A near miss and a blissful site

Having stayed in Yreka on Tuesday evening, we were able to make good time down the I5, planning to stay in around the Sacramento area.  Driving through Sacramento was quite without incident, however in Stockton were we not so fortunate.  The traffic was busy on the I5, and some small little car decided to pull out  front of us from an on ramp, doing about 20 KM an hour, opposed to our 80 KM. Yikes!!!! It is not easy to slam on the brakes with a big rig behind you.  Donald laid the horn on big time, letting this driver know that it was a very reckless move. Lots of items moved in the rig, but all we lost was the tube lighting on my new Ott-Lite. It could have been horrendously worse.

back corner of our rig, looking over the canal

The good part was, that 10 minutes later we were setting up at the most awesome RV park we have ever been in. Our rig is 5 feet from the deep water canal that runs into the port of Sacramento.  We have enjoyed a beautiful sunset, with birds, racing sculls, sailboats and an ocean freighter all at our doorstep.

looking over the lilly pad type plants in the water

Onto Bakersfield in the morning. Cooler temperatures are on the way here, so our shorts are still in the closet for another day!

Back to warm weather!

Just a quick post to say that we just crossed over into California and the temperatures are a balmy 20 C! We took the ferry from Victoria to Port Angeles yesterday with an overnight stay at WMart in Chehalis.  Since we went to bed so early, we were up and on the road at 6:21 AM!!!! A new record for us and one that we don't really wish to beat.  The weather through most of Oregon was foggy and bleak, but as we came close to Canyonville and 7 Feathers RV Resort, it was beautiful, so we decided to have a quick lunch and continue on, as we have never experienced the Siskiyou Pass with sunny weather.  Lovely drive.

Tonights chore is to look again at the maps and decided what tomorrow may bring!

Leak fixed!

It seems like the repair to where the antenna meets our 5th wheel roof, was successful. Today's weather is back to teeming rain in Victoria, and so far, there is not a drop in the bucket underneath the antenna crank. Good job, Donald!

Tomorrow we hope that the Malahat highway will not be as foggy as it is today, when we travel to meet Rick and Paulette.  I will be taking pictures of some of my latest quilting projects and of the quilt studio building.  No doubt the boys will talk of RV's and south travels.

Thursday has us driving off-island, back to Vancouver for a couple of days.  We will be staying in Richmond, getting our fuel filter changed by the boy-wonder mechanic and having our " Christmas visit" with him.  Other plans have been made to meet with Donald's Aunt and Uncle from North Vancouver, whom we have not seen in many years.



 

Preparing to leave and our house was swaying

Kim is back from her visits to family in the province of Ontario, and our plans and dates are being confirmed.  Last evening was spent with friends in the Colwood area of Victoria, enjoying a pizza and movie night.  We watched The Hunger Games, and quite liked it.  As that movie was book one of the series, now we'll have to read the rest of them.  Books are always better than the movies, anyway.

During the movie, we were getting constant text messages from our sons, to call and contact them.  Our house in northern B.C. is only 200 KM away from the 7.7 scale earthquake last night.  Our youngest son said it was like being on the ocean, in 2 - 3 foot swells. No damage that he could see to the house, which is thankful. Excitement for them, no doubt!

This morning we joined our oldest son and family at the Blue Fox Cafe in downtown Victoria for breakfast. Mmmm. We managed to avoid the larger lineups there to get in and there is a reason for those lineups, as the food is incredible. 

We are back at our RV Park, and Donald is repairing a roof leak. The spot on the roof where the TV antenna is, decided to drip away onto our bed while we were at movie night.  There were torrential rains yesterday and more to come, so that has to be fixed while we have a dry day today.

Wednesday we are meeting Rick and Paulette for lunch, and Thursday we are off to Vancouver for a day or so, meeting our youngest ( earthquake boy ) who is in the city for work meetings.

We're having Thanksgiving in 2 separate Provinces

Don is enjoying Thanksgiving Dinner with our little grandson and all his Mum's family in Victoria.  The weather there is a tad bit warmer than the weather in Ontario, where Kim is having Thanksgiving dinner in the city of Brampton, with her Aunts, Uncles and cousins.  Wonderful.

Donald has a few chores to accomplish in Victoria, and of course they involve Home Depot. What manly task doesn't? He is helping to design an anti-grandson barrier to our kids' stair railings.  We babysat him on Friday, and he took seven steps and is on his way to walking.. and then climbing! Such a happy wee guy and we loved our day together.  Grandma hopes that he will be walking to meet her when she comes back to Victoria in a couple of weeks!

So, other than that, not much is new except to say Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all.  Allan and Lolita may be experiencing both Thanksgiving's this year for the first time!!!!!