Here I sit,
on November 13, 2020, hoping to resurrect our blog. We started this blogging
project in September 2012, just after we both retired & had planned a
winter adventure. It seems quite a shame to not continue, if for no other
reason than to keep putting our life on “paper” (I’m old school), since we are
still “Living the Dream”.
It has been
over a year & a half since we have penned a post – our 100th,
our cruise to Hawaii. First I will attempt to catch up on our lives before
getting to the present. As always, I take too many pictures of “everything”, so
brace yourselves as I share them!
After our
“vacation” to Hawaii we returned to Quartzsite to enjoy some warm weather, more
Happy Hour’s with neighbors & another rock trip or two.
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rock trip to Burro Creek |
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Arizona storm clouds |
We left Quartzsite March 31, 2019 after ensuring that we had a spot reserved there for next season. We spent a few days in Laughlin, Nevada in the Riverside RV Park with a view of “The Strip”. From there we day tripped to Oatman (can’t miss the cute burros) & to Grapevine Canyon for some hiking.
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racoons in Laughlin |
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view of the Laughlin strip from our RV site |
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Grapevine Canyon petroglyphs |
Unfortunately
we had a minor accident with the motorhome on our trip home, which will require
a bit of body work, but we were happy to get settled at our summer home – Elk
Island Retreat campground on April 10, 2019.
We were busy
catching up with our kids & grandkids after our winter away. Our boys are a
bit scattered geographically & work different schedules so getting all 3
together is a bit tricky but we managed it in April.
We were
lucky to be able to see Emma & Ty perform in a play during a trip to see
Adam & Jen.
We resumed
our regular supper dates with Scott & our visits with Rosemary, Shane &
Sarah.
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Robin's 63rd birthday |
In June,
while the RV was getting patched up, we took a mini vacation to southern
Alberta that included Dinosaur Provincial Park, Drumheller & Medicine Hat.
We took in some other worldly scenery, looked for & found dinosaur fossils,
did some strenuous hiking & enjoyed several nights of hotel hospitality.
Royal Tyrell Museum, Drunheller
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Hoodoos |
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Bleriot ferry |
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Horseshoe Canyon -yes we hiked to the bottom! |
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Cypress Hills |
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huge petrified tree |
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fossilized dinosaur bones |
Throughout
the summer we participated in several markets – weekly we could be found at
both Ft Saskatchewan & Ardrossan Farmers Markets which we enjoyed, more so
on days with good weather!
Ardrossan Farmers Market Ft Saskatchewan Farmers Market Robin busy making birdhouses
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Robin's first fairy house! |
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a few of Robin's knives |
We tried
something new & became vendors at the Hinton Wild Mountain Music Festival
& the Vegreville Country Fair. We took the RV to both, which made the long
days easier, & put us very close to the great music in Hinton. In
Vegreville we got to catch up with old friends, neighbors, school classmates,
old babysitters of our kids, and co-workers from our time living in the area –
all wonderful experiences.
Terry, a friend from high school remembering the old days when I was foolish enough to ride the Zipper Vegreville fair market old friends
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Hinton Wild Mountain Music Festival |
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our RV & a performer's stretch limo |
One of my
favorite gemstones to wire-wrap is Alberta Ammolite (a 70 million year old
seashell fossil found only in Alberta), so we usually head to the yearly open
house at Ammolite World.
Ammolite, all ready to wire wrap
I have 3
siblings & we try to get together at least once a year – a picnic at our
campsite was a good time!
Visiting
with the kids, markets, hiking, taking in a few summer festivals, enjoying
living in a campground & the summer drew to an end. We turned south as
usual to continue our Snowbird adventures on October 13 after celebrating
Thanksgiving at Scott’s, along with Adam, Jen, Emma & Ty.
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Karen's 62nd birthday |
And the
story will continue in Catch-up #2, still Living the Dream!
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