Sometimes There are More Chickens to Hatch

Can Am RV, London, On

On Thursday, Oct. 17^th we woke up with a different view. Just ask Gibbs, no fooling him! He could hear noises here, unusual for a Ridge sleepover. 😊 The traffic all night didn’t bother me, even though it is a very busy highway and our bed was facing it. I slept well. Bill didn’t say otherwise so I assume his sleep was fine too. We were up by 7, had our cereal and we made our tea and coffee.

Good morning!
A frosty one to wake up to

It wasn't long and our home was being moved
to the shop

It wasn’t long after the office opened at 8:30 when Bill said they were ready to bring the Suite into their shop. Yay! As for what work needs to be done, please check out Bill’s blog (here), he has explained it quite well. So, we went inside and sat in the lounge to wait. There was frost on the windshields of the vehicles this morning but shaping up to be a lovely day. Full sunny, blue sky. ♥

The wait begins

Always makes for a long day,
especially with a pooch.

The nice thing about waiting in the lounge is that you meet people and we met a nice lady this time too. Corinne was getting hitch work done on a ‘new-to-her’ trailer and planning a 6-month trip across the United States, on her own. I won’t say she is ‘brave’ (we laughed about saying that) but I will say she is strong and admirable. Just like another great friend of ours………….you probably know I mean Nancy. 😊

It was after lunch when Corinne got
her test drive out and back
and she was on her way home to the Hamilton area.

Bill did his best to answer her questions and help her with tips and such. She was quite pleased to have bumped into us (him) for his knowledge. We sure hope to bump into C in hers and our travels this winter. We had lunch from the food truck that frequents Can Am daily and my quesadilla was a surprise and delicious! By 3 pm, we were getting a bit concerned that our Suite was still in the shop. We took breaks and walked around outside a few times to stretch our legs.

When I heard there was chicken quesadilla on the food truck,
I had to order one. It was delicious too!

Apparently, there were issues getting the old ‘block’ out and then even more getting the new one in. Not their fault, just age has rusted and ceased up things that were unexpected. Peggy wasn’t happy to have to give us the news that it would not be done today nor could they bring it out for us to sleep in tonight. What to do, what to do? I began calling a nearby Motel 6 when our miracle worker saved the day – again.

Our home for the night and early morning

Parked and plugged in just outside the shop

A Peek into the shop at our Suite

Peggy set us up in a Grand Design Reflection for the night, saving us grief and $$ as well. We transferred some necessary items (bedding, bathroom items, Gibbs food dishes and my trusty laptop. We’ve been invited out for supper so we’d hoped to be able to change into clean clothing for the visit but it was too much trouble to get into our closet. We cleaned up the best we could and left feeling presentable at a few minutes past 5.

I got a few chapters read in between
conversations and walks.

Not quite as far across town in a different direction. No matter how far, we can always add 15 minutes to the mix because of city traffic at rush hour. We stopped to pick up a couple bottles of wine and arrived at Bill’s cousin’s home before 6. Joan loves to cook and after a cocktail and catch up, Bill with Rick and Joan and I inside, she brought out a beautiful meal! Scalloped potatoes, roasted beets and squash, and carrots. Rick barbecued sausage and chicken and it was delicious!

Crossing the Thames River in the city

The traffic on Wonderland Rd. is always crazy at
rush hour. We used to drive it every day for 5 years.

The Bain's beautiful street.

For dessert, we had a scrumptious serving of lemon custard/cheesecake. I’m not really sure what it was called but yum! We chatted and laughed around the table until 9:30ish before we thought we’d better get home to Gibbs. He was in a strange trailer (not his own) and basically just got dropped there before we left. ☹ He was waiting for us and dutifully went out for his piddle.

The meal

Our hosts

We all stretched out in the recliners after turning the furnace on to warm the Reflection up. It was another chilly night of only 0C/32F. So, we tried not to count the chickens before they hatched, as the old saying goes, but our disappointment today showed that we did. Oh well, it all worked out great with Peggy providing us with a place to sleep for the night. It turned into a lovely day too, reaching 16C/60F.

Everything was so good!

We all indulged and had dessert too.
Thank you Rick and Joanie.
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by.