Monday, July 2

Chris and Dave and the boys left Tuesday evening at 6:30 and arived at their new home in "Es-cat-chew-juan" early Thursday morning. They were packed to the max - every tiny space was filled in the trailer and both vehicles. Kyle and Evan had their Etch-a-sketch books to entertain them (grandma's "something new for the journey" gift) and were very excited to finally be on their way. We moved the last item the day after they left - the piano which we were taking home - and hauled away a few last things to the Sally Ann. It was quite something to see the house empty and diminished by their leaving.

We spent yesterday and today on Long Island in Harrison Lake at our friends' cabin. The weather was lovely (finally!) and it was so relaxing and enjoyable to spend time hanging out with our friends. People came and went but we were 4 or 5 couples at any given time - we read, kayaked (I took an involuntary swim while trying to get into the kayak from the dock) did a little helping with a room they were adding on, ate great meals and had stimulating conversation. It was so beautiful sitting on the deck overlooking the lake - incredibly quiet and peaceful. Harv and I even got to spend the night on Reg's new boat as there were more people than beds. We were the only ones who weren't afraid of the rocking boat so we had a lovely night out on the water.

Now it's back to getting as much done as possible in the next couple of days as we are leaving for a 2 week holiday on Friday. We are hosting Harv's 40th high school reunion here on the long weekend in August and would like to get a number of things done before we leave so that we're not panicing when we get back. We do a motorbike trip with friends from Vernon each summer and this year's trip will take us to Yellowstone Nat'l Park. Our friend Don does all the planning and all we do is go along and enjoy ourselves. He does a great job and we always have a fun and relaxing holiday with them. We will be 3 bikes traveling together this time and we're really looking forward to it.

I was hoping to post a few pictures but they are still in the camera. Maybe later. I'm not too confident downloading pictures yet. Hopefully these attempts at blogging will teach this old dog a few new tricks!