My computer locked up on me last week so I’ve been without
until today. It was too late to take it
for repair on the Island so it had to wait til we got to Salmon Arm. Two of my computer nephews looked at it on
Saturday but they ran out of time. I was
really impressed with Chris at Lynx Computers.
I dropped it off yesterday and it was ready to go this morning. My camera left Mississauga, Ontario at about
5 pm yesterday and it was delivered to me at Bev’s today just before 2 pm. Amazing!
We moved down to Victoria (actually Sidney) on Sunday
stopping in Duncan for Aileen to attend church.
I had a windshield wiper pack it in so tried in vain to find a
replacement. I finally did in Victoria
on Monday after much searching. I was
able to get a pair of 28 inch to replace the 26 that were stock. Because the windshield is so far ahead of the
driver, it’s like looking through a tunnel so hopefully the longer ones will
help. The forecast for our drive to
Salmon Arm was showers but we didn’t get a drop of rain so the wipers haven’t been
tested yet.
We went for supper Sunday at the Fireside with Richard,
Robin and Georgia and were joined by Robin’s parents. We had a good visit there and with Richard
and Georgia when they came to the campsite just after we had arrived. Good lad that he is, Richard covered the bill
for supper. Thank you again!
Aileen had an another visit with the acupuncturist Monday
afternoon. We had lunch down on the
wharf at The Fish Store and Aileen’s gluten free fish and chips were better
than my regular ones. I know which I’ll
have next time. We watched a couple
seals that people were feeding off the dock.
We picked up friend Bev D and the three of us went to the Sauce
Restaurant for supper. Bev had a meeting
after to attend so we headed home where I quickly assembled the wipers and installed
them before dark. Both the Sauce and Fireside provided excellent gluten free meals for Aileen.
We were up at 5:45 am Tuesday and on the road by 6:06
heading for the ferry. I used my gold
card for the first time and got free passage for myself. Aileen still got half price with her card. We stopped just after leaving the ferry to
walk Mitzy and it was 9:00 when we got moving.
We ran into construction delays fairly soon and took over an hour to get
out to the freeway. We made a rest stop
past Abbotsford then lunch was up the canyon in a wide turnout by a
waterfall. We made it to Jordan’s at
White Lake about 4:35 and didn’t have a drop of rain the whole way. We plan to be in this area a little over two
weeks before heading down to Penticton for May 5th.
I have been putting more stuff into our storage shed, mostly
from emptying the Arizona park model which we don’t think we’ll move back in
to. I have decided that it isn’t
practical to pack around my matting and framing supplies since there hasn’t
been much demand for anything. Now just
watch, I’ll probably be wanting to do some.
The view out the windshield at Oceanside RV Park, Sidney, BC
Along West Saanich Rd after supper Sunday night, hand held HDR
A Harbour Seal in Victoria
Float houses against the high rise backdrop
Lots of seaplanes use Victoria's Inner Harbour
A few daffodils mixed in with the native Easter Lilies at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria
This crow had lots to say
This old peacock was running loose in Beacon Hill Park
All of today’s shots
were taken with my Canon Rebel XTi and 28-135 lens.
It was great to see you and Aileen on the weekend John! Ava loved her visit with Mitzy! See you again when you are back on the Island!
ReplyDeleteI must say that for YEARS now, I've been wondering if there's any way to move into that little green floathome at Fisherman's Wharf. It was for sale once, I remember: looks like such fun, that one.
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