Fall

End of October meant a trip to the Apple Barn for a hay wagon ride with the grand kids Lexi, Connor, Caleb, Lincoln and Rielly, and to the pumpkin patch to pick out carving pumpkins.

We went with Shirley and Larry to a Canucks game in Vancouver, after dinner of coarse.

Carol's birthday party at George and Della's

We drove to Vernon for Zada's birthday party. Here's the grandkids sleeping on the way.

I'm glad I spent two months visiting with my mother. A week after we left for down south, she passed away. She's finally in a better place. She did not recognise people any more.

A rest stop on the I-5 in northern California at Mount Shasta. Finally some sunshine.

A better view of Mount Shasta. Can't believe it's almost time to head back for Christmas, but someone has to help Santa with the presents. I'm going to miss the daily soaking in the hot pools.

Google

Before we left Vernon, Carol spotted the Google mapping vehicle. I checked and we are now on it. We are in the passing lane, second vehicle in. I almost missed it as we are only in two frames. Yves and Sandi crossed the border a few minutes ago with clear sailing. We will be along soon!

End of Summer

 We must be going on a trip. How can you tell?? Yves and Roy are under the trailer welding. This was the water tank whick came off in Mexico.

 Our caravan at a rest stop, on our way to Red Deer. Yves and Sandi's rig, our rig and Doug and Adelle's rig. My tranny blew in Cochrane, so I high tailed it into Red Deer to get it fixed.

 We had a mens day out and went to a wrecker north of  Red Deer, where they had hundreds of cars from the fifties. This place was on an episode of Canadian Pickers.

 Down the road was the Reynolds Car Museum. They had cars and farm equipment.

 Another one of the displays, a Corvair van and a 58 Buick.

 I couldn't resist getting a picture with my signs at the Dodge main parts distribution for western Canada.

 Carol with her sisters Frieda and Shirley. Larry and Shirley came out to the Okanagan on their maiden voyage of their new motor home. Raudz is an excellent restaurant in Kelowna with all local ingredients and a famous chef.

 The end of summer was a block party concert by our friend Rob and his band, The Dial Tones. (Mostly retired Telus guys, hence the name). Gold old rock and roll.

 Some people rolled an old VW through the set.

 Here's the host of our party, Rob's wife Chantelle with Carol, Sandi and Dixie. We had an excellent pot luck between sets.

 A club of Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky vehicles had a rally through the Okanagan. They don't build these anymore as GM shut down both Pontiac and Saturn, so these are now collectable. There were over a hundred from the western provinces and the western states.

This was our RV park for the past 5 months at Swan Lake. We left and are in Abbotsford visiting for a few weeks before heading back south for winter.

Summer

 Summer was mostly spent in Vernon. Here are some grandkids learning to swim.

 And juice and popsicles after.

 Jonah and Zada helping walk Mocha at her favourite dog park, with streams and trails through the forest.

 I call this the Red Neck Crew at Nascar. George and Della came out for a visit and we went to Nascar. Here's Carol, Della, George, Sandi, Yves and Roy.

 Photo finish.

 Carol and Roy had a picnic at their property.

 Car show downtown Vernon.

 Back to the race track where we saw the RV trailer races. That was something to see, pieces of trailers flying everywhere.

 Carol took Lexi to Build a Bear and she made a Hello Kitty. Here she is putting the heart in.

 Made a nice pillow for the trip home.

Grandkids at Melanie's new place.

Vernon

We are now in Vernon for the summer. Here's four of the seven grandkids.

Going Home

Mocha was cold so we always had to chase her away from the front of the heater.

We along with Chuck and Judy were in charge of dinner one night. Carol made salmon with spinach and rice stuffed in filo dough and baked. Judy made baklava for dessert. The theme was Mediterranean.

Here's cousins Carol and Lorna. (Maybe Tom can email me a better picture).

Then a couple of morjez showed up so we knew it was time to leave.

We all met at a restaurant in Lakeview for breakfast. Here the waitress is sucking her snot back in while taking and order. I thought it was picture worthy.

On the trip north we ran into a cattle drive down the highway.

The first night we made it to Ellensburg Wa (from close to the California border), then the next night we made it close to Penticton where our friends from Palm Spring, Dave and Linda, are camp hosts at a RV park in the golf course.

Oregon

Art and Margaret came with us in their RV to the Oregon Coast. Nice sunny days for the beach. Before we got into town two of the leaf springs on the trailer broke. We blocked the axle up with pieces of wood. They replaced all 4 springs with heavier ones but kept the trailer overnight and plugged it in for us to stay the night at the shop.

We toured a working lighthouse.

Here's the stairway looking down. The light is all electric now but in the old days it was an oil fired light. The prisms are still in use, imported from Paris around 1900.

We went to old town Newport, by the sea.

This seafood restaurant was recommended to us. Rachael Raye featured it on one of her shows.

Roy had short ribs and prawns. It was good but he had to get past the prawns with their heads on with shell and legs.

Carol had the fish and chips, which was excellent. Nice crisp fried without dough and greasy oil.

Here she is trying her first taste of crab cake.

Art and Margaret headed back home (north) and we headed east to Bend. Over the pass we hit snow coming down in big feather flakes. We stayed at Thousand Trails and then in the morning met our caravan at a truck stop restaurant. After a good breakfast we all headed south to Lakeview.

This is where they caught Lorna cheating.

The men could not figure out how to light the fire without kindling.

Carol was in a skit with some other ladies and got her words out.

Of course we are in the US so the men had to stop beside the road and pull out their revolvers. This was the first time Roy shot a large caliber automatic hand gun. A little different than a rifle.

Carol and Lorna dressed up in wigs and took off their glasses to see if they were recognizable. After they took their glasses off they were not recognizable to each other. Roy was tracing family trees and found Carol and Lorna are 3rd cousins.