Jul 20, 2022
Someone here in Holiday Park arranged for a car show this past Sunday. This was a first for the park, it was held at the golf course. There were some nice vehicles. Here are a few shots that Colin took.
This was voted the peoples choice.
The judges voted this best in the show.
Thank you all ever so much for your wonderful anniversary wishes. It means a great deal to us as you are our family.
Jul 18, 2022
35 years of immense happiness, love, devotion and trust. Marrying you was the wisest decision I ever made. I can’t thank you enough for these last 35 years you spent with me helping me through thick and thin. Happy 35th Anniversary mi amore.
Jul 17, 2022
Colin and I got married in Vancouver in 1987 and lived there for 2 – 3 years. We then moved to Tsawwassen and lived there for several years before moving to Ladner for a few short years and then finally here to Kelowna back in 2003. In our 35 years together we have only lived in five different homes ( # 5 is where we live now and is directly across the street from #4 ) and all but the one in Tsawwassen have been brand new homes.
Someone wants to know where we are going.
We met Katie and Louie when we lived in Tsawwassen. Lots of great memories from our time there. Katie loves all animals so it was only natural that she would become gramma to all six of our dashchunds. So that is how Gramma Katie and Uncle Louie ( no idea why Louie is the uncle, ask Colin ) came into our lives at least 25 years ago. An aside here – about 3 days after we moved into our huge ( 5600 sq ft ) home Colin’s ex business partner moved in next door.
Still a good deal of snow up there.
The damage from the November floods are still being repaired. Lots of one lane travel at times.
Heavy lifting.
Cute trailer as were getting into the Langley area. Shortly after I took this the driver make a quick lane change to the left and was so very very close to being wiped out by a semi. Good thing the trucker was a good driver.
They slept most of the way.
Gramma Katie has not been feeling well for a while now and lately has been feeling worse. So we decided to make the quick trip to give her some inspiration and pleasure. A million puppy kisses is bound to cheer anyones spirits.
We made a quick stop at the fish market in Ladner to pick up enough frozen tuna pot pies to last us for a year – we have one each every two weeks. As you can see the girls know that someone has treats.
It was so good to see Gramma Katie and get her ever so special hugs when we came in the door. Somehow we ended up with two pink collars, the green one was left at home. Ciela here has the one with the tiny white dots.
So began the wet face kisses that Katie loves.
A tender moment between us.
All too soon our limited time with Katie was over, we made the best of every moment and will never forget our visit. Looks like Carlie might need a nap, such a big yawn.
A very special memory was once the girls were in the car with Colin and I was given my final hug goodbye, Katie decided that she wanted to see the girls again. So in they came and smothered her with even more love.
And off we went to our airbnb in Walnut Grove. It was difficult finding something at the last moment mid July that would take dogs but it turned out okay. There was even a fenced in backyard for the girls to run in. Unfortunately we were not prepared for the multitude of mosquitoes.
Many years ago before out last trip to Europe we purchased a Cleansebot from a kickstarter campaign. It was delayed in delivery so this was the first time we used it.
Cleansebot is the worlds smallest UVC cleaning robot. It is supposed to eliminate 99.99% of germs and bacteria on hard or soft surfaces such as beds, mattresses, rugs, carpet, floors, etc. Nice to have it and be able to use it in an environment like this.
We left at 9AM Friday morning to get ahead of the weekend traffic. We did very well and only had two slow downs.
We stopped in Chilliwack for fuel and I saw this unusual tractor go past.
Fuel here in Kelowna has been hovering around 2.07 – 2.09 per literal for the past week or so. We were surprised to see such low prices in our travels in the lower mainland. Colin was pleased to fill the tank for 197.9 per liter. Five minutes later we saw yet another Petro-Canada selling fuel at 1.949. We could have save another $2.83. Why are our fuel prices so much higher here in Kelowna ? I just checked Gas Buddy and even Vernon is only charging 1.97.9 per litre 😐
It took me awhile to realize that not all the construction is about flooding repairs but the pipeline is also being built.
We made really good time because we left earlier in the day. However once we got into West Kelowna we were driving ever so slowly. Soon we realized that there had been a three vehicle accident in Kelowna at Richter & Harvey that slowed us down to bumper to bumper. It took an extra 80 minutes to get home.
I was wrong yesterday. We only drove 848km/528miles. But it took longer than the suggested travel time. We were driving for 11 hours. It was worth every mile we drove to see Gramma Katie and Uncle Louie.
This was the full moon from the night before we left.
Jul 15, 2022
We left about 8:50AM yesterday and got back at about 3PM today. We drove just over 600 miles, maybe another 50 miles as we has some stops here and there with a bit of backtracking.
The purpose of this trip, which we took in the Jeep, was to see a very very special friend whom we consider to be our family. She is not doing so well these days and we wanted to give her some hugs and of course wet doggy face kisses.
We had no idea that we would be so tired despite spending the night at an airbnb. More on the trip in the next blog post with lots of photos. Thanks for checking in.
Jul 13, 2022
Colin had a late afternoon photo shoot on Monday so us girls hung out outside in the shade while the A/C ran in the house. Of course they each needed their own bed in order to relax fully.
The moon on Monday.
We are ever so slowly reclaiming our beach as the lake goes down.
Colin set up the pool for the girls Tuesday morning. I think it got up to 98F yesterday. I suggested that he build a ramp so they could get into the pool. He was putting dog treats into that small container floating on the left. The plan was for them to go up the ramp and into the pool to get a treat. Instead Ciela somehow managed to get up on the edge of the pool but the bowl had floated to Carlie who got the treats.
They really wanted the treats but refused to get into the pool.
Ciela got up onto the bricks but did not use the ramp and of course she got the treats.
Carlie was frustrated. She would not get into the pool but she kept drinking the water as if to be able to get closer to the treats. They pool was in the shade and the water was on the cool side. Later when the pool was in the sun and the water was heated they had no inclination to go in.
Shortly thereafter Colin went off to work for several hours and it was so hot. However rather than staying inside the girls insisted on staying on the front porch in case Colin came back. They were in the one bed so I put another one out so they could spread out and possibly be cooler.
I can’t get over how they are always in the same position. A twin thing I guess.
Next thing I knew they were in the same bed. Carlie’s head is on the carpet.
Look at those feet. Remember it was about 98F at this point. I was inside at my desk in the A/C but they would not come in.
Next time I checked, they had switched beds.
The sun reflecting on the hills in the distance at sunset. Usually at this time of year this photo would show a dry baron landscape. First time since 2003 that I have seen green up there at this time of year. Ken, do you recall how dry this normally is?
Laundry day today and with the heat I was able to dry everything outside. However the towels dried to a very rough texture and not soft as I expected they would. No idea why? I wonder if the wind had anything to do with it.
