Cloudy, mild, intermittent light rain.
After lunch we headed to Penticton to attend the BC Interior RV Show at the South Okanagan Events Centre. First stop at the show was to visit our trailer towing client and their two very large trailers that we delivered, to see how their weekend at the show had been. To our surprise, the attendance at the show had been very good, despite the poor weather. For about an hour and a half we wandered around the RV show in three buildings. When the show ended at 4 PM we left to go run errands in Penticton.
We returned at 5:30 PM to remove their two trailers from inside the Penticton Trade & Convention Centre building. We removed the first trailer, got it parked outside, unhitched, and were just about to go back inside the building to get the second trailer when it got towed out by convention centre staff using a fork lift. We hitched up to the second trailer and headed for home, leaving the first trailer parked and locked in the convention centre parking lot. We have to remove it by 11 AM tomorrow.
We drove home in rain ... < sigh >. Nice rainbow over K Mountain, the "backdrop" to the village of Keremeos. Once home we parked the trailer inside our RV park's front gate and unhitched. We were home about 7:15 PM.
Monday ; home to Penticton to Kamloops to home
Mostly sunny, mild, temperature reaching 63º F / 17º C while we were in Kamloops this afternoon.
We left home at 9:30 AM and headed to Penticton where we picked up the forty-four foot long ( SHEESH ! ) trailer that we had left parked there last night after the BC Interior RV Show. We refilled the truck with diesel before picking up the trailer. We hitched up and were pulling out of the South Okanagan Events Centre parking lot at 10:45 AM, fifteen minutes before all exhibitors had to get their RV's cleared out of the parking lots.
We headed north on Hwy. 97 through Summerland and Peachland, then turned west on Hwy. 97C / the Coquihalla Okanagan Connector. Steep ascent for about half an hour, then steep descent for about half an hour to Merritt. We then headed north on Hwy. 5 / the Coquihalla / "Highway Thru Hell" to Kamloops. We arrived at the RV dealership about 2 PM, half an hour earlier than planned. We parked and unhitched the trailer, then drove a short distance to the Visitor Information Centre to eat our picnic lunch. We were back on the road again at 2:30 PM.
South on "the Coke" to Merritt where we refilled with diesel again, then east on "the Connector", and south on Hwy. 5 to Princeton where we refilled with diesel for the third time today ! East on Crowsnest Hwy. 3, and we were home at Riverside RV Park Resort by 5:30 PM. Before having supper we hitched up to the remaining forty-four foot trailer which we had left inside our RV park's front gate. We're ready to go tomorrow morning !
WHEW ! Three down, one more to go !
Tuesday ; home to Kamloops to Kelowna to Summerland to home
Mix of sun and clouds, mild. Left home at 9:45 AM, returned at 8:15 PM. Long day ! No Ozzie "accidents". Good dog, Ozzie !
Took the remaining forty-four foot trailer back to Kamloops. Dropped it off at the dealership at 1 PM. Had a quick sandwich, left Kamloops heading for Vernon and Kelowna. Refilled with diesel fuel in Vernon. Arrived in Kelowna and met second trailer towing client at 3:30 PM. Followed her to where seller of trailer was located to pick up client's new ( to her ) trailer. Had to refill all four tires with air using my little compressor. Pulled the trailer out of its difficult to access location. < sigh >
Drove slowly through Kelowna's rush hour traffic. < sigh > Drove slowly through Westbank's rush hour traffic. < sigh > Client followed us until near Summerland, then led us to their work location ( organic farm ! ) where trailer was to be parked. Client and her employer wanted trailer positioned impossibly. < sigh > We parked trailer as well as possible, with great difficulty and much time and effort, then headed for home.
I'm considering restricting my future trailer towing efforts to dealerships only. I'm tired of getting hired to transport decrepit pieces of junk that are impossible to get out of their old locations, and / or impossible to get parked in their new locations.
Wednesday ; home to Oliver to Osoyoos to home
Sunny early in the day, cloudy and windy later in the day.
We left home at 9:45 AM heading for a trailer towing job in Oliver. East on Hwy. 3 to Osoyoos, then north on Hwy. 97 to Oliver. At 11 AM we picked up a large fifth wheel trailer and took it for servicing at an RV dealership in Osoyoos. We will probably have to return it to Oliver in a week or two. We had our picnic lunch in "Bo's PP park" in Oliver, sitting on a park bench overlooking Osoyoos Lake, enjoying the sunshine. While having lunch we discussed whether we should scatter Bo's ashes there. We were back home about 2 PM.
After I napped we went to the swimming pool for a cardiac rehabilitation aquatic exercise session. Afterwards I posted my weekly journal to my blog ... a few days late. Joanne had a phone chat with her sister who has recently returned from her first Mexican vacation. Joanne made my favourite supper which we ate while watching Survivor.
Thursday ; Penticton
Mostly sunny and mild during the day, changing to chilly and light rain around suppertime.
Our doorbell rang this morning while I was walking around wrapped in a towel, shortly after showering, and Joanne was in the shower. At the door was a woman I had never seen before, asking about trailer towing / truck camper delivery services. HUH ? Apparently she had been referred to me by some relative of hers who lives in our RV park. I pulled on a pair of jeans, put on a shirt, and stepped outside ( with wet hair ! ) to have a brief discussion with her about her truck camper transport needs.
We headed to Penticton late this morning. I dropped Joanne off at Wal-Mart then went to refill the truck with diesel fuel and to Canadian Tire to order new tires for the truck. SHEESH ! Almost two thousand dollars for six new tires for the truck ! And the tires are on sale ! I picked Joanne up at Wal-Mart and we went to Cherry Lane Mall to have lunch in the food court. We bought a couple of items at M & M Meats, a specialty food market chain that we have not shopped at in over fourteen years, since living in Ottawa. We browsed unsuccessfully for a jacket for me at the Salvation Army Thrift Store. And we did our big weekly grocery shopping trip at Superstore. We arrived back home about 5 PM.
Ozzie is having severe allergy flare-ups manifesting as ear infections and skin infections. Must be a spring time thing for him ! ? !
Friday ; Mix of sun and clouds, windy, mild temperature.
This morning I returned a phone call to an RCMP Sergeant in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. He has been assigned to be "the next level" of my complaint regarding use of excessive force by an RCMP Officer last July in Hay River, Northwest Territories. We played telephone tag for a few calls back and forth, then finally connected. We had a fifteen minute phone discussion, and he will now elevate my complaint to some manner of disciplinary committee. Oh ... good ! And after only nine months ! ! !
I removed all the trailer towing materials and equipment from the truck then parked the truck part way under the camper. Only part way because I left the fifth wheel hitch in the truck, pending the return trip from Osoyoos to Oliver of the fifth wheel trailer
I delivered to Osoyoos a couple of days ago. I did some maintenance and "home improvement" work on the camper.
After lunch and a nap for me we went to the swimming pool for a session of cardiac rehabilitation aquatic fitness. We walked Ozzie, retrieved mail, and took a book back to the library in the "lodge". In the evening I did some financial work, and ordered some valve extenders for the truck from Amazon. I want / need to try a different style of dually valve extenders than I have been using for the last fourteen years.
MMMMM ... wonderful, fresh, BC Steelhead Trout for supper ! First time we've had Steelhead. Almost like a "cross" between a salmon and a Rainbow Trout.
Saturday ; Cloudy, mild, occasionally windy.
Today the weather was nice enough to allow for some outdoor work to be done ... in comfort. I did a repair on the truck. I did some maintenance on the camper. I replaced a section of moulding in the bathroom in the house. I did some Similkameen Trailer Towing administrative work at my desk.
MMMMM ... wonderful roast leg of lamb !
DSK
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