, and then beyond. Spread your tiny little wings and fly, baby robin !
Today was Riverside RV Park Resort's annual general meeting / AGM. Mercifully, we did not attend, having decided in disgust three years ago not to attend any more AGMs. It was a more productive use of my time this afternoon to nap with the cat !
Once again, our day was mostly taken up with dreaming and scheming about our new home. I met with a "house mover" from Oliver to discuss the feasibility and costs of moving our new park model from lot 4 to lot 89. We had pretty much already ruled out that scenario, but I needed cost information to complete the decision. NOPE ! It will stay where it is. We'll move to lot 4 and sell lot 89, despite how nice lot 89 is. Lot 4 will be "starting from scratch", but ... < shrug > ! I took photos of lot 4 for my blog and photos of lot 89 for my "for sale" ads. Joanne went to town to run some errands.
I chatted with a neighbour that we don't see very often any more. He was the original park manager, and had been a principal player in the initial development of this park, including the purchase of a few park models that the developer had purchased and set up within the park as "display homes". I found out that the park model on lot 4, our new home, had originally been the developer's private "weekend retreat" for about a year before it was sold the first time. That might explain the lovely leather sofa and matching overstuffed easy chair, as well as the other upscale furnishings that remain in the home as part of our purchase. That would also explain why the house mover was very impressed with the initial set up of the home, and insulation in the crawl space / behind the skirting, when he opened the "crawl space access hatch" to peek underneath to see if the original axles, wheels, and hitch had been left stored underneath. They had been !
I received a phone call from our lawyer ( and neighbour ) to clarify some ambiguity in our "contract of purchase and sale". HEY ... I guess that's why the world reluctantly needs lawyers. HA HA HA !
Late this afternoon we picked what will likely be our last batch of Saskatoons this season. Lots of Saskatoons, but such a short season !
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