Another example of the small world of RV'ing. When we were at Seven Feathers on Thursday night, chatted briefly with some folks walking by and when we said we were from Chilliwack, the fellow said there is another couple here from Chilliwack and the husband works for the local RV dealer, O'Connor. Well this morning (Saturday) Robin was outside puttering and the fellow beside us came out to disconnect his utilities and the two got chatting. You guessed it; it was the O'Connor guy from Chilliwack. And they live just a couple of kilometres away from us.
As I was washing up breakfast dishes this morning (Saturday), I could hear this strange noise that kept getting louder and louder. I looked out the window and saw a HUGE flock of Canada geese heading toward the park, having just lifted off from some field to the north. They were everywhere and the noise was quite amazing as they tried to get organized into groups and form their V's. I grabbed my camera, but as often happens when you're in a hurry, I was on photo when I thought I was on video, and then switched to what I thought was photo and ended up recording my subsequent walk around the campsite and discussion with Robin, rather than the amazing site and sound of so many geese. But I did get one photo of part of the flock. Will be on the lookout for them tomorrow morning and will be ready.
As I was washing up breakfast dishes this morning (Saturday), I could hear this strange noise that kept getting louder and louder. I looked out the window and saw a HUGE flock of Canada geese heading toward the park, having just lifted off from some field to the north. They were everywhere and the noise was quite amazing as they tried to get organized into groups and form their V's. I grabbed my camera, but as often happens when you're in a hurry, I was on photo when I thought I was on video, and then switched to what I thought was photo and ended up recording my subsequent walk around the campsite and discussion with Robin, rather than the amazing site and sound of so many geese. But I did get one photo of part of the flock. Will be on the lookout for them tomorrow morning and will be ready.
OK, so the birds didn't return in the massive herd that we saw on Saturday, so I could try immortalizing them on film, but there were lots of smaller flocks flying over throughout the days.
We had planned on picking up lots of chicken at Costco in Salem, because chicken prices are so low in the States, but we decided we would leave it until we reached Mount Vernon (our last stop), so we wouldn't have to worry about freezing it. Good thing we didn't get it in Salem, because when we got to the Mount Vernon Costco, they had signs up wherever they had poultry products, advising Canadian customers that they wouldn't be able to take them back to Canada. Never thought about the ban going both directions, since the infected birds were just in Canada last we heard. We did end up throwing out a half dozen eggs that we hadn't gotten around to eating, but pretty much all other "no-no" items had been eaten before we crossed the border.
Another easy, breezy, no-line-up border crossing thanks to our Nexus cards, and our trip for this year is finished. A veritable mountain of laundry on the basement floor now being tackled, boxes of food have been sorted and put away or refrigerated where necessary, and there are bags of clothing waiting to be put away. The least fun part of a long trip like this.
Feels a bit weird to have all this space around us, and not be tripping over, or stepping aside for, each other. Will be nice to sleep in our regular bed tonight, which is not to say that there's anything wrong with the RV bed. Just different and not quite as "permanent and anchored" feeling.
So thanks for following along, and hope you'll be back the next time we hit the road.
We had planned on picking up lots of chicken at Costco in Salem, because chicken prices are so low in the States, but we decided we would leave it until we reached Mount Vernon (our last stop), so we wouldn't have to worry about freezing it. Good thing we didn't get it in Salem, because when we got to the Mount Vernon Costco, they had signs up wherever they had poultry products, advising Canadian customers that they wouldn't be able to take them back to Canada. Never thought about the ban going both directions, since the infected birds were just in Canada last we heard. We did end up throwing out a half dozen eggs that we hadn't gotten around to eating, but pretty much all other "no-no" items had been eaten before we crossed the border.
Another easy, breezy, no-line-up border crossing thanks to our Nexus cards, and our trip for this year is finished. A veritable mountain of laundry on the basement floor now being tackled, boxes of food have been sorted and put away or refrigerated where necessary, and there are bags of clothing waiting to be put away. The least fun part of a long trip like this.
Feels a bit weird to have all this space around us, and not be tripping over, or stepping aside for, each other. Will be nice to sleep in our regular bed tonight, which is not to say that there's anything wrong with the RV bed. Just different and not quite as "permanent and anchored" feeling.
So thanks for following along, and hope you'll be back the next time we hit the road.