Day one

Well, we made it out of the gate and we are now full - timers.  It was a 5 and a half hour drive today to the nearest city where we purchased our fifth wheel.  We made it before their closing time of 4:30 PM to drop off the fifth, and we are staying in a motel tonight.  It is warming up here and now a balmy minus 10 degrees C.  The roads were mostly clear with a few dicey spots. 

Now however, it is snowing and pretty soon we will check the road conditions and weather on the web.  Drive BC is a great website for road conditions.  The service department at the RV dealer said it might, get that: MIGHT be ready by noon tomorrow. We have a few things to get done such as repairing the insulation pack in the underside that they themselves cut into in a messy way.  We also have these lovely decorative wall lights that keep falling off the wall, so they are being fixed.  Finally, the slide top awning on the couch slide and a storage compartment lock that needs some attention. The good thing is that the unit was hauled inside their building for the night, and out of the snowstorm. Yes, snowstorm. Oh my.

I will try to take pictures tomorrow. How do we feel?  Well, we were pretty rushed to get out of town before the big snows started, so it has been " hair straight back ", with multitude of chores and arrangements.  So, we haven't relaxed as yet.

Oh yes, because it is so cold, we had to have the cat in the truck with us.  She rode just fine, except for howling when Don leaves the truck.

thanks! Now we are really busy

Thank you for all the very kind comments yesterday about Kim's retirement.  We had a great meal and drinks with friends after she was done at a local pub.


Tomorrow, the work really starts - no laziness for her! HA!  We hope to move the bigger furniture and items into storage using the truck on Saturday, so that we can put the fifth wheel hitch back in, go get the RV out of its' storage and continue with just smaller items and boxes to complete the job. 

Kim received a beautiful carved silver bracelet and a scarf from her co-workers. Pictures to come soon.  We may not post for a couple of days with this moving task, but we'll be back!

Today a new chapter begins

This is K's last day of work, and while it will be a busy one, it will also be a sad one in a way.  When you work, you spend 40 plus hours a week with the same people and you will still miss most of them.

A new adventure is a wonderful gift though.  The truck has gone to the shop for new tires at 8:00 am this morning, and did we mention that it is MINUS 20 degrees celcius?  Rod - the freezer door is open and coming your way!  Next week it is supposed to be up to hover around zero, celcius.

We are getting ready. 

tires ordered

Today we ordered some new tires for the truck for our travels.  Donald picked Michelin AT/2 (second generation Michelin AT ). Hopefully they will be fine.  They will take a week, or week and a half to get here, but it will take us that long to pack up everything, move items into storage, and get the 5th out of storage and packed. Lots of work, lots to do.  Life here is a wee bit crazy.

Today we went to our six month dentist checkup and our dentist office is almost a 2 hour drive from here. Well, it was a terrible drive in the sleet/slush snow, but another 'tick' on the List.

4 more working days

Kim is retired on Friday November 19th. Freedom. Scary. Wonderful.