May to August – What have we been doing? Part 2

On June 28^th our 2 daughters, Christi and Alyssa and our 2 grandsons, Corry and Alex flew in to the lodge to visit for a week.

Christi and Alex on the plane

Corry excited to be going fishing!

I caught it but I'm not touching it!

Alex driving the boat..

Alyssa caught one too!

Corry and Grandpa enjoying the day

At the end of their stay I decided to return to BC with them while Corry remained with his grandpa to work at the lodge until the end of July.  Al and Corry travelled to BC via a u-haul truck with all of our belongings, which are currently in storage.

We had been scouring the internet for a new “home” and finally found one that we thought would work.  On Tuesday the 6^th of August we flew to Castlegar to meet with the owner of a 36’ ft Monaco Dynasty Motorhome.  We bought it and started the drive back to the lower mainland.  We stopped in Osoyoos for dinner and at about 8:20 we headed up the hill outside of Osoyoos when the motorhome stopped.  Our first thought was that we had run out of gas! After a call to Good Sam Road side Assistance, we were assisted by a local tow truck driver who brought us out 5 gals of diesel.  Nope!  We still wouldn’t run.  After a second call to Good Sam, a huge tow truck (sorry no pictures, it was dark by then) arrived and towed us back to Osoyoos and deposited us at a local garage.  In the morning we discovered that someone had done some creative wiring in the motor and that we were lucky that there hadn’t been a lot of damage.  So we left our new home with the nice mechanic and caught a bus down to Port Coquitlam.  Travelling by Greyhound really makes you appreciate travelling in your own rig!

On the 9^th of August we, Al, Christi, Alyssa, Corry, Alex and I headed up to Pemberton for my nieces wedding.  There was a stop in Whistler so that we could do the Zip Trek (zipline)  Alex and I chose to continue on to Pemberton and check into the hotel as he was too small and I too chicken to take part.

The 10^th of August was a beautiful hot BC day, and a lovely day for a wedding.  Laura and John had planned a great Wedding and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Now it is the 16^th of August and we are hoping to head back to Osoyoos and pick up the motorhome on Monday or Tuesday of next week!