Relocating to our Snow Bird RV Site

 C86 was vacated early in the morning so we had a good early start. 

Randal and I went to the office early to say we were moving and to ask if the big pile of garbage that the last tenets left by the site y picked up. 

Between Randal loading the truck and I the cart we made 10 trip to bring the stuff over. With the children playing on the road, trailers, boats and trucks it was slow going.

The traffic was heavy with 100 units leaving and 100 coming it. 

The trailer was to last thing we planned to move .  At 11:030 the rental company arrived and wanted to get into the site. They had 30 other rentals to move in. 

By 12:30 then neighbour from next to N55 came to help move the trailer. We were finally out and over by 1:30pm. 

C86 was completed ruined died grass, infestation of puncture weeds and garbage. 

It was not until close to 3:00pm by the time the trailer and steps were in position so we could put out the slides and put on the power to use the A/C. Finally we were able to relax.

Plymouth Rock

Saskatchewan Farmers, are rare breed, they’re the only ones with enough rocks in the fields, old vehicles in the yard and time on their hands to think of putting them all together and making their own Plymouth Rock.

Back in 2012 I wrote the statement you see above.

How it came about was only by accident.

Lorraine, my wife and I had driven to a small town north and west of out then home in Regina Beach. Craik, Sk. was known for a restaurant/golf club house that was an eco building made of straw-bails, using solar electricity, and composting toilets. The builder and owner rented the meeting room for events.
After one such meeting to go home we decided to take a different route from the regular busy highway. So we took the first grid road east. All of southern Saskatchewan is made up of a system of roads, 2 miles x 4 miles in a grid. 

Fairly soon on the journey we saw a large open stubble field with an old car standing in the middle of it on a pile of field stones.

Being carious and having my camera with me we stop and walk the distance to the center of the field. I could not recognize the make of the car. Old Fords and Chevrolets were common here on the prairies. Even right up close I could not tell as there were no logos on it at all. So I walk a 360 around it taking shots the whole time.
After getting back to our car and showing the digital images to Lorraine, we continued home along the grid.
Checking the images on the home desktop I still could not find an answer to my question “What was the Make of the car?” 

             
I sent an email to my brother to get his best guess. He figured it was a Dodge or a Plymouth and settled on a Plymouth. His reasoning was “ That only a Saskatchewan Farmer has enough time and sense of humor to make his own Plymouth Rock”

So until next time remember to "Discover It and Live It".

Getting Out

April 24, 2020

The stay at home edict has been on us now for six weeks and we are doing very well at finding things to keep ourselves busy.

The weather has been wonderful to everyone in Southern Okanagan. Here the systems seem to separate and stay at higher elevations. But although our four walls have windows in them, we still needed to get out.

So with cameras and water in hand we hopped in the auto for a tour of the friendly neighbouring town to the west.

Taking the backroads is always enlightening. 

Bee hives and orchard trees a common sight.

School buses parked in hidden places until further notice.

Colourful yards with historic cars. This was a Zephyr park on a front lawn.

 
Older vehicles with many years behind them sit quietly in the front row of orchard trees. The car is waiting for the end of summer and harvest time.

Mountains with scree slopes dominate the view in the valley.

Then a final stop to take us to the returning highway. Hopping back on Hwy #3 East, It will take us back home to the four walls that await us.




So until next time remember to "Discover It and Live It".

Self Isolation

March 29th 2020

It has been about two weeks now that we are in Self Isolation. Finding things to do seems to be a theme for everyone.

We watched a YouTube Live video along with 350 other viewers. Randy Bachman and his son did an in home presentation with singing, guitar playing and stories from the past. It was a great hour of entertainment.

 

I also went on a world tour of a few webcams to see what was going on. The first stop was Florida and Key West. Just outside Sloppy Joe's Bar there was some road and sidewalk construction happening. Something that can be done without people around.

No tourist cruse ships docked at Mallory Square. Sometimes there are more than one in port.

Next I went north to New York, New York and Times Square. Not many people there.

Then it was over the Atlantic Ocean to London and the Abby Road intersection. Here it is usually busy with tourist and "Beatles" fans. Today only one person taking a selfie.   

Then back in our own backyard, I took a bicycle ride to see what was happening. Spring was happening. The trees have leafed out, well some of them at least. The first flowers to arrive are on the apricot and cherry trees. For the sake of IDing, I am calling these next photos "Cherry Blossoms".

  

And close by a vineyard owner has had a load of chicken shit delivered and with feathers.

Further down the road I come to the lake and notice some different birds have come to visit.  The first is a Merganser. 

The second was a pair of American Wigeons eating their fill of green grass before flying to their next location.

So until next time remember to "Discover It and Live It".

Sunset Pan

Sunset March 22, 2020

Seven images knit together to see the Southern Sky.

Bringing In The New Year

January 1, 2020

Bringing in the New Year with a warm sunny day. 

When the sun comes out in Osoyoos, BC the temperature usually rises. Which is what it did this first day of January.

The day was also very calm. Next to the lake was a sight to behold. 

   

Sitting down and enjoying the view was a good thing to do.

We had a bottle of bubbly that was purchased some time ago. It was less expensive than some on the shelf, actually it was the cheapest I could see in the liquor store. 

As the sun had come out from behind the clouds, it was becoming quite warm. So Lorraine dawned her best summer hat and short pants, Remember this is January 1st., and headed outside to celebrate with the unopened bottle of bubbly. 

    

It just can't get any better than this.

The Nights Before Christmas

December 23, 2019

Of the many thing that people do when they are RVing is putting up with long winter nights. As we get older we can go to bed earlier. We are even eating supper/dinner earlier. The sun goes down and it gets dark by 4:00 pm so the meal is put out and the dishes are cleaned by 5:00 pm. The evening is a routine of checking the computer for emails, looking at Facebook, and Twitter something the has been done all day but there might be the one you have missed. So you check again. Then enough is enough and you swivel your chair toward the TV and recorded movies.

This year going into Christmas and Hanuka I recorded multiple "Scrooge" movies made from 1935 to 1997.

So here are the ones that I found on YouTube. There are most likely many many more. That is not a reference to the TV ad for records sold in the 70s and 80s. where the audio would say the recording artists and Many More. I never heard song by Mini More.

The oldest one I found was Scrooge 1937 Staring Seymour Hicks.

Then Scrooge 1951 staring Alastair Sim.

Next was Scrooge 1970 Staring Albert Finney.

Followed by A Christmas Carol 1984 staring George C. Scott.

This was a new twist An American Christmas Carol staring Henry Winkler.

In 1997 A Christmas Carol animation movie was done. With a long list of recognizable actors who lent the voices to the traditional Charles Dickens characters. 

Over the years I have followed a few cartoons in newspapers and are now found on the internet. Garfield and the spider was one of my favorites.

  

A Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah