This morning ( at 11:30 AM ) we headed west on Hwy. 3 to Princeton ... third day in a row ... for the final day of the annual Princeton Traditional Music Festival. Nice weather, great music .. we had a good day. We arrived back home about 7 PM.
Joanne wanted to try a new recipe tonight, poaching salmon in olive oil. I'm better at cooking fish than she is, so ... I did it, following her recipe guidelines. Well ... it was okay ... but ! Not the best salmon meal we've ever had, and ... not worth the amount of olive oil that we used.
While eating supper we watched Bachelor In Paradise, followed by Hamiltons and Stewarts, the "reality" show featuring the ex-wife and children of Rod Stewart and George Hamilton. What a disgusting bunch of people. This was the third episode we've watched and ... I refuse to watch another one !
Monday ; Sunny and very warm. Lots of wildfires nearby causing lots of concern. HUGE fire near Rock Creek, east of Osoyoos. Two fires near Oliver, one north of town, one south of town. We're wondering if the Rock Creek fire will result in cancellation of the Rock Creek Fall Fair in a month ? Seems likely that the B.C. Forest Service wilderness campground near Rock Creek that we stayed at a month or so ago, and that we plan to stay at again in a month, is probably destroyed by fire. Bo will be sad. It was his favourite Rainbow Trout fishing stream. HA HA HA !
Today was a long day of shopping errands in Penticton. Salmon harvest season has begun. Got two lovely, fresh, large Pacific Wild Pink Salmon at Save-On-Foods ( who always has the best salmon prices at this time of year ) for ... < blink blink > ... four bucks a pop !
Tuesday ; Sunny and hot. Only a few more hot days left this summer.
This morning I did some routine vehicle maintenance work then set to work in the truck camper, hoping to be able to re-prime the freshwater pump. With considerable effort
I succeeded, but ... < sigh > ... in the process, I broke the kitchen sink faucet. Attached underneath the faucet , and integral to / part of the faucet were two "flexible" supply hoses. Well ... flexible maybe eighteen years ago when they were new. But not today ... not anymore ! When I attempted to move one of the "flexible" hoses a bit ... CRACK !
< sigh >
We headed into town to have lunch at Samosa Garden, the East Indian buffet restaurant attached to Sanderson Farms fruit and produce stand. We enjoy having lunch there once each summer. Great Butter Chicken ! After lunch we bought some fresh fruit and vegetables at ... well ... Sanderson Farms, of course. Joanne went to Valu-Plus to buy some groceries and I went to Keremeos Building Supplies to buy a new kitchen sink faucet and two new flexible supply hoses for the truck camper. On our way back into Riverside RV Park Resort we went over to visit with our neighbour / friend Jeanine.
I repaired my river sandals, the sandals I wear when fishing because ... that's what they're designed for ... to be worn in water. I filleted the two salmon I bought yesterday. Twelve servings / six meals from eight bucks worth of salmon. Well done, Daniel ! Joanne harvested tomatoes. A lot of tomatoes ! I did some preparatory work on the installation of the new kitchen sink faucet and supply hoses in the camper. We took Bo for a play session in the dog park.
Wednesday ; Sunny and hot. Joanne cooked a Leg of Lamb in the Sun Oven today.
I spent the morning installing the new kitchen sink faucet in the truck camper. Didn't go smoothly, but ... got done ! Discovered two other repair jobs that needed doing. Did them ! Did an obedience session with Bo. Well done, Bo, good dog !
Spent the afternoon installing vinyl soffit underneath the entry landing roof. Almost finished, but ... need to buy one more length of vinyl soffit.
Thursday ; Sunny and hot. I made maple syrup glazed candied "smoked" salmon in the Sun Oven today.
Joanne took our neighbour / friend Jeanine to Penticton today for chemotherapy. They were gone all day, returning home about 5 PM. This morning I went into Keremeos to shop at Keremeos Home Building Centre. This afternoon I completed the entry landing roof replacement project, cutting and installing the final pieces of soffit underneath. And so ends my "planned" summer projects. With four weeks to spare before "fall' departure.
Friday ; Sunshine ... rain ... sunshine ... rain ... repeat frequently all day.
Our lettuce has stopped growing. So today we harvested what we could, and pulled out three of the four rows. Joanne wanted to leave one row for harvest later. We cut all the soffit waste into small enough pieces to fit into a garbage bag. With help from Joanne
I measured, cut, and installed a section of aluminum fascia on the sewage treatment plant behind our house. After three years of seeing a section of fascia missing on the sewage treatment plant ... I couldn't stand it any more !
Tonight for supper we had ( some of ) the Leg of Lamb we cooked in the Sun Oven a couple of days ago. WOW ... that was GOOD !
Saturday ; Sunny and very warm, with forest fire smoke haze.
A bit south of us, in the Omak, Washington area are a series of horrendous wildfires. A couple of days ago three young firefighters lost their lives, four others were injured, one with such severe burns that survival seems unlikely. The winds yesterday were blowing from west to eat, causing the city of Spokane to have such terrible air quality as to be classified "hazardous". Overnight the winds shifted, blowing today from south to north. This morning we had a bit of forest fire smoke haze. It increased throughout the day. By suppertime, we were coughing from the smoky air, and the haze was so thick we could not see the mountain across the river, nor the mountain across the highway. Visibility at ground level was just a few hundred feet !
My planned summer projects are completed. So ... today was a bit "leisurely". I puttered around, not doing much, not accomplishing much. Within a day or two I suppose
I should get started on "fall pre-departure" preparations, since we are leaving in about four weeks.
We received an update tonight from our Kamloops friend Laszlo who is currently in Kelowna Hospital recovering from the removal of half his left lung yesterday due to cancer. All has gone as well as can be. Congratulations, Laszlo ! You're well on your way to beating cancer for the second time !
DSK
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