A Busy Sunday

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

Although its cooler than we have been used to, 12C is still not a bad temperature.  First thing on my agenda is to take all the coverings off the windows and get all the doors unlocked.  It helps let the sun get through the windows and warm things up.  Hopefully these windows will be busy again this summer.

We got a lot of stuff to deal with in the next week or so.  The kitchen turns into a big storage area for everything and anything and we have to just pour it all out onto the deck and then put it back in some semblance of order.

About lunch time I headed into town to pick up Max.  He will spend the afternoon with us.  Before we left his house we checked to see if the "Wood Run truck" would start.  Nope!!  Battery dead.  So I had to get the Jeep wiggled in there to put the booster cables on it.  

So we will come back later for the truck.  We might have to put a new battery in it but I will deal with that later.  So Max and I headed for the lake without the truck.

Max wanted to play a little golf but the mini golf course is covered in leaves and Pine needles.  

So I got busy and got the leaf blower going and fixed up the golf course for him.  Now he can play to his hearts content.  

I'm going to have to spend a few hours getting all of the rest of the leaves blown off the course.  I need to get that done before we get some rain.

Got the tractor going and then Sue and I headed in to get the truck.  We stopped at the store for some hamburger.  Wow!!!  Almost $18.00 a kg. We have been having a tough time deciding how much our prices have to go up this year, but if you consider we paid between 8 and 12 bucks a kg last year, the increase needs to be significant.  I hope people can still afford to eat.

Of course the truck battery will need some time on the charger, so I got all the batteries lined up and will give them all a charge in due time.

We brought back some wooden pine trees to put on the golf course.  Kaitlyn uses them for Christmas decorations and we use them in the summer.  

I got the chairs out on the deck ready for some morning coffee's on the deck when the weather warms up.  I do enjoy that time of day.

Sheri and Donovan came for a short visit after supper.  Sheri has been at a youth retreat with Dani all weekend.  She said she enjoyed it.  After they left we watched a couple episodes of Survivor Season 1.   It has been a long time since we saw that first season and we have forgotten most of it.  Then it will be off to bed.  Good Nite!

Lincoln's 4th Birthday

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

It's a bit tough catching on to these seasonal temperatures.  It was like +6C when I got up this morning so I stayed in the MH soaking up the heat.  Archie didn't even have much of an appetite for going outside this morning either.  Max thought he might like to wear his Jets hat for a while to cheer him up!!

Today is our grandson Lincoln's 4th Birthday so we are going to his birthday party in Brandon.  Kaitlyn picked us up around noon and we headed into Brandon for a bit of shopping and lunch at Boston Pizza.  I always like to fiddle with things at the table while waiting for our meal and today I was trying to do the leaning salt shaker trick.  While I was trying unsuccessfully, Grace said "Hey gramps look!!"  She was watching me and managed to get the pepper shaker to lean!!  Good job Grace!

After that we headed over to Nikki's parents house for the Birthday party.  All the grandparents were there including Great Gramma!!   This was like the old folks party I guess.  A couple of aunties were there too which helped keep the average age in the room down.  

Lincoln got a garbage truck cake for his birthday. Nikki is sooo creative and even had garbage pouring out the back of the truck.  The cake tasted good too!!

Then back home and take Archie for a walk.  We sure enjoy our strolls by the lake.  This time of year it is peaceful here and the birds are all making their happy sounds.  Archie loves to just explore without anyone around to distract him.

Although we don't see much of a sunset from the Motorhome, here is what we get.  We had a good day and now its time to call it quits.  Good Nite!!

We are Finally Home

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

Today is the last leg of our journey back to Manitoba.  We have about 2 weeks to get Cj's ready for business so we have to get there and get busy.  

When we woke up it was raining and after taking Archie for a quick walk he cuddled up with Sue on the couch.  He is not spoiled she says.

So we pulled up our legs and headed north in the rain.  

Our trip took us North past the Minot Airforce Base.  This is the base that the B52 bombers fly from and they used to fly at low level over our farm when I was young.

A quick stop at Dales Truck Stop in Dunseith for fuel.  $3.49 a US gallon which equates to about 1.08 a liter in Canada with all the exchange factored in.  Gas in Brandon is about 1.48 a liter right now so that is a good savings on 200 liters of fuel.  

Border crossing went without a hitch.  5 minutes maximum.  The border agent was not interested in doing paperwork so she said no problem when we declared the $1000 e-bike.  So we headed into Canada.  It still feels like home every time we cross the border and we are happy to be here.  It wasn't long and Rivers came into site.  Rivers is about 1.5 hours north of the US border.

First stop was to pick up Max and Grace to come for a sleep over.  Our babysitting duties began even before we arrived home!!!  Actually Gramma Melaine was doing a good job of the babysitting but we stole the kids from her.

We got to the park around 5 pm and got unhooked and set up in our parking spot for the summer.

First things first, we got the bonfire going and had some supper.  Max and I ate outside because it was rather a nice day.

Then it was time to put the kids bed down.  Sue pressed the button and nothing happened.  Oh oh what now.  So I spent a couple hours figuring out how the whole system worked and where the fuses were and where the wires ran.  

After a lot of head scratching I went right back to the battery box and wiggled wires and found one loose and poof, the power came back on to the bed and down it went.  Problem solved.  I guess all that rattling down the roads of Mexico has some consequences.  

While I was busy fixing the kids bed, they were in our bed watching a movie and eating popcorn.  Later when I went to get into bed I was met with a bit of a mess.  Apparently popcorn doesn't all get in their mouths.

Anyway it was bed time.  This is what I will dream about tonight.  The joys of RV ownership is the satisfaction of fixing things.  Good Nite!!!

A Day in Minot Just Because we Can

WHERE ARE WE? Minot, North Dakota

We are feeling pretty lazy these days so we are not getting in a rush to go anywhere fast.  Sue did a bit of shopping in Bismarck, and then after lunch we headed to Minot.

Remember I said we like to "Chase 24C"?   Well how about that.  Look at the temperature.  I'm sure that will cool a bit for a few days when we get home.

Its pretty bad when all I have to show for the day is my chicken dinner.  Winner winner.

We got all parked up at Walmart in Minot for the night.  We have to purge out fridge and cupboards before crossing the border tomorrow.  Good Nite!!!

Back in North Dakota

WHERE ARE WE?  Bismarck North Dakota

I quite often have trouble coming up with stories on moving days.  No different today.  I would take scenery pictures but the screen on the side window gets in the way and the bugs on the windshield don't make for nice photos.  See what I mean?

Yup thats where we want to go

For all my farm friends.  Do you remember all the wiggly lines in the field before auto steer?  This guy must have been drinking.

We needed propane so we stopped at a place and they filled us from the truck.  Gotta love small town America.  

We did buy a shower curtain rod to put up to block the dash off so Archie can't go up there.  He does get in the way when we are in cities and navigating corners and such.  We left it up when we were out of the MH and when we came back he was sitting in Sues seat peeking over the dash looking so distraught.  I don't think he likes the bar.  

It was only a little over 300 kms to go today so we had lots of time to spare.  We were only going to Bismarck today.

We stopped at Costco to get gas at $3.09 a gallon.  Then we parked and went in to the store.  There wasn't much for free treats so I went back out to the MH and hung around with Archie.

When Sue was done at Costco, we headed over to Walmart for the night.  I caught a nice sunset over the city.  Good Nite!!