A Music Recital

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

Because the park does not have the water running yet because of frozen lines, I borrowed a tank and hooked it up to Cj's so we have water inside to do some cleanup.   I use the RV pump because it maintains pressure and shuts off when the taps are shut off.  I just feed the water in through the outside water tap.  Works great!!

And there was water in the hand wash sink

And it is time to make sure the Cj's sign is in place to let people know we are home and getting ready for Ice Cream season!!  May 9 is opening day!!

Later in the afternoon we headed to Reston which is about and hour and a half away, for Silas and Emma's piano recital.  It was held in the United Church basement.  

They both did real well and we are proud of them.  Our son Derek (their father) loved to play music and he would have been real proud of them today.  It warms my heart to see that maybe they will have the love of music that he had.

By the time it was over and we headed off for home, the sun was setting in the west behind us.  We had a good day today and look forward to the temps starting to rise in the next few days.  Good Nite!!

Cool Morning but lots of Chores to Do

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

It was a cool morning this morning.  It seems we have arrived home about a week to soon again this year.  The overnights are a little chilly but we were snug as a bug in a rug with the electric heater and the propane furnace as backup.  It only came on at about 6 this morning and then cycled every half hour till about 8 when the electric heater could keep up again.

Once I got brave enough to get out of bed I had a coffee and off to Brandon I went.  Its about 50 kms to Brandon so I arrived in good time.  I have to drop off a tender for the caretaking of the building I looked at the other day.  I doubt that I will be successful but it is fun trying.  This is the Manitoba Housing Office in Brandon where all my bosses work.

Then it was off to Home Depot to look at some new turf for the Mini Golf.  I need about 100 linear feet so it will be about $1500.00.  The stuff in Home Depot is not that great of quality so I will shop around a bit.

They were just rolling some off.  Good timing.

Kinda skinny looking weave to it.

Back home again and a little time with the weed whipper on the course.  I have to cut down all the old dead perennials so the new ones have a fighting chance.  I have to be careful not to do it too soon, because the tiny new shoots need the protection on the cold nights.

So the saga to my ebike is not over.  It is fixed after a lot of back and forth with lectric bikes and some really really good service from about 10 of their tech people.  It was not their fault that it took all winter to fix it because we were in Mexico and they don't ship there.  So we just had to wait.  And then we had to get them to ship parts all over the USA to follow our travels along.  When it was finally fixed, they offered to send me any accessory package that I wanted up to a $99 value for free.  How nice is that.  So I chose the passenger seat package so the grandkids can ride on the back.  And the value is $99!!  Only catch is that they don't ship to Canada either, so I will have it shipped to Border Services in Dunseith North Dakota, and we will slip over the border when it arrives.  It is about an hours drive.  It will be better than the pillow we use now and will have foot pegs and a handle bar.

sorry about the fingers. lol

I did have time for a wee nap today and I'm sure it won't interfere with my sleep tonight.  Good Nite!!

Election Day

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

Another short day today.  Because the weather is still less than enjoyable, we don't really do much.  This morning we took a tour to Minnedosa to look at a caretaking contract there.  Hmmm this is a tall building. I took a walk through just to get an idea how much it would cost to do the job.  The bids close on Wednesday!!

We continued on to Erickson to have a wee visit with our friends Jim and Marilyn, then turned back and went to Brandon and then home.  Lots of travel.  On the way home, we stopped at the local Legion to cast our vote in the Federal Election.

So the election gave us something to do all evening.  It didn't exactly go the way we would have liked it but onward and forward.  The sun will come up tomorrow I'm sure. 

Its gonna be a cold night so we better hope the furnace works good!!  Good Nite!!

Supper at Sheri's

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

We did very little today.  We had arranged to have supper with Sheri and the kids here at the lake but with the cold wind and cloudiness, we decided to go to her house in Brandon.  Dani and Donovan were there as well.

We sat around for a bit, played some games, had a lovely supper and then headed home for the night.  Pictures were not taken of very much but these are just to prove we were there.  Good Nite!!

Back to the Grind

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

Sheri came for a visit this morning and brought the dogs.  Archie loves to have some company and they all got along quite well in RRV.  The mornings are still cool so we hang out inside as long as possible.

When she was ready to go I got her to take me to get the yellow jeep out of storage.  It will be nice to have it back but not until the weather is warmer.

Because the park will not have water running in the park for another week or so, I got the tank loaded up so I can keep RRV full as well as supplying water for Cj's cleanup.  I do have an RV pump so we use it because it will keep the water in the shack pressured.  Of course we need to have 12V power so Max drove his car up beside the truck so I could steal power from it.

One last project for the day was to fix the log splitter.  Last year I broke the block for the hydraulic lever and had to JB weld it.  I decided to let it set up over the winter and after installing it today, it appears that it will work.  That was it for today. Good Nite!!

Getting Some Things Done Around Here!!

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

We were up early this morning to get the kids ready for school.  We will be doing lots of grandparenting from now until the end of school.  I do admit it is fun to have them around.  

Once I got them to school I came back and got the truck going up at the compound.  I had disconnected the battery last fall so I reconnected and hit the key and it fired right up.  That made me smile.  So I hooked on to the boats which were also in the compound and parked them in the parking lot for the summer.

It is good to have the ebike up and running again so I am able to just bike around the park doing my stuff.  So far it is working perfect!!!  And my coffee cup holder works good.

Time to get the lawn tractor out of the shed.  Same as the truck, the battery was good and it fired right up.

And the battery for Max's truck only needed a small charge and it was up and running as well.  

I will leave a few projects for another day like taking the covers off the windows and cleaning up the golf course.  

Spring is slowly sprunging!!  We will have ok daytime temps with the evening still cool.  Even one night predicting -5C.  We are Manitobans so we can handle it.  

Today Randy dropped off my book that he picked up for me at the post office earlier this month.  It is the biography that I wrote over the last year of my life.  I hope that the kids will learn something about me from reading it.  It is not a story, but rather the facts of my life.  I enjoyed writing it.

Another sunset from inside RRV tonight.  I will try to get a nice one sometime soon.  Another day tomorrow!!  Good Nite!!

Back in Rivers Provincial Park

WHERE ARE WE? Rivers Provincial Park, Rivers Manitoba

We got out of Jamestown about 9 am heading north towards the border.  We are aiming to cross at the Dunseith ND/Boissevain MB crossing in a couple hours.  We made sure to fill up with gas before we hit the border cause even with exchange it is about 20 cents a liter cheaper.  We noticed that our surroundings have become quite drab compared to even the ND/SD border.  The air is chillier too.  When we get withing 15 miles of the border, we climb a few thousand feet up into the Turtle Mountains, and the ice on the ponds and snow in the ditches starts to show as well.  This only lasts for about 30 miles and we come back down to about 1000 ft ASL the ice and snow is no longer showing.  Thank goodness.

 Before we hit the border we cleaned out the fridge, but we couldn't just dump the dozen eggs and pound of bacon so we had a cookoff on the side of the road.  Cooked food is ok to take across.  Some of the bacon ended up as my breakfast along with a hard boiled egg.

And then we were there.  The Canadian border.  And for all my drama believing friends, there was no drama, nor did we expect any.  A couple quick questions and off we went.   I always enjoy our travels in the USA and that will never change based on a bunch of FB or media hype.

We passed a couple familiar Manitoba signs.  With all the Northern Lights lately the province is promoting us as the place to see them.  And the second sign of being in Canada was the Tim Hortons.  I didn't even stop, but will get one later I'm sure.

We got back to the park after picking up Max and Grace at school.  It was dry enough that we got into our spot with no problems.

It will be nice to be hooked up to power again so we can run our electric heater at night.  Winter has still not completely released its hold and the evenings will be cool.  There is still ice on the lake, however it looks pretty soft.  It will probably be gone by early next week.

Max and Grace will be staying with us for the weekend, so we won't get bored.  We have lots to do to start to put things together around here but we have 2 weeks to get it done.  Remember I am a procrastinator.

Sunsets are around 8:30 now, but I couldn't stay up for it so had to take a picture from my bed lol.  Good Nite!!