HI all, we haven't passed away from the chill in the Okanagan, we picked up the new 5th wheel on the 15th of April. Didn't get the stuff transferred over from the old to the new trailer til the end of the day, so got locked into the Voyager RV compound. Had to call the salesman, then he sent security, he called his wife, and she brought the keys down. Quite a wait fur us, and we were pooped.
Left there at 7:30 PM or so, and got to Holiday Park in Winfield, BC, shortly after that, just exhausted. Then Lary had to hookup in the dark, we didn't even know where our flashlights were located, and of course the new trailer has 3 slides, and you can't basically get into it except into the hallway by the kitchen, or up the stairs into the bathroom when it's all shut up tight and the slides are in. The new power cord for 50 Amp is very heavy and very stiff. And hooks up differently to what we're used to. Also the dealership de-winterized for us, and left all the gate valves open, so we christened the ground in the RV park til we realized what was happening. Our gray water was flowing right through from the drains to the ground. Oops.
We basically staggered into bed after we tried to organize things a bit more.
Our friends Gordon and Trisha Lugrin live in that park, so the next day we got in touch with them, showed them around the rig, and tried to pack a wee bit better.
Went out to dinner with them to a local restaurant, Mama Sphengis, in fact we had had dinner there the night before too, by ourselves.
We are very surprised that in the longer rig we have fewer cupboards, we were very spoiled in our Jazz trailer, and of course expanded our bumfffff to fit into every conceivable space. Hmmmm, we will be weeding out lots and lots of stuff.
And of course we have summer clothes which we used down south, and winter clothes which we are wearing now. Brrrrr. We have the furnace on low at nights.
It has been going down to nearly freezing overnight, but a bit warmer during the day.
Gord and Trish took us to Gray Monk winery for a tasting on Saturday, and we ate dinner at their house both Saturday and Sunday nights, all of us contributed somehow, though Trish bore the brunt of the socializing and cooking.
Of note is Latitude 50 wine, both white and red which Trish enjoys. It's from Gray Monk, so we bought some of it and some other wines they had on offer after our tasting.
Di bought a tee shirt that says "Hug me, squeeze me, make me wine"!!!!
We had lunch with Joan and Bob Gregson formerly of Parksville, now Kelowna residents. We went to the Jammery, and met them for Sunday brunch. Great to have a catchup, and find out what the latest is all around.
Now it's Monday and we have come on down to Oliver again, we are at Desert Lake campground, a lovely campsite on a small lake here, it's so pretty as there are willow trees that are just coming into leaf, and the redwing blackbirds are singing their hearts out here too. A lovely location, with fish jumping in the lake.
The clubhouse overlooks the lake, and they have pull throughs, and the campsite is just immaculate. Doug and Lorie the managers have just returned from down south themselves.
We hope to visit with our friends Grant and Katie Long, they live here now, they were formerly in Brentwood Bay, near Victoria. And we might be able to contact Caesar and Leona Jordaan if they are back to Oliver from Baja, Mexico.
Heard from sister Sue recently, she has been very busy indeed.
We have said we'll stay here for 3 nights, then go over to Keremeos and hope to visit friends Gordon and Bernice Elderkin.
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