Issue 39 THE FREEDOM OF TRAVELLING IN AN RV

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Issue 39 THE FREEDOM OF TRAVELLING IN AN RV

News of the week of 30 September

Hi All: WOW! What a great way to spend a week. We spent the past few days visiting family and friends while parking in their driveways. John and I do not dry camp often but it is great that we have the convenience of being self-contained. We love to sleep in our own bed and use our own shower and have everything available without dealing with living out of suitcases. As you can see I am still in love with the freedom of this fantastic lifestyle.
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OUR WEEK IN REVIEW

The Diary went out late but I did take SUNDAY morning off while visiting niece Cathy and hubby Rick to post it. Start to finish takes me about 6-7 hours so when we are with friends it is sometimes difficult to fit it in. We did take time on Sunday to enjoy lunch at the Anchor restaurant in Arnprior’s newest truck stop. Great setting and tasty meal - one more time. Their specialty is a decadent bakery – too bad that tasty stuff is off limits for me now. Saturday evening daughter Kayla and friend Jason joined us for dinner and on Sunday daughter Shaundra and friend Russ spent the evening visiting after they completed a successful day of hunting.

Early MONDAY morning we were on the move again towards Frankford near Trenton to spend another night in the driveway of friend Eileen and hubby Tom. Eileen and I joined the Air Force the same day in Sep 1960. Both our names began with the letter M so we were roommates on several of our early postings. We also changed addresses the same day for about 5 postings and we both eventually ended up being Dental Assistants – so this past visit was most interesting. On many occasions Eileen came home with me to Ottawa and I joined her family in Niagara Falls. This 24-hour visit was definitely not long enough - we will have to extend it next time.

TUESDAY morning we headed down the road for a two-day driveway visit of my sister Diane and hubby Don - in the nearby town of Trenton. Niece Lianne and hubby Mark and their kids, also live in Trenton – their home is our official home address. We had a great catch-up 2-day visit – these two just returned from 10-days in Nova Scotia with two more sisters – so we had lots of catch-up to do. It is so good to park in driveways for family visits.

THURSDAY morning it was time to once again move on. The colours were so beautiful in that area – guess we missed their peak by about a week but it was a picturesque drive from the Ottawa area, through Toronto and on to London. The sun was brilliant and traffic was extremely light the entire route.

We had made an appointment at our RV Dealer in London – Forest City RV – to have a preventive maintenance propane check (it has been 3-years since our last check and with all the RV Fires that have been reported recently we wanted to be sure ours was working as it should be – we passed!!!) They also fixed the swivel attachment on the driver’s chair. It quit a month ago and the dealer had problems finding a replacement part, so tech Jim added a modified version so I can again rotate the chair for extra seating and to set up my steering wheel table.

Next stop was to return to our park for 3-more days. On Monday 1st October, we move to Breamer Valley RV Park 5-miles north of Woodstock – it is a 55+ retirement park with very friendly residents – more on that location later. Our seasonal contract will be up at our present campground that is closer to London. However with all that happened this summer when the owner rented our contracted, fully paid site out to another RVer while we were gone for 6-weeks has left a very bad taste in our mouth. Paying him another penny to extend our stay here for even one day was very unappealing. At least on this return, no one was on our site or using our power.

FRIDAY we ran from early morning to late afternoon taking care of routine errands such as doctors appointments, picking up mail, dropping off Rx’s for our winter supply of drugs and an order my Botox for a mid October appointment plus restocking the larder with groceries. Just goes to prove that not all the days we spend as F/Ters are exciting.
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FINAL THOUGHTS

And guess what? It is SATURDAY again. We also have a very busy week coming up and since we plan to depart Canada on the 17th our next few weeks will be busy. We wish all Canadians a Very HAPPY THANKSGIVING next weekend. It is the last long blast of the summer for those of us on this side of the border. Must go for today. To all those who will soon be heading out – please ‘Travel Safe and stay away from those Orange Barrels and Road Gaters’. P&J