Friday, May 26

How frustrating it is when you just cannot connect to the internet!  Why bother telling us wifi is free when it just will not work?

Studying at Ottawa U, I could go into any building or parking lot and get high speed but camp grounds will just not invest.  So this post may go through, or not.

(It did not so I will use personal hotspot.)

I am leaving Osoyoos  Sunday. It has been a hectic few days since my arrival Tuesday but today (Friday) I was finally able to relax.

Lying in bed last night I realized I had three empty bins right above me. Lots and lots of room, I also managed to rearrange my short sheets to make  something a bit more comfortable and less entangling.

Today a French speaking couple stopped by the trailer looking for me. Her brother had asked them to touch base with me to find out what my thoughts on the trailer were. He lives in Magog and absolutely wants an Escape. Hélène, his sister, told me he was considering buying a Kia to tow and I suggested he do his homework and count the numbers. If he does purchase one and mentions my name I could get $200.

It was the appreciation supper hosted by the manufacturer this evening, tons of people. We had to bring something to drink that could be exchanged, bottles or cans of beer for example.  It was mostly men running about looking to trade and BC craft beers were the most popular. Some had bottles of wine and I don’t know how that exchange went.

The dinner was picnic fare with sandwiches, potato salad, veggies and a few other examples of deep-fried finger food.  There were chicken wings which I avoided because they appeared to have been boiled or steamed and then lightly roasted in an oven, at least some of them. The odor reminded me of boiling turkey giblets. It was a pleasant evening.

The owners told us they have sold over 2000 trailers over the years and will be ramping up production to accommodate increasing demand.

It is whole new community for me, people stop by for a chat, asking about the trailer of course and then…perhaps me! Great fun!

Today I dumped the grey tank to see if I could actually do it. But the black is the gauntlet and my tank is too low to be emptied…I will have to wait.

I have taken a couple of showers, there is plenty of hot water but I am hesitant to spend too much time as the water fills the holding which must then be emptied.

Saturday, May 27

It is all coming together and I am less nervous about taking to the road Sunday for a 3-4 hour drive in the mountains to Kokanee Creek campground, a provincial park, for three days. Absolutely no internet, perhaps cellular, no water or sewage, only hydro. That’s OK as I have a tank for fresh water.

After Kokanee, it’s three days at Kootenay park, a National Park.  I have no intention to visit anything! Just chilling!

I will leave Kootenay June 4 with no further plans Perhaps I will come up with something by then. Rather, I will come up with something!