Sunday ; Sunny and hot.
Around noon we took our old water heater to the Keremeos landfill site. And the water heater replacement project is now finished ! After we returned home Joanne did laundry. I did some routine maintenance on the camper. I did some investment file updating work. I posted my weekly journal to my blog. In the evening I did quite a bit of my obesity clinic “homework”.
Monday ; Sunny and very warm.
This morning I did some routine household maintenance chores including repairing our toilet. In the afternoon I did some truck maintenance, then loaded firewood and fishing gear into the camper in preparation for departure tomorrow.
I found an outdoors adventure company in Vernon that conducts fall mushroom hunting tours. Joanne told me to make a booking for us on the Thanksgiving / birthday / anniversary weekend in mid-October. Her birthday treat to me. THANK YOU !
We did a swimming pool exercise session before supper. And I did some banking information updating work. During and after supper I watched the Ozzy Osbourne biography on TV. What a fascinating piece of shit he is !
Tuesday ; home to Granite Creek BC Forest Service Recreation Site
Sunny and very warm.
This morning we finished packing and preparing for a four day camping trip, did our “early” exercise walk, and left home around noon, heading west on Crowsnest Highway 3. At Princeton we stopped at a credit union to buy some coinage for laundry, then continued northwest on the Coalmont/Tulameen Road. When we got to Coalmont we drove a few km. off the beaten path (as if we weren’t already off the beaten path !) to have lunch at Granite Creek BCFSRS on the Tulameen River (where Granite Creek flows into the Tulameen).
We had a very late lunch parked in a beautiful campsite right beside the Tulameen River. We liked the site so much we decided to stay overnight. I napped briefly then we hiked for exercise for half an hour, looping around the remote wilderness campground and surrounding area. I went fly fishing in the Tulameen River. It’s a slightly smaller river than the Similkameen. It flows into the Similkameen River at Princeton. I didn’t catch anything and … <sputter> … gave up after less than half an hour. Unlike the Similkameen which slowly warms all summer, the Tulameen was icy cold ! My toes were throbbing ! It was like standing in a bucket of ice !
I lit a campfire and cooked supper on it. Joanne packaged beef sausages, potatoes, carrots, and zucchini, all slathered in barbecue sauce, in foil packets. It was a very good meal ! We ate supper outside at the picnic table, then sat by the campfire until it was dark. At 8 PM ! ! !
Wednesday ; Granite Creek BCFSRS to Otter Lake Provincial Park
Sunny and warm.
This morning we left Granite Creek BCFSRS around 11:30 AM, drove back through the tiny village of Coalmont, drove about ten km. / six miles north to the tiny village of Tulameen, then about five km. / three miles further to Otter Lake Provincial Park. We refilled our freshwater tank and selected a campsite.
Before having lunch we went for a half hour exercise walk, twice around the campground. After lunch I napped. I did some trip planning work in the afternoon, then before supper we went for a hike through the forest for more than half an hour, our “late” exercise walk. HMPH … couldn’t find any wild mushrooms.
At 6 PM I lit a campfire and cooked supper on it ; foil packets of potatoes and onions, a foil packet of mushrooms, and a marinated sirloin steak. While I prepared the campfire Joanne prepared the food for cooking, and a garden salad. We’re a good meal preparation team ! After supper we sat around the campfire and chatted until it got dark at 8 PM.
Thursday ; Otter Lake Provincial Park
Sunny and warm.
We had a relaxing day. Early walk. Late walk. Nap. Fishing. Campfire. Supper cooked on the campfire. Life was good today !
Friday ; Otter Lake Provincial Park
Sunny and hot.
Really lazy day of relaxing ! Refilled freshwater. Dumped grey waste tank. Early walk. Made campfire, cooked lunch. Read book. Napped. Thanksgiving / birthday / anniversary camping trip planning. Massaged little wifey’s sore shoulder. Drank a beer ! Late walk. Made another campfire, cooked supper. After supper, sat around the campfire until well after dark, discussing … hopes and dreams.
Saturday ; Otter Lake Provincial Park to home
Sunny and very warm at Otter Lake, <cough cough> extremely smoky and hot at home.
We left Otter Lake at 11 AM, returning through Tulameen and Coalmont back to Princeton where we shopped for groceries at Save-On-Foods. HMPH ! Inefficient and rude cashier ! East on Crowsnest Hwy. 3, we stopped at Bromley Rock Provincial Park to go for a long exercise walk and have lunch. We arrived back home at 3 PM.
Emma was very glad to be back home. So … she and I napped. HA HA HA !
DSK
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