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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
Nov 1, 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 30, 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


Thank goodness for Jonathan & Bill!
We had to wake up early this morning so we were showered, dressed and fed before Bill the appliance repair serviceman showed up to work...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 22, 20215 min read


Just when we thought everything was going so well!
Newman strikes again! Yesterday we had a fantastic visit with Christal and Owen and came back to our RV park in Fort Steele to find that...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 22, 20216 min read


Aren’t grandkids great?
Why didn’t we have them first? LOL!! Owen and Grandpa! Well as you can see we made it to Cranbrook, B.C.! 5 days to get from Fort Erie,...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 20, 20214 min read


What a difference a year makes!
We definitely feel a lot more confident this year driving across Canada in Newman with Jerry along for the ride. A year of RVing,...
Ruth Mcbride
Oct 19, 20215 min read
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