March 21st

Back to sunny skies and warm days. Thought we were back in good old Alberta there for a couple days, LOL. For you followers, there was no post yesterday. The internet service here is sporadic and yesterday it was terrible, so we gave up fighting with it. Arghh. Lots of times we can go to MacDonalds or IHop and their free service is better than the one we pay for here. Yesterday we mostly hung around the park and the Canuels came over after supper to play bingo. The whole bunch of us went and while everyone was close, Dave was the only winner. Big win of $30 split 6 ways, oh well, a win is a win. Coffee & snacks after in the RV pretty much rounded out the day. The weather was much better, but still warming up from the weekend. Wednesday today so Wayne & Gerry Canuel came over and we played golf this AM. Started off very rocky, but settled down and got a half decent score - for me that is. Some people from Alberta had family come down and her brother-in-law wanted to play, so we took him in our foursome. Wayne had a chance at closest to the pin money, but his drive didn't stand up after the other groups played the hole. The course is really starting to dry out and the greens were fast before, so are almost like putting on a parking lot. Said goodbye to Wayne & Martha as they fly back to Edmonton in the evening. It was nice having them, we had lots of laughs. Still have not figured out how to make it happen for them next year. After lunch played some pool. Spoke to the park manager, Curtis, about coming back next year and he said they would have a spot for us. Kenny & Doris will not be bringing their rv back next year, so asked him about moving & I think we will have #58 next year. Funny because Marg asked him about it a bit later & he said it was already spoken for. Then when she looked disappointed, he let her know it was me who spoke for it. Kenny & Doris went to the Good Sam rally, so their spot was open & he has rented it while they are away. This is a small park [150 stalls], but there are seldom vacancies from Jan thru March and only a few in December. Played poker in the evening. One of the guys had picked up some Cdn change, so I bought it off him. They can't always spend it here, so I seem to be in charge of re-patriating it. I don't really count my change before or after, but the bag is getting pretty heavy. Marg said I need to cash it in to improve our gas mileage on the return trip. Some new people in the park as people are returning home already. It's kind of the opening topic with everyone - when are you leaving? We were going to leave at the end of the first week of April, but will likely leave Monday following Easter Sunday. That will mean lots of stuff to do before leaving, Marg has already started a list so we don't miss anything. It has been a good winter, but we are starting to really miss home & family.