Friends from Nanoose Bay here for lunch today

Nadia and Walter S came for lunch with us today. We fed them tuna salad and tabouleh on a bed of romaine lettuce. It was really hot, and sunny, during lunch since we were sitting kind of crowded at the dinette, we put on the air conditioning. It got to 83 today, we showed N & W all around this complex, and they were very impressed.

There are quite a few rental park model trailers available here, they go for about $1500 a month, and are 1 Bedroom, 1 bathroom, fully furnished, self contained, and of course the park has about a million things to do. I just discovered there is silversmithing and lapidary, as well as woodworking. There is also a sewing room, a coffee/reading room, and the list goes on. There is bocce, and new bocce courts being made, and there are pickleball courts, too.

Walter had brought us a movie he recorded, Slumdog Millionaire. Very nice of him.

After lunch they left around 3 PM, and we said our goodbyes.

Then we went to the pool and had a nice swim, though the hot tub wasn't hot for some unknown reason, so we didn't go in it.

Later we went out to the IHOP or International House of Pancakes, as it was Shrove Tuesday and we wanted to have pancakes. No joy, at 7 PM there was a lineup out the door and along the sidewalk, so we went back to a lovely Italian Restaurant, La Dolce Vita, and had a super dinner.

The owner is Italian and had spent many many years in Surrey outside of Vancouver. He was very friendly, as was his staff. He's been down here now for some 30 plus years. One of the waitresses came from Chicago, and other restaurant patrons with us in the restaurant were from Hamilton, here on a bus trip, so we chatted to them also. Our waiter had spent 13 years living up in Seattle, but he's back here now, though he loved it there. Small world indeed.

A couple of days ago a record high temp was set at 91 degrees.

Monday Di went for a pedicure, Lary got propane and diesel, then we went to the pool. The truck temp registered 90 then 92 degrees, so Lary felt hot......!

Cold Chicken plate for dinner Monday, that hit the spot in the heat.