Category Archives: Drink & Food

Wall Of Wine

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Read this title to the beat of the TV show “Wheel  of  Fortune”. That’s appropriate because we invested a fortune, probably close to the cost of a week’s RV parks ( we try to find the cheap ones). It’s a good deal though, as you can see my  wall   of   wine  is taller than our house……well, it looks taller.

It really is the equivalent of 24 bottles and I should tell you that our cashier had to call her surpervisor to approve the  transaction because we had saved over $50, ( $57 to be exact on our $109.62 purchase including the beer (( we got a deal on it too)) you see below).

Good wine for just a little more than $4 a bottle and diesel fuel for our house for just a little less. I love it

Bottle Brew Beer Test Results

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Remember me telling you about the Bottle Brew beer that I purchased in Altona? So, in our motorhome basement, while travelling across Canada I brewed my first ever 2 liter bottle of beer. Now there are certain problems with trying something new, especially when what you are hoping to produce is a 2 liter bottle of beer. They say 2 liters is the equivalent of a six pack, but with a six pack you don’t have to drink them all in one sitting. Think about it, really, what do you do with a two litre bottle of beer. That’s a lot of beer to consume before it goes flat.

Last night the stars aligned. We are in Kamloops, BC, visiting my sister Leila and her hubby Bob. Marilyn prepared a fine meal and we had them over for dinner. Now if I was to pick anyone I know who I could count on to help me consume that much brew in one sitting, Bob would be my very first choice.

He was hardly out of their car when he asked me about my bottle brew beer experiment. Perfect I thought,. I have an enthusiastic assistant.

He liked it. I liked it. The only down side I can see is that Bob got a bit of sludge with the last glassful out of that big bottle

How Could They Possibly Guess?

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It’s been almost two weeks since we arrived in Edmonton and it’s been a completely great time! Yes, we had a service for Marilyn’s Mom in there as well, but we’ve had lots of time to connect with old friends and see a little more of the city then we have in the past few years.

We wrapped it up in grand style with our Festivus Western Edition on Saturday night and guess, oh come on, take a wild guess; Guess what Mike and Tracy got me for a gift?
I understand your confusion, I  was completely baffled myself. How could anybody know that I like tasting new and different beers?

Anyway, all confusion aside, we really had a great evening, and even added another panel (chosen by Cam & Abby) to our soon to be famous Festivus table cloth that we now move back and forth between Festivus East and West.


Sunday morning, after a sinfully good breakfast but before we said our goodbyes, we did a walk with them through a local park.

We need to figure out how we can spend a little more time with them all.

Anyway, thanks guys we had a blast!

As you read this, we are probably on our way west on the Yellowhead Highway, looking forward to, before this day is over, being back in the Rocky Mountains, on our way through them to Kamloops.

I gotta say that this is an amazing lifestyle we have chosen for ourselves