Kispiox 2010

   We enjoyed beautiful hot weather this year at the music festival.  We were surrounded by our very good friends with their rv's and about 2000 others, mostly people we know.  Donald took advantage of the ladder and height on the fifth wheel and took pictures down into our little " group" and then looking back the other way towards the main stage.  If you do not know where the Kispiox Valley is, well, it is in the midst of the coastal northern British Columbia mountain range.  Travel about 16 hours straight from Vancouver and then travel for another hour way out into the backcountry.  There you will find God's country, home to many native clans, and ranchers, fisherpersons and ol' draft dodgers.

  And looking back the other way:

They have a great lineup of music in genres of folk, reggae, funk and blues.  Our youngest son was volunteering on the security crew for the weekend and stopped in a few times to have a laugh with us 'ol folks.

                         Hanging out with Dad, listening to " Mamagaroove" on Sunday afternoon. 

So, the Rv'ing is as tight as you will ever see it, but we all know each other, or know of through someone else.  Lots of visiting, fun, families and wee babies, swimming and floating in the river.... oh yes, did I say there were killer scrabble games as well?

Off to the Kispiox Valley

We are off to the Kispiox Valley this weekend - Donald has left already a couple of days ahead of me.  Man, I need to retire.

 The weather is showing to be nice on the forecast and we hope it stays that way.  We shall see how the new 5th wheel fits into the " group corral" of rv's.  There will be a number of the gang in attendance and it should be lots of fun.


Pictures to follow...... on another note, the airbags for the truck should be installed next week.

Sap rain

We went out to the local provincial park this weekend and forgot abut an incident that happened a few years ago.  Ah, memory skills are not what they should be.  Donald noticed the ground looked wet at the campsites.  Hmmm... did they have some rain? There isn't a cloud in the sky. 

Yep, not wet from rain.  Wet from sap. Lots... of ... sap.  Lovely cottonwood poplar trees.  It comes down in a fine mist over everything.  Over the picnic bench.  Over the car.  Over the ground. All over the clean fifth wheel.  On the dog. Over the truck.  If you knew Donald, 'muck on the truck' is horror. I had some hand quilting that I brought along for the weekend and Donald had his batch of newspaper crosswords and we had to sit under the awning of the fifth in order to avoid the sap "rain".

Nature usually gives you a 'glass half full' when something else does not agree with you.  The forest was very very sparkly with the sap all over the leaves and it looked wonderful!

It is hard to see in the picture, but with the fine mist of sap, all the dust, small flies and dirt stick to the leaves.

Now we have some cleaning to do. Not some. Lots.

  Cottonwood Fluff.  Good stuff.  We did have a great weekend.  The task this week?  Find about about airbags for the truck.  There he goes now, off to the GM dealer........ see ya later - travel safe!

  

Weekend at K'san

   For a change, we decided to travel closer to home and spent the weekend at Hazelton, BC at the K'san Rv Park.  Lovely big park, full services with a reasonable cost.  We stayed 2 nights and they gifted us a DVD of the K'san Village and Gitanmaax culture.

On another note, I changed the heading picture on the blog, only to receive email from our mechanic son.  He advises we need airbags for the rear wheels " no seriously, you are going to burn through rear wheels with that kind of weight ".   Ah, more stuff.  I am all for the safety, so that will be a discussion this week along with eye doctor appointments, finishing the window on the main floor and making a Vinetarta ( Icelandic cake ) for the end of the month.

trying a new place this weekend ...

    We are getting ready to try a new RV place this weekend that is close to home.  If all works out, we will post some pictures.
     We have arranged and found some storage for all our household goods that is near to this house.  That is the first step in getting ready to put this house on the market.  So, now the work begins!  Donald picked up the new window for the main floor bathroom, and has installed it and almost finished it. It looks great.
      I have been busy figuring out my accumulated pension value from my job and a few other figures.  It is such fun ( not ).