April 14 – April 20, 2012 (Fort Camping, Brae Island Regional Park, Fort Langley, BC)

The weather forecast for this weekend is for sunshine but although there was some, it wasn’t nearly as nice as I had expected.  But on the positive side, it didn’t rain.  Early Saturday afternoon, our very good friend and my one of my “girl’s get-away buds” arrived to pick me up...Steve is getting a break from me for a night while I go spend some time with Glenna.  After a tour of our home on wheels and a bit of a visit with Steve, Glenna and I headed off.  Our first stop was Fort Langley for a little wandering around and then into Burnaby for some shopping...then Coquitlam for dinner at a Greek restaurant and finally to her place for a lot of catching up.  Steve spent the afternoon waxing the boat...and enjoying some “alone” time.

Sunday morning Glenna and I were up at around 8:00 feeling amazingly good considering we had gone to bed at 2:00 after spending the evening drinking wine and chatting.  We enjoyed a relaxing couple of hours with coffee before getting ready to head back out to Fort Langley to drop me off.  I’d had a great time with Glenna...it was wonderful seeing her again and spending time with her.

Sunday afternoon Steve put another coat of wax on the boat while I walked into town to the convenience store for some milk.  I had planned on driving into Langley to do some grocery shopping but decided that would take too much effort.  Since the main thing we needed was milk, I decided to just stroll into Fort Langley.  When I got back, Steve had just finished and we relaxed inside watching TV.  Just before 4:00, we decided to go outside for a walk...we ended up doing a 40 minute power walk!  I certainly hadn’t expected to expend that much energy...quite frankly, I didn’t think I had it in me today...but it felt good.  After dinner we settled in to watch the Canucks game...a very disappointing outcome...they need to win the next 4 games to stay in the playoffs.

We woke to the sound of pitter-patter on the roof top early Monday morning...it was raining just as had been predicted for today.  I thought we would be hunkering down inside all day due to the rain but we did managed to get out for a walk into town.  However, other than that, we didn’t do much.  I’d say we had a pretty laid-back day.

Tuesday we were up and out shortly after 9:00.  There is one final thing Steve wants for the truck before it is “finished”...an air horn.  So we headed out to check a couple of places.  We sealed the deal at our third stop...Peterbilt Trucks.  They will install one that goes under the truck...not the big flashy chrome ones mounted on the roof that Steve wanted as it would require the removal of the head liner and storage compartments...but nonetheless, one that produces the sound he is after...and is much cheaper to install.  He will take the truck in on Thursday to have the work done.

After stopping at Safeway and then Walmart to pick up a few things, we headed home.  It wasn`t raining (yet) so we thought we would get out for a bike ride.  The big map at the day-use area indicates a “trail” that goes east to another regional park, so we thought we would try it.  It’s described as a trail along a quiet country road...well, it`s anything but a quiet country road!  We rode along it...with a steady stream of cars, pick-up trucks, dump trucks and semi`s passing us...not exactly the ride we were expecting.  After about a half hour we decided to turn around...there were some dark clouds looming and we thought we should try to get back before it started raining.  And we just made it...the first drops of rain started just as we arrived home...whew!

Wednesday was another pretty laid back day as we lazed around inside while it rained off and on outside.  We did manage to get out for a power walk late morning...going down the park trail to Tavistock Point and back.  After dinner we settled in to watch the much anticipated playoff hockey game...it was do or die for the Canucks tonight...they must win to stay in the playoffs.  And they didn’t disappoint this time...winning 3-1 against the LA Kings.  Game 5 is back in Vancouver on Sunday...we may just have to go to The Fort Pub for that one...

Steve was up and into the shower first thing Thursday morning...and was off to his 8 a.m. appointment to have the air horn installed on the truck.  I lazed around with my coffee for a while before getting started on my house cleaning. It was shortly after 1:00 when Steve arrived back home.  After lunch we loaded the boat back onto the truck and then thought we would get out for a bit of a bike ride before the rain set in.

Last week Steve discovered that there was a Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley so we thought that we would go check it out today (Friday).  It was shortly after 11:00 by the time we were ready to head out.

The museum is housed in a small hanger at the Langley Regional Airport.  They could certainly use a larger hanger since the inside is just jammed-packed full as well as there are displays outside which really should be inside.  Here are pictures we took at the museum...(Click on any photo to enlarge)...

This picture is actually taken from inside the compound but the entrance to the museum is on the left just behind that blue fence...

Snowbird from Canada`s aerobatic demonstartion team...

 Entrance into the hanger via jet engine housings...

A folding bike...

The hanger is just packed full of memorabilia...

It was hard to get good pictures of the static displays as all the aircraft are parked so close to one another...
                                                            
Dehavilland DH 100 Vampire...

 Beachcraft twin...

Steve exiting the Beachcraft twin...

This Handley Page Hampden Bomber was recovered in the Saanich Inlet on Vancouver Island after spending 44 years 600` below in the ocean...restoration is going to take some time...

Avro CF-100 Canuck Canada`s first all Canadian design and built Interceptor from 1950...

McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo Fighter

Hmmmm....I wonder if I can sit in this Voodoo?...

No signs saying I can't...

                                                                                  Voodoo & Handley Page Hampden Bomber (behind me)

After about an hour and a half we were done...time to go do a little shopping before we head home.  Yesterday when Steve had the air horn installed they had to tilt the cab...and...he forgot about the magnetic satellite radio antenna mounted on the boat rack...consequently the wire broke and now we have to buy a new antenna.  Our first stop was at London Drugs to see if they sold them and how much...hmmm..a bit much...let's go next door to Walmart and Radio Source to check on their prices.  Well, it turned out that the cheapest one was at Peterbilt (Steve had costed them there on Thursday)...so off to Peterbilt we went.  He ended up getting one that is made for truckers...it mounts to the side mirror...so he doesn`t have to worry about it when tilting the cab (but it also cost a lot more money)...