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Old and New neighbours!
Today was the day! St. Stephen and Karen were leaving the Island today and heading over to Pacific Border RV camp near the Canada/USA...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 15, 20217 min read


Lost & Found...!!
We had a rather grey, rainy day today when we woke up and we decided to take our duvet cover and blanket over to the laundromat in...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 14, 20215 min read


They’re running!
After I had a really good workout on my new ‘at home program’ in Newman this morning, we were off to meet Josh & Alicia at Englishman’s...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 13, 20217 min read


They arrived!
We spent the morning cleaning up Newman and putting stuff away that didn’t have a home yet. We had very important guests arriving from...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 12, 20217 min read


What is better than a hole in one?
Poor Richard. Today was definitely not how he imagined he would be living his retirement life. He was really laid up with a bad back...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 12, 20217 min read


The jewel in the crown!
We started off this morning with a stunning sunrise over Fanny Bay. We had heard that the herring were running, but there was no activity...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 11, 20218 min read


What’s that?
What did we ever do before Google? How many times a day do we Google something that we don’t know? It really is unbelievable how much...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 10, 20216 min read


Something is not right with this picture!
What’s better than being pampered?.....having an impromptu encounter with being pampered I would say! But today wasn’t my day for...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 9, 20215 min read


Where are the carts?
We weren’t sure if we would be golfing this morning at 9:28am but we drove to Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club anyway, with the hope...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 7, 20216 min read


Say cheese please!
We are experiencing a cool warm up to spring in Vancouver Island. We had thought that by now we would be seeing double digit temperatures...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 6, 20217 min read


Sometimes things just don’t work out as planned!
What a crazy weather day we are having today! We woke up to a grey, rainy, windy day and now its sunny, but still pouring rain and the...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 6, 20216 min read


Wait a minute...there’s a road in the sea!
Today started off a bit slow. With nothing on our agenda until noon, we took our time this morning with catching up with mundane things;...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 4, 20215 min read


St. Stephen knows best!
This morning started out with leaving our RV park at 8:06am for a 9:12am tee time at Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club. As is our usual...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 4, 20217 min read


On the tee!
On the 8th tee my new buddy! This morning as Richard turned the light on in the hallway over my bathroom sink, the light was very dull,...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 2, 20215 min read


It is strictly forbidden!
Last night we were just about to go to bed and the ceramic heater we had running in Newman cut out. I said, ”That’s weird.”. We had been...
Ruth Mcbride
Mar 1, 20219 min read


White caps...where did they come from?
This morning we left to golf at Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club at 8:25am for our 9:26am tee time this morning. We were bundled up...
Ruth Mcbride
Feb 28, 20216 min read


Newman sprung a leak!
Last night just before we were about to go to bed, Richard went under the kitchen sink to retrieve a new garbage bag for the bathroom...
Ruth Mcbride
Feb 27, 20215 min read


Quirky!
Last evening we enjoyed a really neat dinner. I had never used focaccia bread before to make a pizza, or tried a pizza with ground beef...
Ruth Mcbride
Feb 26, 20218 min read


One things leads to another...
We started off the morning being woken up by one of the other RV owners Harley Davidson motorcycle at 5am. I was able to roll over and...
Ruth Mcbride
Feb 25, 20217 min read


Planning and booking, planning and booking!
It is hard to believe that I’ve written 120 blog posts since we left home on November 3, 2020! Today is blog post 121. Wow! That sure...
Ruth Mcbride
Feb 24, 20217 min read
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