Home!

The trip is done! Excursion #3 nothing but a memory! And I must admit it's good to be home. The trip home took us to British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The weather improved somewhat while we were in the Vancouver area but the threat of rain (and snow in the mountains) was always there.

Arena # 11 is in the books. We took in a game at Rogers Arena and watched the Canucks beat the Coyotes.












And no trip to the Greater Vancouver area is complete without a visit to Stanley Park. We walked along the beach, checked out the totem poles and had a great lunch at a cafe in the park. Jim was going to walk across the Capilano Suspension Bridge (it was going to be a lonely walk as there was no way I was stepping out on it!), but opted out when he found out the price. Guess we've become quite frugal in our pension years.

We avoided having to call the Good Sam Emergency Road Assistance folks on this excursion but we could not avoid the Ford mechanics. An extra week was spent in Surrey while they tore the truck apart, (demolishing our savings account in the process), and fixed just about every major component under the hood.








But every cloud has a silver lining, and because we had to stay in Surrey for an extra week for the truck repairs, we were able to catch a WHL playoff game between the Vancouver Giants and the TriCity Americans. What's so special about that you might wonder, well our friend Chris Driedger is the backup goaltender for the Americans!

We've decided that late March and early April is not the time to travel home, especially if you're travelling through the Rockies. The worry of snow and ice was always in the back of your mind, which makes for stressful travelling. For example, we had to spend a few extra days in Kamloops, BC as a result of a spring snowstorm in western Alberta. We did get to visit with our friends in Calgary for a few days but had to cancel the portion of the trip that would take us to Wainwright to visit with Jim's brother John and his wife Nancy. The snow just wasn't melting and the temperatures were still just a little too cold for our liking. Hopefully, we'll catch up with them in the fall. So we're home and settled back into the condo. The RV is parked in a temporary storage facility as our seasonal site was too wet and muddy to get to. Gotta love that old Prairie gumbo! Hopefully, we'll be set up at Stephenfield before the Victoria Day weekend.

Jim and Lesley signing off until Excursion #4. Take care.