2004/06/04
2004-06-03 1:11:32 PM
Here we are at the lake. We got here last night at about 8:30. We only had an hour or so of daylight left. We had the car packed up tight. I did not think that the car could hold so much stuff! By the time we got the car unloaded it was almost time for bed. Upon opening the trailer it had a musty odour. We opened all the windows and that seemed to help. I guess that it was not used much last year and only opened once since it over-wintered. Today is a beautiful day and we have all the windows and vents open to air the place out. It is supposed to go to 25 deg C but it has not got there yet. The dining table breaks down into a large bed and that is where we slept last night. Tonight we shall try and sleep in the twin beds at the other end of the trailer and see what that is like. We both have been busy, busy doing all the jobs that have to be done. We are also discovering how to operate things like the hot water heater, the propane stove, the coffee maker, the vacuum. Catherine has finished the kitchen and is working her way north. Me and the dog are working our way south. Suzie has met the neighbours cat and for the first time in a long time she let out a howl…LOL…. She hasn’t howled for a very long time. She seems to love it here cocking her head at the birds chirping and all. I have to set up the dining tent now and then I have to go back to the city for a Ham (Humanist) meeting. BTW I have call forwarding so if you call my home line it patches out to my cell phone even if we are in Gimli. Later…tata
2004-06-03 11:03:54 PM
Well, setting up the dining tent was a difficult job. Thanks to our new best friends Brian and Roz who helped us put it up, we could not have done it without them. Of course Brian and I wanted to sort out the tubing (over which the tent canvas is draped) before we proceeded…doing in a clear logical way and Catherine and Roz said that probably the best way to do it was to start from the bottom up. They kept saying this quite loudly as we men were thinking and thinking. Sell it seems that it was better to do it from the ground up and see what pieces we had left over. Anyhow after much struggling and with a person at each corner, the tent was erected. It kind of looks like a sheiks tent with the strips and all and the netting does not quite reach the ground so I don’t know how effective a dining tent it will be.
Anyways, as I was talking to Brian I noticed that my car running lights came on all by themselves. How could this happen???…it’s a Toreass that’s how!!! Anyways I had to disconnect the battery before it drained and when I drove to the city for my meeting at 5:00pm I had to disconnect the battery again….swine car ! I guess that I will have to be disconnecting the battery every time I park it at the air show over Saturday and Sunday. Won’t that be fun, people will think that I am stealing the damn car…open hood, connect battery, start car , drive off. Well tomorrow is another day…at least nobody will steal my car overnight!
It was nice to hear from Margot when she called tonight. Says she is a hockey nut now and watches the Calgary/Tampa series as an avid sports fan!
Later…tata
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Here we are at the lake. We got here last night at about 8:30. We only had an hour or so of daylight left. We had the car packed up tight. I did not think that the car could hold so much stuff! By the time we got the car unloaded it was almost time for bed. Upon opening the trailer it had a musty odour. We opened all the windows and that seemed to help. I guess that it was not used much last year and only opened once since it over-wintered. Today is a beautiful day and we have all the windows and vents open to air the place out. It is supposed to go to 25 deg C but it has not got there yet. The dining table breaks down into a large bed and that is where we slept last night. Tonight we shall try and sleep in the twin beds at the other end of the trailer and see what that is like. We both have been busy, busy doing all the jobs that have to be done. We are also discovering how to operate things like the hot water heater, the propane stove, the coffee maker, the vacuum. Catherine has finished the kitchen and is working her way north. Me and the dog are working our way south. Suzie has met the neighbours cat and for the first time in a long time she let out a howl…LOL…. She hasn’t howled for a very long time. She seems to love it here cocking her head at the birds chirping and all. I have to set up the dining tent now and then I have to go back to the city for a Ham (Humanist) meeting. BTW I have call forwarding so if you call my home line it patches out to my cell phone even if we are in Gimli. Later…tata
2004-06-03 11:03:54 PM
Well, setting up the dining tent was a difficult job. Thanks to our new best friends Brian and Roz who helped us put it up, we could not have done it without them. Of course Brian and I wanted to sort out the tubing (over which the tent canvas is draped) before we proceeded…doing in a clear logical way and Catherine and Roz said that probably the best way to do it was to start from the bottom up. They kept saying this quite loudly as we men were thinking and thinking. Sell it seems that it was better to do it from the ground up and see what pieces we had left over. Anyhow after much struggling and with a person at each corner, the tent was erected. It kind of looks like a sheiks tent with the strips and all and the netting does not quite reach the ground so I don’t know how effective a dining tent it will be.
Anyways, as I was talking to Brian I noticed that my car running lights came on all by themselves. How could this happen???…it’s a Toreass that’s how!!! Anyways I had to disconnect the battery before it drained and when I drove to the city for my meeting at 5:00pm I had to disconnect the battery again….swine car ! I guess that I will have to be disconnecting the battery every time I park it at the air show over Saturday and Sunday. Won’t that be fun, people will think that I am stealing the damn car…open hood, connect battery, start car , drive off. Well tomorrow is another day…at least nobody will steal my car overnight!
It was nice to hear from Margot when she called tonight. Says she is a hockey nut now and watches the Calgary/Tampa series as an avid sports fan!
Later…tata
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