May 23rd to 26th - Logan Lake to 100 Mile House

May 23rd – Mon – Logan Lake
After breakfast made by Pat, I put in a load of laundry and we hung around until their grandchildren Landon & Ryleigh had been dropped off by their Dad and picked up by their Mom. Next we drove to town and went for a walk around the lake. We drove so we could stop at the grocery store on the way back – and I also had to check out the Bargain Store.
Pat made lunch and then the guys napped while Pat & I put food together for a gathering this evening. Rick had just fallen asleep when Claude & Val stopped by for a short visit. They had been in Whistler to watch their granddaughter win a dance competition and were picking up their dog Tucker from “babysitters” Lynden & Charlie.
About 5, friends Ian & Patsy and Lynden & Charlie came over for appy hour – ie “lots of snacks make up dinner”. We had our usual great time. After they left about 10 and we cleaned up, Pat wanted to play cards and Rick was nice enough to extend his bedtime for 2 hands. We will finish the game tomorrow.

May 24th – Tues – Logan Lake
We had coffee and banana/chocolate chip cake with Pat for breakfast, Terry & Rick dug out all our golf clubs and we went to Kamloops. First, Rick had a doctor’s appointment which didn’t take long. Then we went to Princess Auto to get some fencing items for Marg and went next door to check out Price Matters, a Big Lots type of store. We wanted some items but decided to come back as our list included frozen food.
While we were shopping, it started to rain so we decided to cancel the golf game and go to the casino where Pat got to play a while before losing her money but Terry & I just donated quickly. We ate the lunch we had packed, went back to Price Matters, stopped at The Superstore for diesel and a few grocery items and headed home.
We had a roast in the crock pot so Pat put veggies in to roast in the oven and we finished our card game – a win for Pat & I - and played another game where the guys were back to their good luck with wild cards and won again.
Rick taped DWTS from an eastern TV feed so we watched the “good parts” of the 3 hour finale in about half an hour. Then we watched the end of “Idol” and called it a night.

May 25th – Wed – to 100 Mile House
We had coffee with Pat & Rick and headed north about 9. It rained last night and off & on today. We encountered heavy fog for a few miles before Ashcroft. We dumped our tanks in 100 Mile and continued to sister Marg’s in heavy rain. We drove into her place by the “back way” (old power line easement) so we could drive into our parking spot and not have to turn or back too much and possibly dig ruts and get stuck. It took a while to get parked as her yard requires several boards under one set of tires and a lot of extension on the front jacks to get us nearly level. We left the rest of the setting up until after lunch.
I helped Marg with a spreadsheet on her computer that she uses for her tax information and before we knew it it was time to leave for ladies’ day golf. The rain had stopped and we had not cancelled by 2:00 pm so we felt obliged to play. While we were waiting on the first hole, we huddled under a tree as a downpour passed over. Unfortunately we couldn’t hide from all the rain so we got fairly wet. It was “3 clubs & a putter” which is fun. Golf was followed by dinner & prizes – Terry got to reheat leftovers for him & Dad. Terry & Dad dumped out a jigsaw puzzle, turned over all the pieces and got a start on the edge.

May 26th – Thurs – 100 Mile House
Marg was planning on going fishing today but Quille had forgotten an appointment so they cancelled. Good thing as it rained most of the day.
The water pump at the corral had quit working so we had to pull it up. It is quite a procedure as the submersible pump is attached to the plastic hose and you pull up everything with a rope attached to the pump. Terry pulled it up with the rope, Marg guided the pipe up & over the fence and I pulled the 100 feet of pipe out into the field as it came up. We detached the pump and Marg & Terry took it to town to be tested. They did a bit of shopping and picked up a new fridge that Marg had ordered to replace one in the basement that quit. While they were gone, I worked on a large planter with Dad in the shop.
After lunch it just kept raining so we didn’t do much besides work on the jigsaw puzzle that Terry & Dad started last night. I did get a load of laundry done and ran back & forth several times to the rig to bring in stuff that we will need while we are here. Marg went to Quille’s so I made dinner for Terry, Dad & me.