Let's begin again.....

Good grief - I'm not sure where to start so let's start with what has been going on. I'll capsulate our events to bring everyone up to date.. It's a long read so get your bathroom break in now and THEN get your beverage.

MAY LONG WEEKEND (May 21-24):

Once again we spent our time at Golden Ears Provincial Park. In order to book any kind of campsite in the metro Vancouver area, you have to book many additional days BEFORE the actual long weekend. Case in point....in order for us to get in on a long weekend that started on a Friday, we had to book our site starting on the Tuesday before. Now, this is quite fine as we are "old retired people" now but if a person still is working it is pretty darn hard to get so many extra days off. Luckily, we almost always book a double site so we are fortunate.

Happy May long weekend everyone!

RUDY IS 5!!!

Where did this time go? We cannot believe that our beautiful little guy is 5 years old!! He is articulate, charming, loves his dinos, Lego, creating art projects. He can walk you down the trail behind their house and show you all manners of vegetation and the correct names. He is our A&W companion. We love you SO much Rudy!!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL BOY!!!

TWO WEEK TRIP IN FILMORE:

Well, this was fun. We left our home in White Rock on June 19th and headed to the interior of BC. The stayed in the Kootenays to visit family and then meandered home. We were gone for a total of two weeks. It did, unfortunately, occur during our "heat dome" which put some of the interior temps at 45+ Celsius. There were some difficulties encountered during that time. We had to make our way back through the interior which is already hot enough in the summer to the Grand Forks Municipal Campgrounds so we could hook up to full power and use our AC's. Not our cup of tea. The temp on the nose of the motorhome at that time was 48.9 C. Even too hot for us heat worshipers!!

Love you Rudy!!!

In the middle of July we took Gus and Jasper out to Kilby Provincial Park (about 1.5 hours away from home) to spend a partial week camping (yipee.......no parents!!) We had lots of fun.. It is located on the convergence of the Harrison and Fraser Rivers. There is a nice little beach for swimming but you have to be wary at all times as it is a moving river (albiet slightly calm at the beach area. Still, this Grandma worries!!)

A bit crowded....

Gus, just like his Dad is the swimmer in the family. He will stay in the water until he is shaking!!

Pancake morning with Grandpa Doug

Jasper the play dough expert!

Gus, the rock hound like his Grandma!

Jasper loves his stuffies!

This is just the first part of the catch-up.

Peace friends!

Thought for the Day: Always be nice to anyone who has access to your toothbrush!!