Steve finished varathaning the inside of the 'Grizzly Den'...a job that he has been meaning to do for 3 years and is very happy to finally have it done! We also made a trip to Abbotsford to have our barbeque fixed...we found out that the problem we were having with the temperature (it was either hot or very hot) was because it had the wrong regulator on it. The one on it was for those small screw on 1lb propane tanks, not the big 20lb tank we were using...sheesh! It also required a new flame deflector (under warranty) as well as a new thermometer.
Wednesday morning, Steve joined me on my morning powerwalk. He stopped on the bridge and took pictures of the swollen Fraser River...A floating structure of some sort...is now floating debris in the river...
The water is rushing out of the pump house from the Salmon River...
Rowers on the Fraser River...
On Friday (May 17) the campground started to fill as campers arrived for the long weekend. Unfortunately, it was a pretty lousy start...it was raining. Fortunately, although not as hot as it had been a couple of weekends ago, it didn't rain the whole time.
The place was jammed packed! A good time to have a "garage sale"...the fruits of our spring cleaning. Unfortunately, the only thing we actually sold was an electric polisher Steve had been carting around since we started on our travels and a few things from the free bin went.Lots of kids rented these peddle cars from the park and had a great time riding all around the campground...
There were also hay rides...
Sunday afternoon Chris and Angela came out from Burnaby for another visit...that's three weekends in a row...we only have one more weekend here before we leave...will he make it all four?! We sat outside around our "campfire-in-a can"...
That evening, there was entertainment in the campground...an Elvis Impersonator...he was really good. He sang not only Elvis songs but Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash classics. The kids loved it...
Here, the kids are following Elvis as he sings Jonny Cash's "I hear that train a comin"...
He even had a pink Cadillac..
After dinner, we sat outside enjoying tea and cookies...before we knew it, it was 8:30...and time for Chris and Angela to head off. It sure is great seeing them!
Monday was actually a pretty nice day, weather-wise...of course, it was also pack-up day for most campers. The mass exodus started fairly early and before long, the campground was virtually empty again...ahhh....peace and quiet again!
Steve had one final thing he wanted to do to the Grizzly Den... apply Mono Seal to the edges of the wood panels on the doors so that they don't soak up the rain water and stain the wood...
After he had finished that, we decided to go for a bike ride across the bridge, along the other side of the river to Edgewater Bar Campground...our favourite bike riding trail. As we were going over the bridge, a paddlewheel tour boat was just coming into Fort Langley...very cool...
The campground was virtually empty after what I'm sure was a busy time there as well. The river is very high...a few of the campsites were actually closed...
As a comparison to see how much the river has risen, here is a picture Steve took about three weeks ago just after we arrived...
Horses playing in a pasture along side the trail...
The trail was very busy with lots of walkers and bikers enjoying the afternoon long weekend sunshine. We had a great ride...and once home, relaxed outside for a bit of reading.
Just before 4:00, we thought we would walk across the bridge to The Fort Pub for a beer (or two)...after all, we had sold the polisher in our garage sale, so had a "spare" $20...haha! The pub was a very busy place...as was the whole town...it's quite the destination for many to come out from "the city" to enjoy the quaint shops and restaurants.
Once home, I sent a text to Rob to see if they were home and available for a Skype call (they had gone away for the long weekend...Conner's first road trip!). A moment later, they called...and there was our little guy smiling at us...Conner, not Rob...okay, Rob was there smiling too...as was Angie! Conner is growing so fast! We had a great chat with them...so good seeing them...I've said it many times...thank goodness for technology!
One piece of good news before I sign off...and one that Steve is very happy about...his ear is no longer plugged! That only took four weeks since it plugged up on our decent into the Victoria airport on our way home from Cancun!!
I will likely do one more "weekly" blog post before we leave Fort Langley on May 29th. After a stop at Fraserway RV in Abbotsford to have a finicky slider taken care of, we will be continuing our adventures and I will get back into the routine of daily blog posts. Of course, we may run into some issues with internet service the further north we go...but I will continue to write and post when possible. We are really looking forward to exploring northern BC, the Yukon and Alaska!
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