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A nice reprieve!
Don’t you love mornings when you have no urgent plans and lots of time to get organized, to get going? This morning was one of of those...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 12, 20216 min read


The Vicissitudes of life!
We’re surviving the vicissitudes of life! The ‘ups’ and the ‘downs‘ of living in rainy Fanny Bay. But I will make you wait until the...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 11, 20213 min read


Blue skies, smiling at me
Nothin’ but blues skies do I see…. Ah, a nice morning for a change! Sun, blue sky and no rain! When we saw we had some blue skies, ...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 10, 20214 min read


“That’s a shame….”
Last night I went and picked up Richard from the Comox airport. I was dreading the trip frankly. You never realize how far away you are...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 9, 20217 min read


What a huge palaver!
Last night I was very busy trying to find the reservations I had made for our Christmas trip to Europe. I am normally pretty good about...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 8, 20218 min read


It’s time to pivot!
I woke up with an alarm this morning because I had an early tee time and had to be down at Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club for 9am. ...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 7, 20218 min read


The ‘old’….and the ‘new’
Guess what? I bet you can’t guess what I’m going to say next? Or maybe if you’ve been following the blog for awhile on this trip you’ve...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 6, 20217 min read


Signs of hope!
I woke up this morning to sunshine! What a nice feeling to look through the tarp on Newman’s front window and see sunshine! Newman’s...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 5, 20218 min read


A ‘ME’ day!
The forecast again today was 100% chance of rain. I guess there was no ‘wiggle’ room in that forecast! At least I had my ‘ME’ day...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 4, 20216 min read


One year later and Newman is up to his old tricks!
Last year on this very day, we left Fort Erie, Ontario to start this crazy journey across Canada to Fanny Bay, Vancouver Island with...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 3, 20219 min read


Hasta la vista, baby!
We woKe up this morning to a very nice sunrise. We’ve seen nicer here in Fanny Bay, but the nicest thing about looking out the window...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 2, 20216 min read


Here we go again!
This morning we were getting ready to leave Peddar Bay RV Resort & Marina so I headed down to the lower parking lot with Kramer the Kona...
Ruth Mcbride
Nov 1, 20214 min read


Exploring…that’s what we like to do!
Last night we had the absolute best pizza from Glenrosa Farms, just up the road from us in Peddar Bay RV Resort & Marina. The owner has...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 31, 20215 min read


That was kind of intense!
Yesterday when Josh and Alicia were visiting us, I asked Alicia what would be a good trail to hike so that when we reached the summit, we...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 30, 20216 min read


There’s nothing like a good, home-cooked meal!
Today was the day we were going to meet up with my son Josh & his girlfriend Alicia. Last year we were not able to have them inside...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 29, 20215 min read


What’s really wrong?
This morning we had our ferry crossing booked for 11am and we needed to be at the ferry between and hour to 45 minutes before the...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 27, 20216 min read


Been there, done that!
3, 1, 97C, 5! What the heck does that mean? Read on to find out! This morning before we left our spot at The Orchard RV Park in Lake...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 26, 20216 min read


We ‘whine’ and we ‘wine’!
Last night was not a good night! I am not sure I slept much thinking about our desperate situation with Jerry. I was up very, very...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 25, 20216 min read


‘Mann Tracht, Un Gott Lacht’
or translating from Yiddish….. ’Man Plans, and God Laughs’ The road of life is definitely unpredictable. Our best laid plans can be...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 25, 20216 min read


Oh oh…that’s not good!
We woke up this morning a bit startled that we had slept as long as we did! 8:42am and I was still in bed! When I finally did get up I...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 23, 20215 min read
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