Monday, May 25 to Monday, June 1, 2020 (Peace Arch RV Park, Surrey, BC)

It's amazing how quickly time is flying by...even if we aren't doing an awful lot. But it's time to do an update so you know what we have been up to.

Monday and Tuesday (May 25 and 26) were pretty uneventful days...with plenty of rain on and off both days. We got out for our usual power walks around the campground, Steve worked on his "song editing project", I did laundry...and I even had a virtual appointment with my doctor. Who knew you could get a pre-op for surgery over the phone!

Wednesday (May 27) was a beautiful, sunny, warm day...very much welcomed after the rainy, cloudy days we have had. We decided to take a drive out to Fort Langley and go for a walk along the river. We love Fort Langley, especially camping at Fort Camping but they have limited the length of time you can stay, plus it's getting pretty pricey. It's actually closed for all 'short-term' campers right now.

Entering the quaint community of Fort Langley...

There are many beautiful condos and single family homes along sections of the Fort to Fort Trail that runs beside the Fraser River...

Social distancing...we found some of the younger ladies can't read :)

The bridge from Fort Langley to Brae/McMillan Island and Fort Camping...

Mom and dad...

Ducklings nearby...

Fort Langley Golf Course...

Looks like snow but this area is terrible for Cottonwood tree fluff this time of year...

This home has...

...its own private dock. The Fraser River is high and full of silt from the spring snow melt...

Just past the house we turned around...

Looking back...McMillan Island on the right...

Canadian National Railroad Museum on the right...

Many shows and movies have been shot in Fort Langley including The X Files, so you may recognize this building...

After a great walk, we were back home around 1:30...time for a late lunch.

Thursday (May 28) was another warm day...but with more clouds than yesterday. After a lazy start, we got out for our power walk and then Steve got right to work. His project for today...replace the burnt end plugs on the power cords. A friend in the park has worked for a local RV dealer off and on and picked up the parts for us...thanks Jack!

I puttered around inside and then by late afternoon, we sat outside and enjoyed the sunshine.

Friday (May 29) was another warm day...but mainly cloudy. Steve took more pictures while out on our morning walk.

We have watched this very cool, prehistoric-looking plant grow since we arrived here in March. It's called Gunnera....
Sometimes called Dinosaur Food (Gunnera manicata), the Gunnera’s deeply-lobed leaves can get up to 4 feet (1+ m.) across, and the plant can stand up to 8 feet (2+ m.) tall. Gunnera tinctoria, also known as prickly rhubarb, is similar and just as big. Both of these prehistoric-looking greenery plants will fill in large empty spaces in the corners and edges of your yard, and will thrive in boggy ground where other plants’ roots might drown.

The palm trees make us miss our southern travels...

Didn't do much for the rest of the day...it's amazing how much time can be spent just on doing a little of this and a little of that.

We were back into rain Saturday (May 30)...it started out cloudy with the rain to start late morning. We had to go to the Safeway pharmacy to pick up the eye drop prescriptions I need to start taking for my cataract surgery on Wednesday...and were hoping to get there and back before the rain started. No such luck, though. The rain started on our way there and it basically poured the rest of the day.

It was a gloomy, rainy, inside kinda day!

Sunday (May 31) started off with a little rain but was mainly cloudy the rest of the day. Chris has been kind enough to lend us his car for our trip over to Vancouver Island on Tuesday...so we just needed to pick it up. We realized last night that our initial plan of driving the truck in, have a visit with them and then I could drive the car home wasn't going to work. With starting the 2 different prescription eye drops in my eye, I cannot wear the contact lens in it (I had the right eye done last August, so I have one good eye and one bad one that I wear a contact in), so I really didn't think it was a good idea to drive. Consequently, Chris came to pick us up...thanks Chris! Not only are you lending us your car, you had to drive out to pick us up!

While we were driving back to Chris's place, I ordered us all burgers from White Spot, through the Skip-the-Dishes app.

While we were waiting for lunch to be delivered, Grampa got quite the lovin' from Isaac! Too cute!

We enjoyed a great visit with them and then we headed home around 3:00.

Monday (June 1) we were back to mostly sunshine. I had an appointment in north Surrey...and it was so much nicer driving the busy streets and parking using a small car (Mazda 3) rather than Buster!

Another advantage to having the small car was being able to get into the small parking lot at the Serpentine Wildlife Management Area just up the road from us. Time for another beautiful walk!

The Serpentine Wildlife Management Area – better known as the Serpentine Fen – is in a triangle between Highway 99, the King George Highway (99A) and the Serpentine River. The nature trail around the Serpentine Fen Nature Reserve is around 3.5 kilometres long. Allow 1.5 hours for this walk. The Fen contains many different habitats in its 150 hectares. It is also home to 130 different bird species. September and October are the busiest months for spotting birds at the Fen. In the winter months, many birds take shelter where there is open water and a good, natural food supply.
The Serpentine Wildlife Management Area is managed by Ducks Unlimited.

This family has their very own island...

There are three wildlife viewing towers...

With highways on both sides of the Wildlife Management Area this area is the quietest...

There's a couple of ducks resting on those pilings...

Second tower...

We didn't go as far as the third tower as it's quite overgrown. A beautiful walk in a beautiful area...too bad it's so noisy with all the highway traffic so close by!

Tomorrow we are heading over to Vancouver Island to stay with our son and his family...so looking forward to seeing Rob, Angie, Conner and Bryce!

BC COVID-19 update: Confirmed cases 2,659          CANADA: Confirmed cases 96,614
                                      Recovered           2,309                             Recovered           55,536
                                      Deaths                    167                             Deaths                   7,895

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