March24 -Burnaby BC-Saturday I stay in the RV while Bill goes down to the boat again as his batteries arrive. I play with the computer trying out some of the stuff I learned. We were introduced to http://www.youtube.com/ a fun web site. Type bjork in the search box and you will see the funniest cat videos. He had us also go to www.google.com and click images and type in wet cats , how funny. Try them they are most entertaining.

March23 Burnaby BC-Friday Bill goes to the boat and he drops me off at the West Vancouver library. They are having a computer course so I join them. It rains all day and night.

March 22 -Burnaby BC-Thursday- We wake up to rain dancing on our roof. It’s the first rain in a long time. 8am 45’ We stop and have breakfast at Sharri’s in Bellingham. We go through the border like a breeze. In all the 9 years we have crossed in our RV we have yet to be pulled over and inspected . After a few questions we are told to have a good day. We get a good spot at the Burnaby Cariboo RV park. It rains all day Vancouver is going to break records for the most rain ever in March as there is no change in sight. System after system called the rain train. Sherri and Gerry come for a quick visit.

March 21 Wednesday 9am 36’ and sunny. We take hwy 82 out of town. We pass a small herd of deer in town beside the freeway. The fields are all plowed and ready for seeding. It looks so tidy. The fruit trees are not in bloom yet and the deciduous trees are still leafless. We take hwy 90 to Seattle via Snoquaime pass 3022 ft. There is snow on the side of the road but the roads are clear. We didn’t take hwy 202 this time as we remembered that they had major flooding at Fall city. Sure is warmer on the west side of the pass as trees are in bloom and trees are getting leaves. We take hwy 405 to bypass Seattle. Everet is a little hairy on hwy 5. One forgets all the truck traffic there. We arrive 12:30 sunny believe it or not and 50’. The Tulalip Casino just past Marysville going north has a great parking lot . Room for every to put slides out if we want. No electric. A bus comes around to take you to the casino or the outlet mall. I hit the mall and stop in Harry and Davids. We go for their great buffet for dinner.

March 20 Tuesday-45’ this morning but sunny. We go to the Best Western to post my blog and check e-mail. Denny’s for lunch then to the Yakama museum, 3.00ea. for seniors. A good display of the valley’s fruit industry. The museum has a superb collection of horse-drawn vehicles, from stagecoach to hearse. They also have a children’s interpretive center where they have hands on experiences.

March 21 -Wednesday 9am 36’ and sunny. We take hwy 82 out of town. We pass a small herd of deer in town beside the freeway. The fields are all plowed and ready for seeding. It looks so tidy. The fruit trees are not in bloom yet and the deciduous trees are still leafless. We take hwy 90 to Seattle via Snoquaime pass 3022 ft. There is snow on the side of the road but the roads are clear. We didn’t take hwy 202 this time as we remembered that they had major flooding at Fall city. Sure is warmer on the west side of the pass as trees are in bloom and trees are getting leaves. We take hwy 405 to bypass Seattle. Everet is a little hairy on hwy 5. One forgets all the truck traffic there. We arrive 12:30 sunny believe it or not and 50’. The Tulalip Casino just past Marysville going north has a great parking lot . Room for every to put slides out if we want. No electric. A bus comes around to take you to the casino or the outlet mall. I hit the mall and stop in Harry and Davids. We go for their great buffet for dinner.

March 20 -Yakama-Tuesday-45’ this morning but sunny. We go to the Best Western to post my blog and check e-mail. Denny’s for lunch then to the Yakama museum, 3.00ea. for seniors. A good display of the valley’s fruit industry. The museum has a superb collection of horse-drawn vehicles, from stagecoach to hearse. They also have a children’s interpretive center where they have hands on experiences.

March 19 Yakama-Monday I haven’t been on line since ST George Utah so I am at a Best Western in Yakama while the RV is getting repaired. Another beautiful sunny day Who knows we might be bringing good weather to Vancouver. We drive around town then go to the Alpinlite factory to take a tour at 1pm. The company is in the process of moving over to the new buildings where we are staying. All but one building will be there by the end of March. They are building 6 RV’s a week. There is positive feelings with the new owners, so that is good. The temperature went up op 70’

March 19 - Yakama-Monday I haven’t been on line since ST George Utah so I am at a Best Western in Yakama while the RV is getting repaired. Another beautiful sunny day Who knows we might be bringing good weather to Vancouver.

March 18, Yakama- 2007 Sunday another beautiful sunny day it gets down to 45 last night. A lazy day we sort some stuff out. The weather is great it gets up to 75’ Another RV comes in for small repairs tomorrow.

March 17- Yakama-Saturday. 39’sunny 7.30am and we are on our way to Yakama, only 200 mi. this was not a good stop as 4am trains blow whistle and every hour after that. We take hwy 82 and get to Yakama 11am 52’ We are the only ones here. We plug into electric. Any one can stop her for free. Our appointment isn’t until Monday. It gets up to 72 today. Our satalite dish works great and we see Vancouver is in the rain.

March 16 Yakama-Friday 7am 30’ sunny. We go into the casino and split an omelet for breakfast, as we have a long drive to Yakama. We travel hwy 30 through Nevada. Idaho and Oregon. We stop in a rest stop and discover that something is leaking under the truck. We are half way between towns, naturally,37 mi to Mountain Home. 9.45am they can’t take us until after lunch. I go for a walk around town. 2.30 we are all repaired. A crack in a pipe on the transmission. Its too far to go all the way to Yakama so we head to La Grande. 71’ and sunny. We stop at a Flying J for the night. We get along the edge so we can put out our slide. We go to their restaurant for dinner. I opt for the salad and soup bar.

March 15 Thursday-We leave at 7.30am, 48’ sunny .We continue hwy 15 to Cedar city and hwy56. Small patches of snow are on the side of the road and on the mountain ranges. We cross into Nevada hwy 93 towards Ely. We get there 11.30 so stop for lunch at McDonalds 59’ and sunny. We see 6 pronghorn antelopes grazing beside the road, and another small herd running a ways down. We arrive in Jack Pot 3.30 -61’we stay at Cactus Pete’s Casino. We have a great buffet for 12.50 each. Boy you get what you pay for.

March 14 Wednesday- We leave Pahrump at 8.30am Sunny 63’. We go a different way. We take hwy 160 towards Death Valley. Then 215E. We do take a wrong turn- we take hwy 215 west instead of east, so we quickly turn around. Saves going through Vegas. We see thousands of new homes, terrible box like structures. Hwy 15 all the way to St George Utah next. .We arrive in St George Utah around 2pm. It is a Western Horizons park so we only pay a dollar including electric. We do not unhook as we will leave early next morning. I go play pokino in the evening and come home a big winner.

March 13 Pahrump-Tuesday- We go to Terribles on the Lake for a buffee lunch 4.95 each . We have a 2 for 1 coupon. Really! Sure can’t beat that. The special is meatloaf. Beef stroganoff ,plus roast chicken. And lots more including soup, salads and desert. We stop at Sherri’s brothel for a tour on the way home. We had been there before for a 2 hr tour and recommended it . Today we only get a short tour but we get to see the bubble room and the S and M room ( whips and chains etc ) A very informative tour.

March 12 Pahrump-Monday- We leave at 7am. It takes us a little longer as we run into road construction in Searchlight Nevada just before Vegas. We take the bypass and do not have to go through downtown Vegas. We see a wild burro on the side of the road in Red rock Canyon. We always see the signs to watch for wild horses and burrows but this is the first time we see one. Our Western Horizon Park in Pahrump is in the winery. We get to stay the 2 night for 1 dollar a night. We meet up with our friends from Medicine hat ( Ron and Pat Fox ) We relive our winter adventure. Another couple from Alberta join us- Bunny and Ron

March 11 Sunday- We are both back to the land of the living. We get ready to leave tomorrow for Pahrump. Shannon flies back to LA

March 10 -Indio-Saturday- Shannon phones to tell us our batteries on the boat are dead, no power no lights. Hudson goes down to check it out for us and sure enough. Always something. Bill said the batteries were 5 years old anyway. Between new tires and new batteries our bank account will take a kicking. I am now feeling under the weather. We were to go to the Joes for dinner but canceled out. Weather has been in the 90’s so that doesn’t help Bill.
March 9 Indio -Friday Now Bill is too high. (sugar count).I do the walk away the pounds and spend the rest of the day reading and relaxing. Reny and I go to the pool. Bill is still in bed so I can’t revamp my closet. Shannon flew into Vancouver for the weekend to take care of all the stuff she had in our boat.
March 8 Indio-Thursday-Today we get our rugs commercially cleaned. There is someone in the park doing it. I go with Reny to El Paseo . Edith was going to go too but she phoned sick. We went to the elephant bar for lunch. When we got back Bill was sick. He was had a very low sugar count. Jack Reny and I had happy hour.

March 7 Indio Wednesday. Sherri and Gerry leave today for Vancouver. Time sure went quickly. We have a tag along to consignment stores . Great fun. We are invited out to Paul and Edith’s for dinner. They moved today to Thousand Trails.( Palm Desert) Weather is getting hot in the high 80's

Two mistakes on yesterday’s blog- the restaurant was called Parker Light house and Sherri and Gerry did go on the Queen Mary

March 6 Tuesday- Sherri, Gerry and I spend the day at the Living Desert in Palm Desert. We start out by feeding the giraffes. They had a baby in June . Is he ever cute. We walk up to the Africian area then enjoy the huge train display. Now it’s time for lunch we go to the Meekrat café in the park. Sherri decides she had enough but Gerry and I go tour the hospital and visit the Mexician wolves, foxes, bob cats and a few more North Americian animals. 2pm time for the half hour show

March 5 Monday-Off today for Long Beach to visit with Shannon and Ethan on Sojourn. We leave at 7am and arrive at 10. Shannon gives Sherri and Gerry a tour of the boat and we go again too. They take us to Bakers Lighthouse for lunch. Wonderful. The Queen Mary is just across the way so Sherri and Gerry want to go see it. We have been on it so we didn’t go. We left at 5pm right in the middle of rush hour, but it wasn’t too bad as we road in the HOV lane and it went very well. We arrived around 8pm back to Indio.

March 4-Sunday - Indio–Today Gerry’s parent come up from El Centro to visit. We go to spotlight 29 as I got everyone 2 for 1 tickets for the buffet. We all have a great time and eat way too much

March 3- Indio -The first Saturday of the month the wild life center has bird watching. Edith and I go with 30 other people, some have telescopes. We see many different water birds including ruddy ducks, redheads, and shovelers to name a few. We see meadowlarks, voltures, yellow rumps and avocets. Many many more .The highlight was when a wild bobcat strolled into view. He was very unconcerned and just strolled by. 12pm we went to the airport again to pick up Gerry. We rented a park model for them in our park. Next we took them downtown Palm Springs were we had lunch at Ruby’s. We drove through El Paseo and stopped at Trader Joes. Gerry wanted to try 2 buck chuck.

March 2 Friday -Indio -Sherri arrives at 1pm. She is glad to get away from Vancouver weather.

March 1 Thursday. Shannon phones to say they arrived in LA safely. Tonight is The Art Walk in El Peseo. 8 of us go, Bills cousin Ken and Linda, Jack and Renny, Paul and Edith. It was their first time. We all had a grand time. We didn’t even make all the art galleries.

Feb28 Wednesday Today is cleaning day for the RV. Bill does the outside windows and I do the inside. The wind is finally dying down some.
Feb 27 Tuesday-Today is shopping day. We go to Wal-Mart, Trader Joe’s, and the 99cents only store. It has fresh fruit and vegetables as well as dairy and meat for only 99 cents. I love the Palm Springs area as we get to pig out on asparagus, avocadoes, grapefruit and oranges at very reasonable prices.