Saturday, August 14. 2010
Short road trip..
About the time we got on the road we decided that driving to get there was a very good idea. And we did. By Thursday morning we were heading across the border into Canada, after the appropriate border games...Where do you live? Who's vehicles are these? Why do you have vehicles with CA plates? So do you ever live in Canada? And on, always confuses things when we go through the borders with our different passports and residences...
We dropped the RV at the ferry docks and drove like crazy up to North Vancouver to catch Richard and Lisa for an hour before they went out on charter again...Had to laugh when we pulled up and we both had cameras out at the ready! Had not seen them for only a few months, but I could have hugged Lisa forever! I so enjoy her (sometimes abrasive!!) personality!
I don't know how many pictures i have of these 3 people, but quite a few!
So, we got to see the boat! Lisa is showing off her salon here, (saying please don't take one more crappy picture of me here Kerry!) They both look good, and are eating seafood like kings tottering with only 4 guests back and forth to Vancouver and Desolation Sound.
This is the view looking out their "shed" the boat sits in. NIce view and seals playing around too!!!
Up on the top deck where the tender is stored. Lisa says she has to worked harder on here and Rich says he works less so it sounds like a match made in heaven! Lisa misses chartering and would go back in a second, Richard not so much. They are here until the end of September and then Lisa has to get some holidays in so it is off to Las Vegas, California, UK and Cambodia to go dirt bike riding in the jungle (why oh why????) They are then planning on working a Ski season as chalet hosts in France for a few months after that this winter, so lots of traveling around. Lisa misses the SCUBA diving like crazy. Anyways, it was great to see them if only for a short time and we hope to get together again while we are up here on one of their forays back to the big city. The boat is nice, but truthfully, I prefer Promenade! I don't like tippy boats!!!!!!!!!!
Had to laugh walking back down the dock as the tide was low and it is such a surprise seeing this after our entire 8 inches of tides in the islands. And having to walk up STEEP ramps to get to the parking lot.
We made our way through Vancouver traffic back to the ferry docks and I nicely slept all the way across to Vancouver Island. When we pulled up at my parents, mom had her cousin, Jimmy Lee and wife Lynn visiting from Alberta, so the family parade starts! Poor Bazza....
OUr first meal out with the parents was...well since it was Friday lunch and they always go here then, we made it to Costco.
I had water as there was nothing on the costco menu that i felt like blowing my entire days calorie budget on so I could starve the rest of the day.....
Kevin had taken a picture of my swimming pool at home the other day and it is very nice. I found a swimming pool to swim in up here yesterday, but REALLY? You have to share a lane with all these people? And I know I am a large woman, but do they really make lanes that narrow where I have to practically turn over on the side to squeeze by the person coming the other direction? And I do notice that even after not having swam lengths in a pool for about 2 decades that people still don't know whether they should be in the fast or the slow lane doing their lengths. OK, rant over, I will go back and swim in my own pool soon.
Bazza had bought himself a Net Book a few weeks before we left the islands as his laptop had died. Of course he bought one when he got back and continuing on in our "handing down the electronics" theme, dad inherited the Net Book! He can look up his very own coins on EBAY and read the obituaries of who has died in Victoria wherever and whenever he wants now.
Today is our once a visit trip with the parents to the Saturday afternoon Dance at the Legion, so I better get some work done so I don't miss that...
We dropped the RV at the ferry docks and drove like crazy up to North Vancouver to catch Richard and Lisa for an hour before they went out on charter again...Had to laugh when we pulled up and we both had cameras out at the ready! Had not seen them for only a few months, but I could have hugged Lisa forever! I so enjoy her (sometimes abrasive!!) personality!
I don't know how many pictures i have of these 3 people, but quite a few!
So, we got to see the boat! Lisa is showing off her salon here, (saying please don't take one more crappy picture of me here Kerry!) They both look good, and are eating seafood like kings tottering with only 4 guests back and forth to Vancouver and Desolation Sound.
This is the view looking out their "shed" the boat sits in. NIce view and seals playing around too!!!
Up on the top deck where the tender is stored. Lisa says she has to worked harder on here and Rich says he works less so it sounds like a match made in heaven! Lisa misses chartering and would go back in a second, Richard not so much. They are here until the end of September and then Lisa has to get some holidays in so it is off to Las Vegas, California, UK and Cambodia to go dirt bike riding in the jungle (why oh why????) They are then planning on working a Ski season as chalet hosts in France for a few months after that this winter, so lots of traveling around. Lisa misses the SCUBA diving like crazy. Anyways, it was great to see them if only for a short time and we hope to get together again while we are up here on one of their forays back to the big city. The boat is nice, but truthfully, I prefer Promenade! I don't like tippy boats!!!!!!!!!!
Had to laugh walking back down the dock as the tide was low and it is such a surprise seeing this after our entire 8 inches of tides in the islands. And having to walk up STEEP ramps to get to the parking lot.
We made our way through Vancouver traffic back to the ferry docks and I nicely slept all the way across to Vancouver Island. When we pulled up at my parents, mom had her cousin, Jimmy Lee and wife Lynn visiting from Alberta, so the family parade starts! Poor Bazza....
OUr first meal out with the parents was...well since it was Friday lunch and they always go here then, we made it to Costco.
I had water as there was nothing on the costco menu that i felt like blowing my entire days calorie budget on so I could starve the rest of the day.....
Kevin had taken a picture of my swimming pool at home the other day and it is very nice. I found a swimming pool to swim in up here yesterday, but REALLY? You have to share a lane with all these people? And I know I am a large woman, but do they really make lanes that narrow where I have to practically turn over on the side to squeeze by the person coming the other direction? And I do notice that even after not having swam lengths in a pool for about 2 decades that people still don't know whether they should be in the fast or the slow lane doing their lengths. OK, rant over, I will go back and swim in my own pool soon.
Bazza had bought himself a Net Book a few weeks before we left the islands as his laptop had died. Of course he bought one when he got back and continuing on in our "handing down the electronics" theme, dad inherited the Net Book! He can look up his very own coins on EBAY and read the obituaries of who has died in Victoria wherever and whenever he wants now.
Today is our once a visit trip with the parents to the Saturday afternoon Dance at the Legion, so I better get some work done so I don't miss that...
Wednesday, August 11. 2010
Seeing family
Although this is really a crap picture, I had to take it when we checked into the RV park last night and they have a large folder with the words EMAILS on it..Nice to see that the older set still prints them off and files them!
We stopped to see Cassie, she looks good for a 6 month pregnant woman who has only 2 features on her body!
We then went to meet my sister, Sydney and Chris for dinner in Pleasanton. A really nice little place called Oasis Grill, and we had WONDERFUL skewers of sirloin, shrimp and spices and Basmati rice. Highly recommend it.... Of course by this time it was after 730 and I would have thought anything was very good.
Of course the Australian contingent in the group had Lamb of some type...
For the first time in a decade or maybe even two I even got to look at the black line for swimming in a pool. I thought of my Swim Vacation friends who only make it to the boat once or twice a year and usually look at black lines (THey have two groups coming on Promenade at the end of March, beginning of April next year if you are looking for some swimming time in the Caribbean sea)
At Harris Ranch not only did they have wonderful food, but they also had an olympic size swimming pool just for me to swim in. Very nice setting. Too bad it is in the middle of NOWHERE. Seriously, like half way in between San Francisco and Los Angeles
Up early and on the road again, up past all the large ships rafted up in the San Francisco Bay and heading north!
We stopped to see Cassie, she looks good for a 6 month pregnant woman who has only 2 features on her body!
We then went to meet my sister, Sydney and Chris for dinner in Pleasanton. A really nice little place called Oasis Grill, and we had WONDERFUL skewers of sirloin, shrimp and spices and Basmati rice. Highly recommend it.... Of course by this time it was after 730 and I would have thought anything was very good.
Of course the Australian contingent in the group had Lamb of some type...
For the first time in a decade or maybe even two I even got to look at the black line for swimming in a pool. I thought of my Swim Vacation friends who only make it to the boat once or twice a year and usually look at black lines (THey have two groups coming on Promenade at the end of March, beginning of April next year if you are looking for some swimming time in the Caribbean sea)
At Harris Ranch not only did they have wonderful food, but they also had an olympic size swimming pool just for me to swim in. Very nice setting. Too bad it is in the middle of NOWHERE. Seriously, like half way in between San Francisco and Los Angeles
Up early and on the road again, up past all the large ships rafted up in the San Francisco Bay and heading north!
Tuesday, August 10. 2010
On the Road again...
My husband looks like the cat who swallowed the canary, he is so happy in his electronic room...Too bad he has to go on a road trip!
We got a nice electric grill that lives inside the house, much easier then getting the flipping barbecue set up! I like it!
We have had a busy few days trying to get ready to get on the road, with Bazza mostly pacing looking out the window waiting for his new toys to come. One did, half an hour before we left. The other one is still missing in action!
To me it looks like a big mixer for the kitchen or something, but his eyes are glowing. I was having a hard time understanding the attraction on having a mill and a lathe, both very expensive and one turns the tool bit on the steel and the other one turns the steel around the tool bit! Does not that seem like they both essentially do the same thing to you?? I thought so too!
However, yes, Bazza it is very pretty, now get in the RV and drive!
I absolutely HATE the I5 between LA and San Francisco. Last time we lost a panel off the bottom of the RV from being so shook up and this time it was part of a door!!!! There is always a ton of trucks on our too small width wise lanes in this country...
Some pretty scenery though of the hay stacks...
Ah, but food nirvana is close at hand, after being shook to death for about 5 hours we hit Harris Ranch....
Harris Ranch is the only USDA approved restaurant that produces beef that is guaranteed to have no residual pesticides. That is cuz they grown their own feed and everything for them. I had prime rib (no, not all of that, I would have blown the healthy eating plan!) the red peppers, sweet corn and potato grown here on the farm was to die for. Bazza and I both said it was the best corn we have had in decades... Sweet and just picked and small!
Bazza had pot roast that he said was the best he had had since he was a child too! All in all successful I would say. Then we climbed into bed along with the sweet smells of cow manure...I harrumped when he said I could not have the A/C on all night and went to sleep without kissing him. Showed him didn't I?
And what did we do with the monster? Left him in California, he still has another week or two of school (and I do mean go to school Kevin, not to the beach)
Dinner with my sister tonight..
We got a nice electric grill that lives inside the house, much easier then getting the flipping barbecue set up! I like it!
We have had a busy few days trying to get ready to get on the road, with Bazza mostly pacing looking out the window waiting for his new toys to come. One did, half an hour before we left. The other one is still missing in action!
To me it looks like a big mixer for the kitchen or something, but his eyes are glowing. I was having a hard time understanding the attraction on having a mill and a lathe, both very expensive and one turns the tool bit on the steel and the other one turns the steel around the tool bit! Does not that seem like they both essentially do the same thing to you?? I thought so too!
However, yes, Bazza it is very pretty, now get in the RV and drive!
I absolutely HATE the I5 between LA and San Francisco. Last time we lost a panel off the bottom of the RV from being so shook up and this time it was part of a door!!!! There is always a ton of trucks on our too small width wise lanes in this country...
Some pretty scenery though of the hay stacks...
Ah, but food nirvana is close at hand, after being shook to death for about 5 hours we hit Harris Ranch....
Harris Ranch is the only USDA approved restaurant that produces beef that is guaranteed to have no residual pesticides. That is cuz they grown their own feed and everything for them. I had prime rib (no, not all of that, I would have blown the healthy eating plan!) the red peppers, sweet corn and potato grown here on the farm was to die for. Bazza and I both said it was the best corn we have had in decades... Sweet and just picked and small!
Bazza had pot roast that he said was the best he had had since he was a child too! All in all successful I would say. Then we climbed into bed along with the sweet smells of cow manure...I harrumped when he said I could not have the A/C on all night and went to sleep without kissing him. Showed him didn't I?
And what did we do with the monster? Left him in California, he still has another week or two of school (and I do mean go to school Kevin, not to the beach)
Dinner with my sister tonight..
Sunday, August 8. 2010
Promenade Cabin Only sailing in February
Saturday, August 7. 2010
New Iphone and Tortola Singer
I have really proved what a kind considerate caring person I am this week. I got my husband a present! Self sacrificing as I am...I gave him my IPHONE. Which never leaves my side often, but I did. Then, since I had NO IPHONE now, I had to go out and get myself another phone...and I bought the new iphone! It will do.
Had to laugh though as when I went to hook up his phone on our ATT family plan, it only let me hook it up with a Michigan number, as that was where the account was set up years ago. I did not get it and told her I really did not even want a Michigan number myself! Oh well...
I found this video on our BVI Adventures Blog I will just quote what she said about it and leave it at that.
"Okay, so you know the song, right??? Well, apparently the 22 year-old pop sensation, Iyaz, is from Tortola here in the BVI!!! His song "Replay" hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 which led him to Chicago for a chat on Oprah's couch in May...the ultimate definition of "success" in my book!
His album dropped in June and you can't go anywhere here locally and not hear his music. Okay, so onto my recent discovery of his YouTube video for the song "Solo." This video was shot here on the island and if you've visited us it is a "must-see." There are so many places we recognize, Carrot Bay, Cane Garden Bay, etc... The song is pretty catchy too if you don't already know it!"
It is neat to watch and recognize all the places
And last but not least, it appears my son Chad, is getting close to opening (finally!) the high end nightclub they are doing in downtown Edmonton...
Had to laugh though as when I went to hook up his phone on our ATT family plan, it only let me hook it up with a Michigan number, as that was where the account was set up years ago. I did not get it and told her I really did not even want a Michigan number myself! Oh well...
I found this video on our BVI Adventures Blog I will just quote what she said about it and leave it at that.
"Okay, so you know the song, right??? Well, apparently the 22 year-old pop sensation, Iyaz, is from Tortola here in the BVI!!! His song "Replay" hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 which led him to Chicago for a chat on Oprah's couch in May...the ultimate definition of "success" in my book!
His album dropped in June and you can't go anywhere here locally and not hear his music. Okay, so onto my recent discovery of his YouTube video for the song "Solo." This video was shot here on the island and if you've visited us it is a "must-see." There are so many places we recognize, Carrot Bay, Cane Garden Bay, etc... The song is pretty catchy too if you don't already know it!"
It is neat to watch and recognize all the places
And last but not least, it appears my son Chad, is getting close to opening (finally!) the high end nightclub they are doing in downtown Edmonton...
Thursday, August 5. 2010
Does anyone want kittens?
I have been working like a mad women trying to get all the template changed over for this website so I can go on to others. It is tedious at this point in time. I think I have all the switching over, now I need to format and update all the pages. Sigh.
To cheer me up we have gone out to eat a couple times this week.... Not that i had any argument from the boys! They both look quite happy with their food!
I always manage to catch the most glamorous poses possible!
We went out for a drive in the hills last evening. It is so pretty out there, but way out in the middle of nowhere there was 6 tiny skinny kittens mewing on the side of the road. We had to go back and they basically leapt on us!
They were climbing all over Kevin...
Hanging beneath the car wanting to be put in it and just generally unhappy. Obviously they had been left...
The poor things were starving! I had fat free pudding and some string cheese in the car which I gave them and they had it everywhere. I know that taking them to the shelter about means they will be euthanized right away, as there are so many unwanted cats, but I feel so sorry for them and will be going back tomorrow with food. Anyone want kitties?? Bazza tends to think that we don't!
We went into Old Town Temecula last night and had dinner at the EDGE. Unfortunately, it was their first year anniversary which meant lots of loud music and cougars dancing, all to 80's music, but the food was fabulous!
Obviously trying to make up for the loud music we had drinks coming out of every corner of the table.
Really really good food, and we will go back there....
I had my stand by restaurant meal, caesar salad, light on the dressing, no cheese or croutons and a grilled chicken breast, which was what it was, but the guys said there steak and battered fish were very good.
And just for a giggle, apparently Simeon can carry his very own calendar! I wonder if he gets less clothes on as the year goes along!
To cheer me up we have gone out to eat a couple times this week.... Not that i had any argument from the boys! They both look quite happy with their food!
I always manage to catch the most glamorous poses possible!
We went out for a drive in the hills last evening. It is so pretty out there, but way out in the middle of nowhere there was 6 tiny skinny kittens mewing on the side of the road. We had to go back and they basically leapt on us!
They were climbing all over Kevin...
Hanging beneath the car wanting to be put in it and just generally unhappy. Obviously they had been left...
The poor things were starving! I had fat free pudding and some string cheese in the car which I gave them and they had it everywhere. I know that taking them to the shelter about means they will be euthanized right away, as there are so many unwanted cats, but I feel so sorry for them and will be going back tomorrow with food. Anyone want kitties?? Bazza tends to think that we don't!
We went into Old Town Temecula last night and had dinner at the EDGE. Unfortunately, it was their first year anniversary which meant lots of loud music and cougars dancing, all to 80's music, but the food was fabulous!
Obviously trying to make up for the loud music we had drinks coming out of every corner of the table.
Really really good food, and we will go back there....
I had my stand by restaurant meal, caesar salad, light on the dressing, no cheese or croutons and a grilled chicken breast, which was what it was, but the guys said there steak and battered fish were very good.
And just for a giggle, apparently Simeon can carry his very own calendar! I wonder if he gets less clothes on as the year goes along!
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