We woke up fairly early and we still don't have power. Hope it comes back soon, we need coffee in the morning! We looked around the neighbourhood from the house and there is lots of leaves and branches down but no trees that we can see from here. At 8:30 we have power again, yay! Coffee time and then we'll go for a walk around to check things out.
Close to the power poles
A block from our house, closer to the lake
Lots of firewood if anyone has a saw...
My leg is still pretty stiff so I only walked for a short ways but Leslie kept going to get some exercise and see more storm damage. There are plenty of trees down but we haven't seen a ton of damage to houses so I guess that's the bright side. We got about an inch of rain yesterday so there is tons of standing water. Forecast is for more rain and high wind so we'll see how that turns out.
Leslie got back to the house and as promised the rain had started with a moderate wind. I was doing a blog post and we both just had a relax day. Can't do much with the weather like this. Leslie was straightening out our bed and found Smoky, we had let him in earlier this morning and he disappeared....
Pretty happy under the bed, can't hear the wind
We did a second walk later that afternoon during a weather break. Just a short walk to stretch a bit and get some air. Supposed to rain all night and wind to gust to 90 km/h or almost 60 mph.
June 11
Okay, not something I like to discuss but a necessary evil I believe. I have 3 friends that are now fighting or have experienced colon cancer so having a colonoscopy is a good way to detect problems early. My appointment is for 11:30 today and Les is dropping me off at 10 because she has a hearing test in St Paul at 11a.m. I had to do the prep last night and this morning which is the worst part of the whole procedure. Enough said about that. Everything went well and Leslie picked me up afterwards. Her hearing is not too bad and she goes to an ear, nose and throat doctor at the end of July to figure out an ear plugging issue that's been bugging her. We drove home so I can eat. Haven't eaten for 27 hours and I am starving! We both had a relax day inside and I ate lots. The wind is blowing hard and the rain hasn't stopped. Steve and Dianne are still in Edmonton and they are living with their slides closed because of high wind. She still didn't get the lightning she was looking for. Sorry buddy.
June12
Woke up to more rain and high wind again. Supposed to die down today finally. Leslie is cleaning the house and shining everything in case we get a viewing while we're gone. We are packing to go back to Pineridge and then we'll leave first thing tomorrow. Thankfully by the afternoon the weather is way better and we can load up without the heavy rain, still windy but not too bad.
Flattering pic Les!
We got a bunch of stuff in the truck and strapped down for the trip. The basket swing will be nice by our fire pit so we are moving that and the wood stand/firewood. Lots of room with the hitch out.
June 13
Messaged Steve & Dianne this morning to wish them safe travels. They are leaving for their cross Canada adventures today from Edmonton. Have a great trip and no more problems guys! Check out their blog link to see their trip, no doubt it will be fantastic.
We got on the road by 9'ish headed for PGR (Pineridge Golf Resort) with our load of stuff. Beauty day today. Perfect. We pulled in to our site and right behind us is our cement contractor, Clint. He is here to start work on our garage pad right now! Awesome timing! He's a great guy and his crew works really hard. In 7 hours we went from a big patch of driveway to ready for concrete. Only 3 guys and they had some trouble with the packer. Great work boys!
Boom! Done in 7 hours
Les and I unloaded all the wood and the swing etc. We sat and had a fire and a frosty beverage while the guys worked. Felt a little guilty but soon got over it.
Wood stand and cover and the swing, nice!
Clint and his crew left around 8:30 p.m. They work incredibly long days while the sun is shining. Leslie and I had a nice relaxing evening at the fire. It's nice here when you can just relax. Next year should be great! With that cement pad in place that means we have a garage and deck to build this summer.
June 14
We're heading back to Bonnyville today. We got done what needed to be done here at PGR so back to B'ville and the deck project. We stopped at RV Pub & Grill for breakfast this time. I had a breakfast club sandwich that was really good and Leslie had the traditional bacon and eggs. Top notch food! Worth a stop at this place and we will be back again, no doubt.
I look way too happy but great breakfast
We are not in a hurry today so we came back to PGR and double checked the rig before leaving. We drove through our phase to check out some of the other sites. Everyone is working to get their sites fixed up in the new development. It's going to be so nice in a few short years!
Fresh paint on the new tennis/ pickleball courts
Just across the road from us, community firepit and swings
Things are really coming together here and it's looking so much better. If we could just get the trains to stop blowing the horn at the road crossing.... life is good. (Parkland County is actually persuing a change with CN Rail to install crossing arms at the crossings in the county. If they have arms plus the lights and bells then they don't have to blow the horn. That would be huge here!)
We did some exploring on the way home and drove more north and then east through the town of Morinville. Drove past Villeneuve airport which is surprisingly large for a country airport. They have an old Pacific Western 737 parked off the airfield by the road and I want to get a picture of it. I used to fuel those jets when I was a baggage handler in Penticton in my teens. Cool memory. We had a nice trip home in great weather and when we got home we kicked in gear to prep the front deck for Thompsons Water Seal tomorrow morning. This is a big one that is bugging Leslie because she wanted to do it earlier but we just didn't have time yet. It will improve the look of the house as you walk up by so much. That is if we get another viewing. The market in Bonnyville is so slow it's killing us. Every bit helps we think so we'll kick back tonight and get going first thing tomorrow, but that's another day.
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