Sunday ; Sunny, very warm, a bit humid.
Got hired today by a local trailer dealer to deliver a horse trailer on Tuesday to Ross Spur, a bit east of Castlegar. Did some truck and camper preparations for camping / travelling in a week or so. Did routine investment records keeping. Posted my blog entry. Took Ozzie for a couple of long walks. WHEW ... horrific mosquitoes ! That's why we go camping / travelling for most of June ; to escape the mosquitoes here at Riverside RV Park Resort, an annual problem in June.
While Joanne prepared supper I drove into Keremeos to refill our five gallon water jug.
Monday ; Penticton
Sunny and very warm in Penticton, chilly and very windy at home in the evening.
We left for Penticton late this morning. We spent the day running errands in Penticton. On the way home we stopped in Twin Lakes ( at 5:15 PM ) to pick up a horse trailer that we are delivering tomorrow. We were surprised and dismayed to find out from the client ( trailer dealer ) that he required it to be delivered in Ross Spur ... about four hours east of here ... by noon tomorrow ! SHIT ! So much for a 10 AM departure ... and borscht for lunch in Grand Forks !
Tuesday ; home to Ross Spur and return ; eight months since cardiac bypass surgery
Sunny until mid-afternoon, then cloudy. Somewhat chilly all day.
Left home at 8 AM. Drove 320 km. east to Ross Spur, between Castlegar and Salmo. Killed a quail on the way ... < sigh >. It flew up off the road right in front of the truck. Delivered a horse trailer at 12:30 PM. Drove home, arriving back home at 6:30 PM. Tiring day. On the way back home, stopped in Grand Forks for a very late lunch at
3 PM at The Borscht Bowl. Can't drive through Grand Forks without stopping for borscht. It was so good ... ( how good was it, Dan ? ) ... that I bought a litre "to go", to take camping with us. The Borscht Bowl has only been re-opened for five days, after being flooded. Most of Grand Forks downtown businesses are closed, undergoing extensive flood restoration.
Also stopped in Castlegar so that Joanne could buy a few advertised "on sale" items at Shoppers Drug Mart. While she was in the store I "negotiated" a trailer delivery job by telephone. When she returned to the truck she listened to my side of part of the phone conversation. As we continued driving, she convinced me that I should NOT do this job. She was certain that this would be a problem client with a problem filled job. She was right. As soon as I returned home, I advised the client to hire someone else.
Wednesday ; eight years as a non-smoker !
Mostly sunny, warm.
Slept late. Did pet ear care and dental care. Went over to neighbour / friend Jeanine's for a visit. Did cardiac exercising in the swimming pool. Did some minor maintenance on the truck. Did credit card accounting for Monday's and Tuesday's credit card spending. Prepared our ballots for the upcoming rescheduled AGM of our RV park. Prepared an invoice for yesterday's trailer towing job. Exchanged some books at our park's library. Took Ozzie for a couple of walks. WHEW ... we've got to escape these mosquitoes by leaving for a few weeks.
Thursday ; Cloudy, warm.
We began to load the camper today in anticipation of leaving on Saturday for a few weeks of camping / exploring / travelling. After lunch we drove into Keremeos,
I dropped Joanne off at the medical clinic, then I ran errands in town. When I was finished about half an hour later I returned to the clinic to pick up Joanne, and we drove to Twin Lakes to return the client's dealer license plate, and pick up payment for our recent trailer towing job. In the evening I did some month end online work, retrieving and printing bank statements and investment updates.
Friday ; Mostly cloudy, warm.
Continued preparations for a three week camping trip. Removed the fifth wheel hitch from the truck bed. Mounted the camper onto the truck. Reinstalled the truck's rear wheel liners and hub caps. Did cardiac exercising in the swimming pool. In the evening I reconciled May's bank statements and updated our investment records.
Today we "lost" a laundry basket. It became Emma's new bed. Her decision. HA HA HA !
Saturday ; home to Latremouille Lake Forest Service campground
Mostly sunny, warm.
This morning we drove "next door" to SunKatchers Park, to attend their annual "yard sale". Every year we find useful stuff to buy at their annual yard sale, although this year less than usual. I bought one item. Before and after lunch we continued final packing and preparations for departure. We pulled out of our yard at 2 PM. First camping trip with Ozzie. First camping trip since my bypass surgery.
West on Hwy. 3 to Princeton, north on Hwy. 5A to the Coquihalla Okanagan Connector, west on the Connector to Merritt. While I refilled with diesel at Extra Foods Fuel Bar, Joanne went into Extra Foods to buy a couple of grocery items. North on the Coquihalla to Kamloops where we stopped to shop at Princess Auto.
WOO-HOO ! Shopping at Princess Auto ( and coming up ... Surplus Herby's ) is as much fun, or maybe even more, as shopping at Harbor Freight in Yuma, Arizona.
I needed five items at Princess Auto. But ... I bought one of them at the SunKatchers yard sale. I bought three of the remaining four at Princess Auto. I didn't like the last item.
From Kamloops we headed north on Hwy. 5 to Little Fort, then west on Hwy. 24 to the Forest Service remote wilderness campground on Latremouille Lake. We've been here before. It's a nice little campground with about half a dozen secluded campsites. The road in is pretty rough, as are most Forest Service Recreation Sites, but it's only about a thousand feet off the highway.
We settled into a site, Joanne prepared a simple, late supper, then we went for a walk with Ozzie. There are two other campsites occupied here. WOW ... still daylight at 9:30 PM.
DSK
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