Easter

We had a great time with an Easter Egg hunt in the back yard with 2 friends and their kids.
We adults enjoyed a lovely Brunch while the kids had a ball. Ron came for the day and we enjoyed dinner with the couple next door as well before we headed back home. Lots of fun and excitement.

Grandkids

don't you love them? We had friends over in the morning, took the kids to a park playgrounds with wonderful cargo nets and climbing equipment and off to the mall to see the Easter Bunny. Here are 2 helpers decked out in their bunny teeth and ears.

Off to Gibsons

Ron dropped me off at the Horseshoe Bay ferry. The pink cherry trees out front are so pretty and the painted Orca whale and totem pole add to the scene. This is the view through the islands we pass on the way to Landale after our 28 minute trip.

Catching Up

It's good to be back in our park and we're very grateful we got in. You'll notice the No Vacancy sign. 79 RV parks have closed in B.C. over the last 5? years so this is becoming a problem. It's catch up time. We reactivated Ron's cell, got the income tax done and dropped off, and I had my 2nd physio appt today for a very sore shoulder and hip. Have no idea what I did but they both seized up, however, am moving better and hope to get back to some serious swimming and walking soon. Our indoor pool is one of the things I love about our campground, here it is with the hot tub in front.

back into Canada

We fueled at Ferndale and got to the Border at 11a.m. This painted Bear outside the Brokerage house was for a fundraiser a few years ago. It only took about 20 minutes in line, Sunday at 11:15 and the fellow never even asked us what we were bringing back. It think he was too fascinated watching Ron thread the motorhome through the narrow space. Believe me, there's only a couple inches to spare. We sit high above the cars and you can see the line up coming down 176 St to go to the U.S. The cars are 50/50 U.S. and Canadian. Our dollar is at 82 cents so it's good for them right now.
We're back in the Pacific Border RV Park with all our old neighbors and they're pleased we brought this wonderful sunshine with us.

Up to Seattle, Tulalip Casino

We woke to a frosty white car. A bit nippy around here. We were off into the ORE mountains. From the top, you descend into fluffy white clouds caressing the tree tops until we went into Sunny Valley which we couldn't' see - all fog. It cleared by 10 a.m. To me, ORE always seems to be moss covered trees, Japanese cherry blossoms, spring flowers, green fields with sheep and cows. We fueled at Pilot in Brooks for $223.9/gal. We took the I5 around Portland and saw Mt. Hood with the boats on the canal. There was a traffic accident on the outside lanes about SeaTac we missed an Advisory and couldn't get over in time to go the 405 around Seattle. With construction, there were 5 lanes going into 2, so about a 50 min delay. This is the east side of Seattle's harbour. We arrived at the Casino at 5:15 and enjoyed their wonderful buffet. The baked salmon was to die for.

Off to Phoenix, ORE

Ron woke me at 6:30 saying, come on, breakfast is ready. He'd gone to the McDonalds and brought me a sausage McMuffin and fresh orange juice. It hit the spot and then at 49 degrees, we were on the road by 7:10. We followed the California Aqueduct up I 5, beside green fields, cows and fruit trees. Shane P Dolan is still selling Real Estate, we've watched his signs for 20 years. I marveled at the shipping channels through Stockton that go right out to the coast. Saw a truck at the rest stop with a yellow sign on the bottom side saying, "You're in My Blind Spot". I thought it was brilliant because so many drivers haven't a clue about 18 wheelers or big rigs, always cutting you off, etc. We could see Mt. Shasta from Corning but it was covered with cloud when we went by. The water in Lake Shasta reached the bottom of the boat ramp, unlike when we came down and most of the water had disappeared. We went through the Sisyous in sunlight with dusty snow on some of the trees on the north side. I'm always glad when the mountains are behind us. We stopped at Phoenix at 3:45.