Thursday, Apr. 19th I was
up briefly at 5:30 for nature’s call and then by 7 Bill was rising. Soon after,
I got up and we went through the morning process. Nothing today was on a
schedule but we had things we wanted to accomplish. As early as we could, we
wanted to get to Food Basics first. We were
leaving the Suite by 8:45 and walking into Costco at 9:40.
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| The morning started out dull but at the end of the road, we see promise to the east |
In and out, checking everything off
our list, is usually quick for us. We, especially Bill, are so familiar with
the placement of items in the store that he would be great at those shopping
cart Giveaways. You know what I mean? You have 15 minutes, GO!
After loading the back
seat of Black Beauty, we drove to Pet Smart for treats and Clemson’s food.
He is fussy and loved the last soft peanut butter treats we bought but they were a U.S. purchase
so of course not available here. So many to choose from!
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| This aisle is just treats |
We were home by 10:30 and Bill drove
the truck back beside the Suite to offload before parking her out front again.
Inside, we called Dan at Hi-Tech to check on our tire delivery. Unfortunately, the Jell-o jiggled and his supplier could not come through with either the Hankook or Bridgestone tires. Darn! We'll have to take care of that in Hanover next week. I had to take
a picture of the sky this morning when we were out and about, there was actual
blue sky and sun appearing briefly! I think it is a light at the end of the tunnel!
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| this is called HOPE |
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| Beside us, this tech directs an Airstream into the empty bay |
My brother-in-law, John, has offered
to take a drive over to the Ridge from Chatsworth today with his snow blower. With a long list of ‘possibilities’ for our arrival in mid-western Ontario tomorrow morning, our first hope is to be able to back the Suite off the
road into the driveway as far as the gate. At least that far. With the sun and warmth expected,
we would be plenty cozy as we wait for the rest of the lane to clear. If that
doesn’t work and the snow/ice is too deep or hard to clear, we move on to our
second hope.
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| this is where we're going tomorrow Just enough room for us to back in and set up for boondocking And we're so excited! |
With a stroke of luck and blessings,
we soon found out that John was able to clear 84 ft. at the end of our
driveway with his snowblower. That was enough to provide us with our number 1 choice and tomorrow
morning, we will be on the road as soon as time allows. The sun will only
improve the conditions and we will be home, in one form or another. Today, the
sun finally made a long-lasting appearance and by 7 pm had pushed the clouds
out of the way and ruled the evening sky.
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| One of the 3 tractor drivers positions the rv perfectly on the first try |
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| Perfect! Drop it! |
Earlier today, we contacted our dear
friend and former neighbor, Carolyn, to see if she could join us for supper at
The Keg tonight.
We still had gift cards to use up and as a farewell to London,
a chance to see her and an early anniversary gift we wanted to put them to good use .
Luckily, even though short notice, she was available and brought her friend,
Barry, along for the get together. It was wonderful to see them both and the
food was great.
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| Carolyn won't like this picture, but I'm so happy to have had this opportunity for dinner |
We said goodbye around 7 with the
promise to get in touch again and visit Carolyn’s apartment. She sold her
house, which was beside ours, a year ago and downsized. There is still some settling in for her, she always had the most beautiful gardens.
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| My cesar |
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| Bill's pina colada |
Now that the decision
was made to pull out in the morning, Bill half-filled our fresh water tank to
get us through the next 3 or 4 days. We settled in for the last evening in the
parking lot. Hopefully, after today my posts won’t be quite so hum-drum.
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| Steak medallions, cajun shrimp and cesar salad |
This has been a good day, ending with
a lovely evening with friends. I hope your weather is also improving. We
actually made it to +3C/37.4F with more good stuff on the way.
Thank you for stopping by
today! I love to hear from you and will respond to every post in time.