We are sitting in the Pacific Border RV Park, in fact we have been since last Friday. We are right on the  Canadian/US border, the park is on Zero avenue and we are ready for the next part of this adventure. Before we move on though, we need to take a minute and reflect on what we have accomplished so far. We talked about our visit to all in Alberta and how great that was, in fact we are still talking about it. The highlight obviousy was the time we spent with Tracy, Mike, Cameron and Abby but it was all amazing.

We lived in BC for a lot of years, so this part of the trip has been away down memory lane, both with the places and the people. In Kamloops we caught up with my sister Leila and her hubby Bob, in Kelowna we had lunch with Vern & Gertie Sandquist, lot’s of catching up there. The old memory train was working over time in Chiliwack, our kids were going through their formative years when we lived there, and then we moved down to this park. Since we have been in Surrey we caught up with Garth & Lee, my aunt Molly and her family in Courtnay. We also connected with Hilda Harder, Cheryl Quinton, Karl & Kathy Hibbs and last night, Anne and Steen Salomon. We have been where we used to live, shop, run,play and just gaze at the stars. It’s been grand!

Today we will have that last look around Vancouver, a very definite soft spot in our hearts, before we prepare to break camp and step accross that so close border. And so we will end the memory part of this trip.

Where next we ask, as we look at the atlas? As much as we have enjoyed meeting all these people, the next 10 days or so we will be on our own and that’s good too. After 29 years she’s still my favorite girl and I think some days she likes me a lot too.

So pack a sandwich, tomorrow we are back on the road.

Meet Clark Snell. He’s the father of our daughter-in-law Elizabeth. That makes us inlaws, I can only hope some of his skills will rub off on me. Clark and his wife Gwen live in Hanna, Alberta.

 He says he’s just learning to work with wood, I can’t imagine what he will accomplish when he really gets going. I’ve introduced you to a couple of other folks who spend their spare time working with wood and they both do neat stuff , remember Fran and Gene,   but Clark’s attention to detail and knowledge of the subjects he is creating is quite amazing.

To this point he is pretty much self taught but has recently joined a club where he can interact with other wood carvers.

I wish I had a better shot of this hawk. The detail and coloring  are amazing! As you can see, the hawk’s sights are set on the poor little rabbit. He’s about to become lunch.

Job one Monday morning was to get a lack of power issue looked after on the motor home. We had a ten o’clock appointment at NorCan Industries to get the fuel filter changed.

We arrived at Norcan a  few minutes early and were met by the proprietor Tom. Actually we were met by three friendly dogs but thats another story.Tom loves animals and enjoys his pets. He has 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 minature horses, 1 miniature donkey and this little girl in his arms ( Sue, if you’re reading this, you gotta know I was thinking of you). Her name, the racoon I mean, is Meecey. We caught them right at coffee time and before they could work on our rig we had to join them for a cup. We had quite the conversation and probably carried on for a half hour longer than we should have.

No problem though, after our chin wag, everybody went to work and before we knew it, we were back on the Trans Canada #1, happy with the way the coach is running and thinking about our luck in meeting Tom.

By The Way, if you ever are near Moose Jaw and are having any sort of problems, I’ll bet you Tom can help. His number is 306 693 2499. Tell him Larry sent you. Neat man; you’ll enjoy him.