May 15th to 18th - Logan Lake, 100 Mile House

May 15th - Thurs - to Logan Lake, BC
We went to Aunt Jessie’s for coffee & muffins and took my sewing machine so I could help her shorten an outfit. Hooked up and pulled out about 8:30, arrived at Logan Lake around 11 and backed into Rick & Pat’s long paved parking strip behind their house. Rick moved his 5th wheel as far back as he could and there was enough room that we did not have to unhook.
We toured the house that Pat & Rick are currently renovating (flipping) and then my Aunt Adela (Pat’s Mom) made lunch for all of us. She pulled out her crystal and set a lovely table with colorful, beautifully arranged food. My cousins Allan & Jesse, who I have not seen for many years, live with their Mom and joined us for lunch.
The weather was warming up nicely so Rick & Pat and we changed into shorts and went golfing. Luckily, we can have fun even if we don’t golf very well! After showering and relaxing with a drink, we went to the local pub (Black Bull) for dinner. Pat & Rick’s daughter Morgan works there but she was tending bar so wasn’t our server.We looked at pictures on each other’s computers before heading to bed.

May 16th - Fri - to 100 Mile House, BC
Pat made breakfast for us this morning and then we headed north to Marg’s (sister) place. This weekend is a long weekend in Canada (Victoria Day) and the service stations in town were busy so we decided to dump our holding tanks at the village dump station, go to Marg’s and then return to fuel up without having to maneuver the 5th wheel into a service station.
We arrived at Marg’s in time to set up and have lunch. Then we all (Marg, Dad & us) headed back to town for diesel, animal feed and groceries. We also ran all over looking for a wheel hub cover for the 5th wheel and ended up ordering a couple at Napa.
We are going driving and for a picnic tomorrow so Marg & I made food for that as well as making dinner. We cooked hamburgers over a fire in the backyard which meant Marg & I picked up sticks and raked burnable yard waste as we waited for the fire to burn down to cooking coals. It was a lovely, warm day so we could eat outside. Unfortunately, this gave us ample time to notice the deplorable state of Marg’s picnic table so we added building a new one to our list of things to do.

May 17th - Sat - 100 Mile House
We met Marg’s friend Jane and her daughter Alisha in town at 9. Jane was leading us on a sightseeing adventure through the back roads. Neither vehicle holds 6 people so Jane drove her truck with Marg & Alisha while Terry, Dad & I followed in our truck. We had to check out a yard sale first and then stopped for Jane to fuel up. We managed to find a route to Kamloops that only took about 6 hours of driving! Highway driving to Kamloops is about 2 ½ hours. We stopped for lunch at a spot that was designated “the center of the universe” by the Dalai Lama in India. It was a lovely, scenic place with a panoramic view.
Next was a stop at a waterfall which required just a short walk. Then we detoured when we hit a road blocked by a downed tree which resulted in the lead car stopping to ask the second car if we knew where on the map we were. Luckily, when we came to a more major road (compared to what?), Marg & I agreed on a left turn and an hour or so later we arrived at Kamloops. We took “the road less traveled” to Little Fort and stopped there for dinner. The animals were very happy to see us when we arrived home at 10:00 for the evening feeding. Fortunately, I had the foresight to take Dolly with us.

May 18th - Sun - 100 Mile House
Terry had the new picnic table on his mind so after breakfast & chores, he & Dad started tearing the old one apart while Marg & I dug up suitable boards for the new one. Marg & I left them at their work and went on the ATV to take salt to the cattle. We ended up checking an electric fence which turned out not to have enough “juice”. So I walked about ½ mile of fence pulling branches & weeds off the wires.
We got back to the house in time to make a late lunch. We all worked on the picnic table and got the first coat of stain on most of it before the usual - doing chores and making dinner.
Marg has dial up internet access so I type my blog entry on my computer, copy it to a disc and use her computer to connect to the internet. I am trying to talk her into getting high speed access - maybe by the time we visit again.