On the Road

A new Chapter

2010-03-15T04:29:00.000-07:00

Well Princess and I have started a new chapter. We are making good time traveling. Sunday night we called it a night at a place called Kekabeka Falls. Bob and i have stayed here a few times. It is fun to travel through the northern tip of Ontario and think wow that has changed, etc. Bob and I have done this route that it is a trip that we can do without any map or Garmin. I am really impressed with myself I recognize a lot of the area, so I guess I don't sleep all the time we travel..
Princess is a great companion to travel with, I take the time to stop every 3 hours to give her a walk about and stretch my legs. Fill the van up with gas. I try to keep it at the 1/2 tank level. Once it hits the 1/2 tank I fill it up. It doesn't seem to cost as much...This morning before we leave I will try to get some pictures of the Falls.
So it is time to get showered and re-loaded...take Princess for her walk and hit the trail...Manitoba next stop for the night...
Cheerio

2010-03-07T10:15:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Gracie

The birthday kids

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Rob Happy Birthday toyou.

I could not get him a plain old Happy Birthday cake, I got him his fav saying on a Ice Cream Cake....

The birthday boy, is he looking goood at 63

Finally

2010-03-04T04:50:00.000-08:00

This is my newest card from my Big Sister on the Splitcoaster site. I have recieved 3 cards from her and the most adoreable little purse thingy. I don't know if it is suppsoe to be a cat or a dog, but I am going with a dog...I love to recieved mail from my Secret Sisters, it is so much fun going to the mail box and finding a card from her. Now that I finally figured out how to post again I can get my Blog caught up..

Well it is offical we do have a new house in Alberta. The builders should have the cupboards installed and the flooring is all done. The Real Estate agent who is handling this place called last night and informed us they would like to show this place today at 1 ish.. I explained that there where a lot of boxes laying around but that is the way it is. How exciting to moved lock stock and barrel all across the country. Of course all of family and friends know how we move and the weight of our stuff, so we are looking into a moving company. Let them do all the work. we just pack our undies and hit the road. So we will see the cost of it, compared to hiring someone to load a truck and drive it out West.

So I'll post more later. I have finnaly got my scales to move and I have to do my exercises. It was very discouraging for a month when they only went down 1.5 pounds. But now hopefully I am over that hurdle...

Cheerio

Got Lost

2010-02-18T05:19:00.000-08:00

I am sorry I have not been keeping my blog up, but I did have a very good reason. I lost my password. Okay I forgot it. After so many tries you get blocked out, so finally I found my magic book with all my passwords in it. I do admit to age affecting my memory so I make sure I have a book with all my craft passwords etc in it.

Well we soon will be back on the road again. A new adventure and now we have Princess to keep the Gnome company. Although the Gnome is a little ticked at us, as he has been left behind. We must find a better way to fix him, his head keeps falling off.

This summer was a awesome time, we got to meet new relatives at the Island. Uncle Bev's son who was given up for adoption was welcomed into our lives. What a joy to meet him. It is strange that you can see so much of Uncle in him. Along with him he has a beautiful wife Clair and 4 great kids. Welcome to our crazy family.

This past weekend we had a lovely time at our nieces wedding in Dresden Ontario. It is so much fun to remember her as a young lady who I meet 16 years ago. Now she is married and ready to start a new chapter in her life.... So now that I can get into my Blog i will up date it more often

Cheerio

Wow time flys

2009-11-10T03:49:00.001-08:00

It is hard to believe it has been almost a year since I blogged. Please forgive me. A lot has happened and life goes on. Well to bring you up to speed. Bob got a part time job at the Casino when we first returned to Ontario. It was a Contract of 6 months at a time. In May they renewed his contract. Now granted it wasn't big money only a few hours a week but it helped to pay for our bike & car insurance.( Yes we are Insurance Poor.).
Anyway the long and short of it all is they didn't renew his contract this time around. The same old story budget cuts.
So now he has become another house husband. With recipe instructions he is becoming the master chief. Let me see he has made a great tasting pot of stew, Chili and home made buns to go with both of these. We made Pizza Lasagna on the weekend and it was really good. Of course he is still the master chief on the Barby cue.
Princess Leia keeps him on the fresh air walk, of course we are lucky to have a dog that has a bladder the size of her little body. No kidding she goes out at 9 pm for her last walk and will stay in bed until 10-11 am. That little girl does not do mornings at all. You try to take her out of bed sooner than she is ready and the look she gives you....WELL....

We were sad to hear that Bobs' daughter Stephanie and her husband separated. It is sad when things like that happen especially when there are children.
Bob's son Mathew went to the Navy Boot Camp at Base Borden during the summer, it was a proud day for his father to see him all dressed in his whites on Graduation Day.

So it is time for me to get into the shower and get ready for another day of the working woman...Sucks I tell you just plain sucks......

Secret Sisters Card

2009-02-21T12:24:00.000-08:00

In a couple of clubs I belong to we have secret sisters.

My Red Hat SS wrote down that she liked Sunflowers. So my theme for her this year is going to be All kinds of Sunflowers. Her Birthday is soon coming so I did up this card. I can not post my cards on Facebook as she is a memeber, so I thought I would share them here instead.

I cut the flowers from the Doddlecharms (Shadow) Cricut Cartridge in sizes 4-3 1/2- 2 inches. I shaded them with varoius shades of chalk. I was looking for a big orange button, but as per the Murphy's Law couldn't find one, so I just put a brown circle in the center with a bumble bee on it. I curled the leaves and botton layer outward, and the top 2 layers on the Sunflower inwards. A little poem on the inside and a fancy cut with a Martha Stewart Cutter and Viola!

Bringing The Gnome to work

2008-06-25T08:38:00.000-07:00

Once a year employers let parents bring there children to work to see what happens in the work place. Well I don't have young children, so I took The Gnome. We all know how bossy he is so he was right in his element!

Wow My Lady brought me here. Can you imgine
how much mischief I can get into?

Now ladies I am boss today so Keri get to work counting the pills, and Bonnie check those scripts.

I guess Keri is not going to listening to me eh!

Where is my white coat? How come Bonnie and Claudia have one?
I want a white coat!

I do not fight in her ear. My Lady take me away from this human called Keri. She is doing nasty things to me

See even without a white coat I still can make sure everyone does there job.

Yep even My Lady has to listen to me

1,2,3,4, oh man now we have to start over again. Listen to me My Lady!

Yes Sweet Alice and Me. She is just the best!

The Gnome and the Accident

2008-06-15T08:51:00.000-07:00

Safety first..... My Lady bungee cords me to her seat.

Take a good look at My Mardi Gras beads as this it the last time you will see them on me. On my long ride, from Highriver to Midhurst which is close to Edmonton they where lost some place.
Oh well My Man just said we will have to go back to New Orleans to get me some new ones.

Yep don't I look good all strapped into my spot. Better than riding in the saddle bag is where I will end up at the end of this trip..

Stopping for lunch. I am so lucky I get to come in to the restaurant with My Man and My Lady

Then we had to get gas, My Lady thought it was a cute sign, told me it reminded her of me sometimes. I am NOY KRANKY, I can be difficult sometimes and get into mischief, but other than that I am just like any other Gnome.....But I am adopted...

Our new trailer. Imagine that we will be sleeping and camping in it...

Hmmmmmm now I can drive this baby. Three wheels, no worry about my balance. yahooooo

Tractor, wow I got to sit up on the seat of this baby. An oldie but a goodie. I wonder if it still runs... How does this Baby start.. let me at it...

Well here I am on top of the Bulldozer which changed my whole life...
Imagine that I was just standing on top of this baby and a gust of wind came along and down I went..

Crash Bang...

well this how I looked when My Lady got all my pieces gathered up.

Boy does my head hurt!

So Dr Debi the Ear Dr and Nurse K8 figured out the surgery needed to put me back together again.
Is this going to hurt....

First we have to put all the pieces back in place to see if My Lady has all of them.

Listening for a some mumbling, Gnomes mutter a lot, aah I hear some nasty words coming out of this Gnome so Dr Debi will proceed with the
Super Glue.....

Yep Good Old Super Glue works wonders

The Dr and her Nurse doing the final touches, he looks good. A few pieces missing but we can re model his nose with clay and give him a paint touch up.

Yes we have a good strong beat,

Closing up the final crack

Careful or your finger will stick to the
glue and we will be in trouble...

Ahhh looks good.....

Yep heart beat strong, He is coming out of the glue fumes, we have succeeded in another, fine repair job..

The Patient is well and doing good. Stay tuned for his mischief once he has a chance to recoup. Glue has to dry hard and settle in.

The Gnome goes to Vulcan

2008-05-27T13:45:00.000-07:00

Well I finally get a chance to ride on the motorcycle. I wonder who is taking me. My Lady or My Man on his Goldwing

Well I look good on the Goldwing, What do you think?

Wow do I look good on this bike or what!

NOOOOO

I don't really want to go in the saddle bag.

Well okay if I have this cushion, but please don't close the lid it will get dark in here.

Wow a space Center...I wonder what is inside..

Need I say anything more!

Look it's Spock........

Oppps that is MY Man......

Spock and I such a nice pair we make eh!

A family Picture

Really what did my Humans think?

I am so Embarssed

Well at least I met a new friend...

A space Bear

Wow look at all these Stuffy's

My Lady and I enjoying a drink...

Just chillin with my friends....

Me and My Man have a brew or two...

We get to shoot down space ships, careful they are also trying to beam in an Alien

These are Spocks animals. They were his childhood friends and I am so excited to be with them...

Remember the Trebles on one of the episodes. Well my Man has one in his hand...but My Lady said he can not bring it home...

A space ship...hmmmm...I wonder if those fellas are friendly

Can you find us..me and My Lady

The Star Ship Enterprise

beam me up Scotty

WOW

He ain't Spock but that is okay....

First long distance ride on my new bike....

Well time to go see ya soon.....

Have a great day.

Weekend with a Gnome

2008-05-19T18:46:00.000-07:00

We had a joint Birthday party for Richard, Taryn & myself, but since the Gnome didn't get any ice cream cake Richard found him with his face buried in it.......Bad Gnome......

Mmmmmmm this cake is soooo good, teach them not to give me any ....

NOOOOOO don't let that dog lick my face clean..help me .....My Lady HELP......

Richard and Taryn opening their gift cards from McDonalds

Hard to see the numbers of Course the Gnome put the one backwards but the numbers you can't see is a 17 for Taryn

Beautiful Donna with Rory and she is expecting again, this time we are all wishing for a girl..due in November.

Taryn with the Gnome

Mommy and Sonny with Jake the Dog

oh smile........

The 3 birthday people

Uncle Ted making Rory laugh

Grams and Tate

Popa and Tate

Rory, Papa, Tate and Grams, you sure can tell Rory and Tate are cousins.

Four of the 5 grandchildren

Rory & Papa

Tate and Ric being funny

Ric and Tate hanging around

Father and Son

(Ted & Leon)

Auntie being supervisor, if all else fails read the directions, I think Ric is totally ignoring her though.

Even the Gnome has to put his 2 cents in....

Hmmmmm no one is around, can I steal a piece?

They need the exercise..not me...no one gave me any cake......

Ha...... they only think I will do this.....

Go sister go!

My Lady needs this machine to tone up her.....never mind I better be good.

Hmmmm I wonder if I can cut this grass...

Oh no I've fallen.....

Help me My Lady...

Helpppppp

Flowers... I think this is my garden....

Oh a cold one...ahhhh that tastes so good....

Oh Oh....it's empty and the world is upside down.....

Car ride, the sun roof down, what a glorious day it is...

Oh my Lady what the Blazes are these things, he is sniffing my behind... help me My Lady

Hanging out with the boys.....

Oh no....... I've fallen in the feed barrel

Auntie Debi and Rick mixing up the dirt for the gardens

working away in the flower beds, we have to get them all planted....

oh such pretty flowers

I get to ride around in the wheel barrel while they do all the work...

Oh what a nice job the humans have done...

The Little Britches Parade in High River Alberta...

Just Clowning around......Oh I am so funny....

My friend Sherk and his pony were also in the parade...

Don't cha think I'm a little blurry....come on! its my profile you

are wreaking here It's all about me

Okay I'm in the picture My Lady..now bring me back.....

Can you believe she did this? My Lady walked up to this RCMP and asked him to hold me...so I could get my picture taken...I am sooooo Humiulatied.....look how he is holding me....

Stay tuned for my trip to Vulcan.... Yep went and seen the Star Ship Enterprise..... Have a good week..

The End of our Journey

2008-05-11T20:08:00.001-07:00

Well I got me a new job. I figured I was just as qualified as the next Gnome.
This was a shirt given to my man from his friends Jan and Wayne when they went on their trip.

Well this is our last day on the road, so I thought I would get into some mischief while my owners were loading the car. I found this saddle horse and it even had a real saddle on it. No I did not play with the rope. It was all like that when I sat down.

Look at this lovely piano, I tried to open it so I could play some merry music but the dam thing was locked.

Sorry no tunes today

Just Chilling

Well my lady asked my man to take a picture of us in front of the fireplace, wow he really got this picture lopsided didn't he.

Peek a boo can you see me, I want food.....

Me and my Lady in front of the motel in Billings Montana. Look at all the rocks, neat eh!

OH MAN - back into my seat I go. I was free for a while though

My Lady found this covered wagon when we stopped for lunch. She told my man that we had to take a picture.

There was no horses, what a rip

Me on the water barrel

Me and My Lady posing in front of the wagon...

It's all about me....right.

Windmills and the mountains with snow on the top of them

Yuck!!!

We waited 2 hours at the boarder, my first trip to Canada, I hope I can get in I don't have a pass port...

Wow these Canadian animals are really big

Can you see me?

Look closely down by his toes..

My Lady is standing guard making sure I don't get stepped on...

Motorcycle shopping, can't find the clothes to fit me though...

Yep it is me...

a rainy day & What is a Jackalope?

2008-05-09T19:49:00.000-07:00

Most of today was rainy and overcast. We traveled to Billings Montana from
Cheyenne Wyoming. It was a long ride through Wyoming as there was nothing to see...but we did stop in Douglas so our Gnome could meet a Jackalope...

I noticed a lot of these outlines on the rocks. As you get closer you can see that they are wood cutouts, fun to see from a distance.

Meet a Western Jackalope....

The story goes....the first white man to see this singular fauna specimen was a trapper name George McLean in 1829. When he told of it later he was promptly denouced as a liar. An odd trait of the Jackalope is its ability to imitate the human voice. Cowboys singing to their herds at night have been startled to hear their lonesome melodies repeated faithfully from some nearby hillside. the phantom echo comes from the throat of some Jackalope. They sing only on dark nights before a thunderstorm. Stories that they sometimes get together and sing in chorus are discounted by those who know them best. Much like the stories of Sasquatch sightings, legends of the ever elusive Jackalope continue to haunt Western lore even in modern times. The young lady who was working at the gas startion told us her granddaddy told her about these strange bunnies and she believed for a long time....

Our little Gnome almost disappeared under neath the bunnie

Douglas Wyoming, Gnome reads the plaque

See it is a bunnie with antlers

on the hills leaving town

Yep I've been there

Just add this name to my list....

Hontestly I am not looking

My hubby was complaining because to this point in our trip he had not seen a buffalo, allegator or snake on the road. The next thing I know he has stopped the car and is backing up. Sure enough there is a snake on the road. So he took a couple of pics then turned around so I could take one. He didn't know if it was alive or not. When we turned around and I was taking this pic (from the safety of the car out the window) I noticed that his tongue was moving. It had a rattler at the end of his tail and he was sunning himself in the middle of the road.

Yep he is alive

When I went to get out of the car the reciepts blew across the dash and out the window. I chased them across the parking lot. We were in the National Park and you don't litter.

Now I guess you are wondering what this is..

we were driving along yesterday and it was sunny and hot (we had to run the air) anyway I noticed these sparkles on the ceiling of the car..it took a little while to figure out what or where they were coming from...can you guess?

Just swinging around I had the Gnome in my arms in a plastic bag....

Wen & Thursday in a Gnomes Life (ours two)

2008-05-08T21:40:00.000-07:00

Well I am a litte behind in my blog.
frist night we only had WF in the lobby, yea like I was going down on my jammies and work on the blog.
The next day start of great, we were going to go up the volcono, Bobby wasn't to sure of this but I talked him in to going.
These are the ladies at the entrance of the National Park. They agreed to have their pic taken with our Gnome. Well I should say Bob's Gnome he has adopted it.

Me and the little fella having a rest...

finally a family picture

He thought he would look good amoungest the lava and rocks

See I am here

This is where i ride everyday. My owners take me out of my protective pillow and set me back in everytime .

Can you find me?

Yep here I am

Visisiting the Alamo

a long walk down a shade walk way, very cool and pretty

Look there is just so much beautiy.

Okay so he tagged along. I carried him in a bag most of the time..

A little piece of heaven

Waiting for my hubby

Oh a big Yum yum

directing Bob on his pills..

yep there are 6 cadillacs buried in the farmers field out side of Amerilo

we found the old route 66 and my hubby was so happy

the first sign we came across

great picture

yep this is where I got Bobby

of course hubby would not go down into the volcano. I was just happy that he came this high with me

this just about says it all

a messy litttle creature he is

tryin on his leather jacket

Front view

Back View

I think we make a good pair

trying to find a helmet for his is becoming very difficult

have a converstion with a Geiko, who has his own bike

Yep us on a scotter

Bob was passing this truck so I thought I would take this picture of the cows looking at us

Me and him in Texas

Proof

See Bob maybe you should go left then right at the next lights...

Ladies washroom

Oh Man I am tired

wow a long drive

2008-05-05T20:18:00.000-07:00

Well I found him after he disappered. These little guys love to hide and play jokes on you

yep here he is hidding in amoungest the nuts of the palm tree

What a little jokester he is

See he is so adorable that the ladies at the Welcome center gave him some Mardi Gras beads, and he didn't even have to lift his top.......

Well now he has to have his place of honor on all the states markers....

Just telling Bob to get some gas in the car we have places to go and things to see...

Magnolia's aren't they just so lovely, and huge. This is Bob' s hand next to bulb ready to open up

I love these flowers they are so large and elegant

Finally warm weather

Hubby in Alabama, it was shortly after this that we picked up our demanding little Gnome...

Imagine playing this guitar, you would have to have some really long arms...

My adorable honey

The closestest I will ever gt to this little lady

Warming up some we can now go with out our jackets

Gettysburg

It doesn't matter your religious beliefs, whether you believe in a higher being or not, you should always take a minutes to thank the men who fought in all the wars to keep us free.

A penny on there grave for them

No words needed

Waiting for hubby...

Yep I can find purple or RedHats whereever I go

yep here we are

oh baby its cold out here

I love my sis in law

no I am not going to eat that wieneer, you can't make me

The Grandbabies

2008-05-04T19:36:00.001-07:00

On Sunday April 27th we spent the day with our children and granbabies.

I think Mathew is getting taller than his dad.
Beware Mathew now has his G1. Yes it is hard to believe he is 17 already....

Poppa and his Laila. She is such a sweetie. Growing way to fast. Talks up a storm and is a busy girl all day long.

I love this picture of Poppa and Justin. He looks likes he is really listening to his Poppa.

Our future Tiger Williams. Is she going to be a golf pro, or a wack and thump like her grandpa's.

Stephanie teaching Laila how to petal. Finally after numerous attempts Laila got the pedals to go forward a couple of times. Yea for Laila....

Yes the couch is outside, but that is because they got a new living room set. We were trying to get Justin to look forward and Laila grabs his head and makes him look at the camera. Stephanie was laughing and having a hard time taking the picture. but it turned out great as all of us have a smile on.....

Daddy with is little girl....

Curtis and Sanda's wedding

2008-05-04T19:25:00.001-07:00

Well our friend Curtis did it, he found himself the most wonderful lady. They both adore each other and are so in love.. We are so happy for them after the rough 4 years they had leading up to this special day......

A Red Hat Cornation

2008-03-04T19:52:00.000-08:00

Well this is my first attempt at using digital scrapbooking. I found it user friendly and of course with Kelseys help I got these pictures in place.

Alberta Baby

2008-02-22T08:09:00.000-08:00

Donna makes sure to post cute pics of Rory on her facebook for the family and friends to see how much he is growing. I love these pics with the cabbage patch kids..Rory is laughing and sharing a secret with his friends

Ahh...... monkey buisness it is this time...

Rory and his monkey share a secret

Before Rory came along Donna & Chris's baby was and still is Clyde. A great dame. He just adores his Rory and keeps a close eye on him.

So for Valetnines Day no pictures or story book would be complete without a pic of Clyde with his big red heart.

Clyde has to make sure that his Rory is alright.

Yes we know Rory, some day you are going to ask your momma why she did this, but just rememeber it is better than those bare butt pictures that always show up in your baby book

sometime or another.

here we go the

King of Hearts

It's not a Fat Bob!

2008-02-15T15:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day to me...look what I bought myself.....

It is a 2006 Vulcan Classic 900. Belt drive, leather hard bags with quick release, floor boards, heel/toe shifter. Mustang seat with a sissy bar and back rest. Studs all the way around the leather. It is a pretty blue and silver. Less than 2000k on it. Another one of those bikes that the guy buys and realizes he really wants a Harley, so he trades it in on a new Harley..

Well I did make this long with out a bike and okay Wilf you were right I did miss it. Bob and I traded our other bikes in on the Goldwing at the end of July 07.
I was thinking of the summer ahead with no bike and I felt really sad. Once you have your own bike it is kind of hard to give up that freedom. Bob was wondering how long it would take before I would miss biking.....
Harley brought out a new bike and that was what Bob had gone to the Harley Shop to see for me on his way to work. When he took me in on my next day off to see the Harleys I fell in love with this one. I know how can you pass up a Harley? Well easily when there is a difference of $17,000. For a Harley as dressed as this one is I was looking at 24,000-26,000. Sorry Harley people I didn't want to go that far into debt.

So now where is the nice weather. I am being told May long weekend around here, well if that isn't more of an insentive to go back to Ontario, longer biking season. But then again last Thursday when we were at the Harley dealers there was a biker just geting off his bike. I guess if a Chinook comes through there is no stopping the bikers. But myself I will wait. They use rocks and stones on the roads out here instead of salt.

So I did let Bob sit on the little girl. He keeps asking me If I am going to let him drive it. We will see.
He did finally get to see Harley's Fat Bob.
( But he isn't willing to give up his Goldwing for any other bike thank goodness).

Now I just have to make Alf a new outfit so he will look good sitting in his place of honour.

Fun time with the boys

2008-02-01T22:24:00.000-08:00

The boys had a lot of fun playing with Grandma Debi's baloons. Jakson sson brought his, but Tatte had a blast chasing it around the room.

Uncle Bob holding Tatte while Grams Kate got his lunch ready. He is growing so fast and is not a fussy eater. It was harder keeping the 2 little boys filled up on good stuff.

Our Niecce Laura asked if we would take csre of Jackon and Tate. Uncle Bob and Grama Kate are a little rusty but we did fine.

Granma Kate messed up tv and Jaksosn laid on the bathroom floor to yell down at Uncle Bob that we needed him to come and fix the tv. Soon Uncle Bob was there and we managed to get the tape machime going, so we watched Pinocico and Skooby do. Ya ya..

2008-01-28T22:33:00.000-08:00

Well they were telling us that an Artic frost was coming. Well let me tell you something. They are right. This mornings temp was with the wind chill factor -45. I'd say dam cold. People came to work and on thier lunches they would go out and start their cars and trucks.

I have to wrap a scraf around my mouth to get back and forth. The air just takes my breath away. (himm isn't there a song about that?)

Just before the artic front moved in we had a light dusting of snow and it was really pretty. So out I go in my jammies and slippers out the door to capture the snow on the trees before it all falls off.

I found some other trees around the yard that I didn't have to got far to get pictures of it.

Look what the Postman Brought

2008-01-19T09:03:00.000-08:00

Beem me up Scotty there has to been biking weather some where........

Bob and I went to the Calgary Motorcycle show on the first weekend in January. We always attended this show in Ontario and bought our Christmas presents for each other there of thing we needed or wanted for our bikes.

Bob had been looking on line for Goldwing jackets that matched our bike. The prices were good but he held off unit we could check them out at the show. We were disappointed as the dealers had only show stuff there. Nothing on display was for sale. But we did try on jackets and got the size and the prices. These Jackets that we are wearing cost $465. each at the dealers. My thrifty hubby bought them on line at an American Outlet for $179. with shipping and customs the 2 jackets came in still cheaper than one at the dealer. He order them and they were here in a week and yes they are Joe Rocket brand The retail stores wonders why we do cross boarder shopping.

This is a front and rear view of hubby's jacket. Don't you look at his bald spot, I guess it is time for another hair cut..Off it goes

Well I am posing but I did forget to add something to my fancy attire.

OH MY GOODNESS ............

A bit Lazy

2008-01-18T09:32:00.000-08:00

Well I have to admit I have been a little lazy on my blog site. But I have really been Busy. I joined a card swap and had to make 20 cards. Well when I got my list there were more than that so I continued. But I love it, the more cards I send out the more I get back. Wow just like Christmas cards, every year I send out about 40 cards and I get so excited when I see my mail box with cards in it. But then again I am one of those that have my cards all ready to go the 15th of November. Yep in the envelopes stamped and ready for the end of November to send them off.
Sister & I have joined a month Scrapbook club and get plenty of idea's for our scrap books. I did 2 pages last night and I can hardly wait to post the one.
It is about a Bear named Oatmeal. Oatmeal was adopted by our daughter Stephanie when she was 3. She took Oatmeal to school and love him very much. Soon Stephanie grew up married Mike and they had a little girl named Laila. Oatmeal was handed down to Laila to love and hug.

I love to take picture of the mountains and hope to be able to find those special pics to put in the scrap book for memories.

One of the joys of the country side here is the winter sports. Snow shoeing is my newest adventure. My friend took some pictures of a water line up in the Kananaski Park. It is the main line from the lake and it has area's that are not sealed tight and it leaks. These leaks freeze and form all kinds of shapes.
Well am going to go and get on my own Lap top as it has the pictures of the ice monsters and other things see ya soon.......

Happy New Year

2007-12-31T09:18:00.000-08:00

Well I hope everyone had a good Christmas....

Sister and I finally took time last night to sit down and do a scrap book page. The only time we have had a chance to do it together is at our monthly Scrapbook Classes. Which by the way she was the monthly winner last month. She got to pick $200 worth of scrapbooking stuff to add to her collection. For Christmas Bob and I gave her a large square scrap booking box on wheels. She can now wheel her stuff to the table and it is all in one space. Richard gave her a couple of cases to add to her growing collection.

Anyway back to the scrapbook session. I finished my friendship page. It is a page with my friends Arlene and Linda when they came to Orillia to see Harold's show. It is really nice and I can hardly wait to show them.

Sister worked on a page showing the grandsons touching there Papa's beard. Jackson was so amazed that it was so soft. Gently with one hand then with both he was stroking it. Mr Tate on the other hand touched once with one hand then using both hands grabbed on to his beard. Papa couldn't say to much as this took place in church. After church we got Tate to touch Papa's beard again for a photo shot.

I do miss seeing our Gran babies but this was a choice I had to make. When we planned our trip 4 years ago there was no babies. (Thanks to the wonderful world of Internet we get pics of them. Thank you so much to our daughter Stephanie for doing this for us.). My time spending with my Western family is a once in a life time event. My grandmother is 90 now and other relatives are aging quickly. Time does not stand still for anyone.

Bob has had to go on insulin for all meals now. his pancreas is slowing shutting down. Alberta is a pioneer province for Islet Transplants so we will see if he is a candidate or not.

We had a great Christmas with family and new friends and look forward to the summer to travel and explore the Western Coast. Look out BC here we come, Los Vegas and all the rest.

We hope everyone has a safe and good 2008

Happy New Year

Love

Katherine & Bob

Merry Christmas

2007-12-28T19:14:00.000-08:00

Sister and I after all the
excitment. We put
our new jammy's
on and had
a hot cup of tea

My son and I

Richard helping
his Auntie do
potatoes for
Christmas
Dinner

Hubby and I
with one of
our presents
from our good
friends Jan &
Wayne They
were greblim
bells for our
bikes

Just chillin

Richard with one of his
many gifts

Auntie Laura with
Rory.

Mr Tate isn't
he a cutie

Hubby dressed for
our walk around
the block

The 3 Amigos.
we made them all
sit on the couch
'and open there
presents at the same
time.

Yep aren't they cute!

Richard telling us
all he needs is
mittens that
go
under his coat...

My hubby

Leon being silly

Uncle Bob with Tate

Auntie with Rory

Ted with Tate

telling Jackson he

can't open the

cases that all his

toys came in..

Uncle Bob with Rory and

I after Dinner

Poppa Leon

with 4 of

his 5 grand babies

Auntie Kathy with

Tate, & Grams with

Rory

Tate all dressed up. Laura's mom

had some lady make 7 of these

outfits for the youngest

grandchildren to wear

at Christmas

Grams with Rory. He

is only 2 months old

and smiling and

such a happy little

man.

Auntie Babysitting Tate & Jackson

2007-12-27T19:46:00.000-08:00

12 Days of Christmas

2007-12-27T19:30:00.000-08:00

We thought we would start a new tradition and we celebrated the 12 days of Christmas.
On Dec 14 we opened our first gift. From each other. It was a lot of fun and something to
look forward to after a long day at work. All kind of silly thing were given and I have put some
of the pictures on our site. Enjoy.

Red Haters & Santa

2007-12-27T19:17:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas, to all the Red Hatters

Yes Santa I have been very good, I eat all my Red Hat deserts..

Red Hat desert Yum yummm

Past Queen Arlene and Lady Kate.....

Craft Show-Calgary

2007-12-02T12:32:00.001-08:00

Wow what huge decorations on the tree. We went to Spruce Meadows in Calgary to see the stuff at the Craft Show last Sunday. It was also Deb & Leon's wedding anniversary so I had to take some pics of them.

Leon playing with the balls at the wooden shoe.

Sitting for a spell trying to warm up.

Ain't love grand...

Ahhhhhhhh

I asked for a turkey dinner with smashed potatoes, I got it jumbo size don't you think.

Wow

These ice ornaments were not melting so look at sister and I down below, we are suffering from a hot flash, or in the West they are called Chinooks. Chinooks are warm winds that can come through in winter and warm everything up. It can be cold as anything one day and a couple of days later, people are going around with out there winter coats on...

Yep we got a Chinnok going on here....

Just a little of this and a Little of That

2007-12-02T09:56:00.000-08:00

Well we are all ready for Christmas I think, but then again, are you ever ready for the big day.
Since we have put our bike away for the winter our travels are slowing down. So in order to keep the site up and running I have added a few of my fav pictures.

If you see one of yourself let me know

my fav nephew Ryan..my how big he is grown

my little brother Walt, myself, hubby, Damieon and friend Mike

Grandma and Miss Laila in the Pool.

Harold our good friend, I just love this picture of him

hello me and Arlene having a glass of wine...another glass of wine and another.....

This is my sister friend Jan and her, baby Mr Beasley. Mr Beasley is like an old man grumbling and complaining all the time......

Hope you enjoy my postings check back more often as now that the Christmas Season is fast approaching we will be posting hopefully more often.....

Love and miss you all

Family-Babies-Grandparents

2007-11-28T18:32:00.001-08:00

The newest member of our family.
Rory Dierickse born to Chris and Donna Dierickse, October 2007.
We all got to hold an spoil him when they came for a visit at Debi & Leon's.

Big sister Taryn showing pictures to little brother Jackson

Great Auntie Kathy gets spoiling priveledges with Uncle Bob looking on.

Ted & Laura with Tate on his daddy's head

Mr Tate, we just love those big eyes, he is so cute

Laura with Tate

Uncle Bob with Jackson on the bike. He sits up there, not afraid wanting to go for a ride. It is To cold otherwise uncle Bob would be dressed and he and Jackson would be out riding around town

Grandma and Poppa with 4 of their 5 grandchildren

Proud parents Chris and Donna with Rory.

Tate again

Grandma feeling Rory

Poppa with 2 of his boys...

Auntie Kathy with Tate

Visit with my Son

2007-11-28T18:24:00.001-08:00

Well my Son came for a visit and to spend some time with his mom. We had a good time going around to stores in the area. We bought him a pan so he could make his fav. dish kraft dinner..

Wow a good picture of him laughing, he was moving at the same time, but at least I got one.

Queen Kate

2007-10-13T13:29:00.000-07:00

Most of my family and friends know that I am a Red Hat Queen. My group is in Orillia but while I am traveling this year my Queen of Vice Grace & Vice Queen MaryLou are running the group.
Where ever you go there is always a Red Hat group and they welcome Visitors with open arms. If you are unfamilar with Red Hats well they are groups of women over the age of 50. They meet monthly or more times and enjoy life dressing up in Red Hats and purple clothing. If you happen to see someone where a purple hat and red clothing then wish them a Happy Birthday as it is there birthday month. Red Hatting is now around the world just about every country has a group.
In the top four shots I am trying on a purple wig at the HighRiver function. I meet a few new friends and had a good time.

I had sisters car and after I picked her up we had to go and check on the horses.

They thought my hat and flowers might be a good meal.

We did have fun taking the pictures. The one on the right is Buck and the other is Skip.

Thanksgiving

2007-10-13T13:03:00.000-07:00

Thanks giving started off really good.
Leon had to go into work on the Sunday night
Bob was working Sunday on afternoons so we
thought we would have 2 dinners. Sunday night
with Leon and Monday night with Bob.
I baked apple and pumpkin pies on Saturday.
Sister got up early Sunday stufed and got the bird in the oven.
We then started on the veggies, since we have such a wide variety of likes we were going with, regular smashed potoates,
sweet pototoes, squash, corn & peas and gravy......

Sister got the regular potatoes ready for the stove
Then when I was doing the squash behind her she started with the sweet potoatoes or Yams. The peelers wasn't co-operating
so she switched to a big knife. Yep she did it cut her self really deep. So off to the hospital her and Leon go. Not bad only a hours wait time and she got herself stiched back up...2 stitches.

Well they stitched her up and put a huge bandage on it because it was still seeping blood.

The offending
Yams!!

I didn't get a picture of everyone at the table so I took one of the meal after the first round. We did this all over again Monday night with Bob which was Thanks giving.

Mom's Anniversary

2007-10-07T09:31:00.000-07:00

Debi, Leon & I went to the mountians on the 10th anniversary, of our mothers passing,

the first picture of the Local Wild life

Ski resrorts with nature made snow

Pinic area with a little snow covering it

Leon you are going to be in trouble

Gotcha, and your going to get it now

I'll wash my hands first with the snow, then I will fire it at him, Leon where are you?

Ready, Aim, Fire

Hurry get going Sister he is coming to my window

All the animals on the road licking the salt off the road. Look at the Baby.

Pretty on the mountians, I just love the way the snow fell on the mountians.

Sisters.....

If you look and see the pointed ridges, these are called the Hoodoo's, just inside Baniff. This is the area where we released our mother's ashes 10 years ago.

A moment of reflection.

Pretty mountian, in Baniff

Yep she is my sister

Let me whisper sweet nothings in your ear!

Deb and Leon at the Christmas store in Baniff, in front of one of many trees.

Lonesome Me, hubby is working this weekend

It was a good day in the mountians. We spent most of the day up there, exploring and looking around. Baniff's main street, was all tore up to refresh as the signs said. In reality they were putting in new storm drains.

Mystery of the Mountains

2007-09-09T21:05:00.000-07:00

We decieded to go for a ride up to the mountains this Sunday.
It doesn't matter how many times I see them they are still an amazing mystery. But imagine our suprise when we seen the snow. The higher we went the cooler it got. At one point there was snow along side of the road. I asked Bob for the temp and it was 10 so that was roughy 50 degrees. Good thing we had dressed for it today.

Some of the scenery was so pretty, sometimes even the camera doesn't show it all.

Found us a water falls along side of the road.

Hubby taking a rest

Nice and clear but so cold.

Whoa Bobby wait for me......

I am told these are Mountain Sheep but really...

Don't you think this looks like a goat

Wow look at the snow

And more snow

Yep this is another wild animal on the road....but I really think it is called a cow!

After a ride the bike needs to be shined up again to make her look like new again.

Newfie Bound Part 4

2007-08-23T07:53:00.001-07:00

Going up the bay...Denise and I in lawn chairs at the back of the boat. This boat only had the captains chair for driving & since it was a fishing boat that is all that is required.

A jelly fish you don't want to touch. I took this through the water with my long lens. There were a lot of them out where we were traveling.

We also seen a whale a few times but she was being camera shy and I couldn't get her picture.

She even came up close to boat, but of course I was on the other side of the boat with my camera posed and ready for her....

yep got my feet wet in the Atlantic Ocean...

Bob and Derick resting after a hard day of relaxing.

Derick playing the ugly stick. A newfie musical instrument. Derick looked high and low for just the perfect piece of wood to make his ugly stick.
(yep that is a condom you see on his front leg)

Hubby and I enjoy the cottage up the bay

Newfie Bound part-3

2007-08-23T07:32:00.001-07:00

It was just amazing to see the tide go out. This area looks as if it is all dried up. Every time it happened I was just in awe. This was across from our host area. They lived right on a small bay which was just around the corner from the ocean.

Bob and Betty looking at the map. We were going to the cottage which is only accessible by boat in the summer and ski-do in the winter. As the locals say we were going up the bay...

no hot water, no phone, no hydro, and on my no Internet.....very peaceful. We had power at night time when the generators where turned on. But at bedtime they were shut down as it disturbed the peace and tranquility of the area.

Night has come............

Newfie bound part 2

2007-08-23T06:59:00.000-07:00

Our first sight of Newfoundland. It was a cold rainy day when we docked and it pretty well stayed that way the first day. We had to travel through an place called Wreakarea. This is where the ocean blows such strong winds that it has been known to blow transports off the road. We were thank full that at the time we went through it was windy but still able to travel. When the winds get to high the road is shut down.

Betty's sister was our host for the first day on the island. Geraldine took us up to see the point where the Dover Crash took place. We got to see a piece of the plane and look at a very small part of the island .

A piece of the plane from the crash...

Hubby having a cat nap. We put in 2 long days of driving and a

short sleep on the boat. We docked at 7:00 am so he only got about 5 hours of sleep

A much deserved wash. The bikes were really dirty and covered in salt from the ride along the ocean front. Of course we had bugs from 5 different province to get washed off.

Newfie bound part 1

2007-08-23T06:00:00.000-07:00

Waiting for the boat in Sidney Nova Scotia.
Wilf had booked our reservation for Thursday night. We left Orillia Wed am at 5 am. Needles to say we seen little of the the other provinces. Only what I could take from the back of the bike.
Our first night was spent in Montreal only 20 minutes from the New Brunswick boarder. We got to the docks at 9;00 pm. our ship sailed at 12:30 am.

Passing scenry in Nova Scotia

Can you guess Who?

2007-08-23T05:50:00.001-07:00

It was so windy and rainly crossing Newfoundland I wore riding glasses and a scraf over my mouth and nose. Riding as a passenger submits you to more of the elements as you don't have the windshield protecting you. I will be investing in a new helmet with the sheild across the eyes and nose. Until then I look like Kenny off South park. I sure suprised a women in Montreal. She cut us off once going into the tunnel then thought she could do it again. I urged Bob to get up beside her and I shot her the finger. She stared at me. When she safely passed us her male passenger was staring out the window at us. Teach them eh!! LOOK BEFORE YOU TRY TO CROSS OVER IN FRONT OF SOMEONE>>>>>>>

Yep It is me!

New Bike

2007-08-22T04:56:00.000-07:00

After traveling from BC to Ontario we decieded to get ourselves a new bike. So we traded in both bikes for a new one. A 2007 Goldwing. It is a beauitful color and rides like a dream. We easily logged on 1000 k a day. I keep telling Bob that I fell I should put my seat belt on when I get into the seat.

Pictures don't show what a nice bike it is but I have to show everyone what she looks like.....

Up date

2007-08-12T04:59:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have not been able to up date our blog. The host home we are staying in has dial up service and it belongs to the teenage daughter. Since we are in her room she is sleeping in the basement where the computer is. The host also runs a buisness out of her home so day time use is restricted. Hopefully today I can transfer the pictures from my computer to disk and up date the blog.
The weather has been pretty good but it sure is windy here.

take care

Bob and Kathy

Well it Happened

2007-07-29T19:30:00.000-07:00

My turn to do the morning check up. Oil and tire pressure checks are done every morning.

We traveled from Orillia to Alberta then from B.C. back with no problem until we hit a little area called Spanish. We had just gassed up and the throttle cable that is attached to the handle bar on Bob's bike broke. He lost all power and motioned me to get over. I slowed down but hit the edge of the road and down I went. The next thing I knew I was looking at the grill of the truck behind me. I was very lucky that the lady got stopped. Bob pulled over and looked back in horror as I laid sprawled on the road. But the good thing of it all was the only thing wrong was a bruised and scraped knee. The lady who was driving the truck help Bob and I pick the bike up off the road.
When we got to the dealer they had never seen that happened before, but did not have a handle in stock. they called Sudbury and Bob agreed to go and get it. The dealer would be closed when he got back but he was instructed where to put it so the mech could work on it the next day. Steve had come and got me from Auntie Stella camp and I waited and worried about Bob until he finally arrived at 8 pm. Tired, hungry and wet. He had got caught in the down poor. My rain suit fit him somewhat, so he stay mostly dry.
We left around 10:30 Sunday morning to head to Orillia.

Bob not happy waiting for the tow truck. it took 2 hours plus to get a tow truck to us.

It took three of us to load the bike in the trailer.

Bob and the driver pushed it up the ramp and
I steered it. Then came the fun part of
making sure it was secured. The driver was
really good, I rode with him and Bob drove my
bike. We had to have the bike taken to Espilola.
That was the closes dealer.

My poor knee. It is a little stiff now but I am very happy that is all I ended up with.

Thursday night found us in Ashland. Since we arrived early enough after supper we went for a walk.

Imagine this fish on the end of your fishing line.
I put my feet in the water to say that I have done Lake Superior. What dirty sand it was. I had to wash my feet when we got back to our motel room.

I found this water tower so cute. Just had to stop and take a picture of it.

Monday & Tuesday

2007-07-24T17:05:00.000-07:00

After getting to our motel at 11:30 Sunday night we started. Monday off early to try and get a head of the heat. Our first stop of the morning was Sturgis.
Bob wanted to go and see what the town was like so we rode through it at 7:45 am. Stopped at McDonald's for a juice break and by then it was 84 degrees. Bob wanted to take a picture of the famous bar that in one week would be over run with bikers of all shapes and size.

The next stop was a town called Wall.
Before we stopped for lunch we looked around. I found the sign below the guns to be a little funny...........

I guess they really don't want you to play with the guns.......

I had my hunny sit with the pretty lady to get his picture taken. Of course he had to rest his hand on her knee...

Now I wonder what she did to him to get this expression?

We had lunch at the Wall food court. Wall is a small town in the middle of no where on the edge of the Badlands South Dakota.
In 1931 a man name Ted Hustead and his wife Dorothy took his $3,000. inheritance and bought the only drug store in Wall. Business was bad in the little prairie Town where only 326 people, 326 poor people. The depression and a drought had wiped out the farmers. One one stopped for coffee or anything else. Ted had promised his wife that they would give it 5 years and next year was going to be the fifth year. As a Pharmacist Ted also studied some veterinary medicine so he could help the farmers when there livestock got ill.
One hot summer day Dorothy went to lay down after putting the children down for a nap. She wasn't down long and decided to go out and tell Ted her idea. "All the cars going by on Route16A just about shook the house to pieces and I think I know of a way to bring the travelers to our store. What all travelers need is ice cold water, why don't we offer free water." Ted and a young lad spent the next week making signs to nail up and down the highway and it worked. Now Wall is a huge downtown area, with all kinds of stores with all kinds of different gadgets. they still offer free ice water and coffee for only a nickel.

We had lunch and got back on the road. It was so hot, that we had to stop every 1/2 hour to get cooled off and drink water. The one stop had bottled water in the freezer for people. The temp was 112. I wasn't sure how much farther we could go. I was not feeling well and the air was so hot blowing in your face. Finally at 2:00 Bob said it was time to get off the road and we would try it really early the next day. When we had our shower and went to get our deodorant and things, our deodorant had melted. What a mess! We were in bed by 8:15 exhaust from the heat.

Tuesday
I woke up at 5:15 am and looked out side. It was still dark. I had forgot that we had crossed over the time zone back a few miles from our motel. We got packed up and dressed and on the road by 6:10 am. We were going to try and get as far as we could before the heat drove us off the road.

The first rest station we stopped was around 7:45 am. Bob told me to take some pictures but I didn't go off the path this sign pretty well says it all

From where I stood this was the beautiful picture I got.

While waiting for

Bob I took

some

fun shots

Isn't he handsome....

Today we made it as far a Mankota, Minnesota for the night. Tomorrow we hope to be pretty close to the Canadian boarder. Bob is going to bite the bullet and cross the bridge at the Sue. I have to testify in court on Monday and Bob has Dr's appointment.

Yellowstone National Park

2007-07-22T18:11:00.000-07:00

Entrance to the Yellowstone National Park. It is a big and expansive area.
We got to the park at 11:00 am. It was already starting to be a hot day. It wasn't long before we removed our Jean Jackets and Leather's. Even though there is no helmet law in a lot of the states Bob insists that we wear ours.

Moose were all over the area. They are so used of the humans that it doesn't bother them to have us standing around taking there pictures and looking at them.

I know it looks like snow, but it is a acid powder. The same acid that is on the top of your car battery. It is so interesting to see it all, in some spots it looks like there are stepping stones.

This is a dormant hot spring cone. Funny looking isn't it.

a hot spring pond, it is so blue and you can see down in it. The temp is boiling hot.

We never got a chance to see Old Faithful. It can erupt any time between 60-130 minutes apart. The time it explodes can last 1-5 minutes. This is a picture of a smaller Geyser.

A good name for this one Spasm Geyser, it pops and bubbles . Looks just like water boiling.

We crossed the Continental Divide 3 times. So we figured we should get a picture of it, so I told my hubby to get in the picture.

A family came along and offered to take
a picture of the both of us at the sign. Not often do we have a picture of the both of us in it.

Mr Bison out for a stroll., first he was walking down the road then decided to go over into the grass. I could almost reach out and touch him he was that close. He just ignore the humans.

This moose end table was in a gift shop we stopped at for water. We have made bottle water our drink of choice, even when we eat now, lots of water.

Bob found these rock formations really
interesting. We stopped for a minute to
take the picture and have a rest.

They look like castles, but this is from the wind and elements.

on the go again

2007-07-22T17:46:00.000-07:00

Our day started off meeting up with the people that we had talked to at Crow's Nest Pass the day before they invited us for breakfast with them and we chatted and found out where we all had come from Ontario.

Day is Ended.

Sitting on something that isn't moving!

Yep it is raining here in Sand Point Idaho. The rain lasted a few hours then stopped and it came out hot....

Our breakfast friends. the far side young man is from Peterbrough. His family moved to Calgary when he was 7. The girl sitting next to him is a Pharmastic The Lady next is married to the guy at the end with the white hair. They are from a small community called Midhurst which is right out side of Barrie Ont. They moved to Calgary with his job 10 years ago and have no plans to move back to Ontario. The bald man works with the white hair guy and is going to Orillia ON next week for his sisters wedding, but is from Calgary. It is amazing how you meet people and find something that you all have in common. But as Bob says, we never would have had any conversations with these people if we weren't biking.

Day 1-Wednesday

2007-07-20T21:42:00.000-07:00

Wednesday started off over cast and threatening to rain. It was hard to get any pictures of the mountains with the haze on them.

So instead I took a picture of the flowers growing on the side of the road.

I had found a funny picture but I couldn't get Bob's eye so we could slow down. All along the fence post at the road were hats of all sizes. Baseball, hard hats, baby bonnets all perched on the top of the fence post. The final post had a big of a different twist though, it had a bra and panties tied to it.....

This is a picture of the mountain at Crows Nest Pass. It was a beautiful sight going through there.We stopped at a gas station and meet a couple from Newfoundland. They were on there way to Yak. We meet up with more people at the last Tim Hortons and there were 5 of them traveling from Calgary to Seattle. People who bike all seem to talk to one another, it is a great way to meet new people.

We stopped in Spartan to see the biggest truck in the word. Imagine the fact that it holds 2,000,000 golfs balls. Now I wonder who counted all those balls. Some body sure didn't have a life....

Hubby standing beside one of the tires......

This is were we are and were we have to go today!

Finally the American boarder..

My face all burnt, we had to go and get a different sun lotion. Something stronger!

Holding 2 glasses of water on my cheeks to cool them off. They were so sun & Wind burnt.......

Back on the road

2007-07-20T21:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry there have been no blogs but we were at motels that internet was either very low connnections or the next night I would have had to insdert my credit card to get a line. So I am doing all three days hopefully tonight..For some reason the blog site is not co-operating. Hopefully tomorrow night I will be able to get caught up. Today we spent 10 hours traveling. Tomorrow we hope to be able to go through Yellow Stone park. We were suppose to do that today, but one of the locals told Bob about a short cut. WELL>>>> we ended up having to change our reservations and get off the road at 8:00 pm. I will say one thing, I really don't want to see another sign that says, truckers chain up, because that means you are going up one mother of a hill, then when you get to the top there is a sigh that says Strong Gust of Wind, well let me tell you something, those strong gust of winds can almost knock off your bike. By time I am done this trip I will have super strong leg muscles. You do get to see some beautiful scenery if you have the guts to take your eyes off the road to look out over the valley.
So I will try once more to post some pictures. If it doesn't work I will leave it for tomorrow night. We are in Livingstone tonight....

Storm damaged

2007-07-17T06:45:00.000-07:00

Well we didn't get by with no damage to our vechicles as we had orginally thought.

Our windshield has a big circular crack on the passengers side. OH MAN

The hood suffered a big oww eee that shows and some that don't. Total dents that we could count to inform the insurance company was 12. Pretty sad for a new vehicle. But the hail stone were really big some as large as baseballs and coming down as hard and fast. Sister Debi's car and Leon's truck was hit also. Debi's little red Focus suffered 8 dents and Leon's truck got a chip in the windshields and some dents. We have notified our insurance company and I am waiting for Debi's to recommend a place to take our van for an estimate. We will have the work done while we are on the road. But since we are in no hurry it can get estimated and wait until we return for the winter.

We hope to leave early tomorrow morning to head back east. We are excitedly looking forward to the trip to the east coast with our friends Wilf and Betty also to see our grand babies and their parents. Keep checking our site for the pictues and adventures traveling back to Ontario and touring through the Eastern Provinces.

Another Hot Day

2007-07-15T20:44:00.000-07:00

Sunday turned into another hot hot day. No air moving and we were just vegging around the house when we decided to go for a ride up in to the mountains. Leon showed us the trails that he & Deb ride on the horses and we went for a small walk. The reason it was a small walk

was the horse flies were biting. Man oh man do they

hurt.

After supper we seen the skies turn dark and it started to rain & hail. It sounded like someone was throwing baseballs at the porch roof. We went to look and found hail the size of golf balls. Bob is holding 2 in his hand. The one beside my foot was only 1/2 of one, the other part broke off when it hit the edge of the porch. The hail also riped Bob's cover on his bike, but a strip of duck tape will fix that for right now. We were concerned about the van but what we can see there is no dents in it.

Friday 13th Birthday "Leon"

2007-07-14T18:20:00.000-07:00

Leon Celebrate his 59th birthday On Friday the 13th.

We got a nice Ice cream Cake and Debi had invited their good friends Marna & Brian over for a Barbecue and cake. Bob barbecued with Leon's new tools we gave him for his birthday. Marna and Brian gave Leon Dollars Store money. They are rich with fake money now. Ted, Laura, Taryn,Jackson and Tate gave Poppa best wishes as they could not attend because they had a family reunion to go to in B.C. But Leon and I watched the Boys the day before and Jackson was happy to spend time with his Poppa. Debi and I spent a few hours the night before putting a memory book together for Leon of his younger years

Supper at Ted & Laura's

2007-07-10T07:45:00.000-07:00

After supper we had Dilly Bars from Dairy Queen. Grandma Debi was giving Tate a taste. Then when she went to take a taste his head followed the ice cream all the way up. How dare Grandma take a bite?

This is Laura and Jackson. What a big smile he gives and loves his mommy.

Great Auntie Kate got to hold and snuggle with Tate. He is such an adorable little one. Chunky cheeks and so cute.

Poppa Leon with his boys.

Fun with the Horses

2007-07-10T07:26:00.000-07:00

We had to go out and check on the horses. These beauties are very friendly and like it even more if you have a treat for them. My sisters horse likes to give her hugs, and is always sucking up for more treats.

He also likes to get his head rubbed, his eyes are almost closed.

Horses are not one of Bob's fav modes of transportation. He is not afraid of them but keeps his distnace. He was more comfortable with taking pictures than petting and feeding them treats.

This is Leon's horse. Leon is the only one who can get close to the horse. Leon is still using his crutches recovering from knee surgury

Meeting the newest Great Nephew Tate

2007-07-07T20:31:00.000-07:00

When we arrived Debi called Laura and Ted to tell them we were here. They came over for a visit. We got to meet our newest great nephew and Great Uncle Bob got to meet both children Jackson and Tate and our niece Laura for the first time. Jackson doesn't always like having his picture taken. You have to ask his permission and if he doesn't feel like it, it is a no go......
This is Laura and little Tate.

Here is Grandma Debi with her Grandson Tate.

Isn't he a cutie?

Surprise Sister

2007-07-07T10:58:00.000-07:00

Well we managed to sneak into my sister's neighbour hood. parking our vehicles down the road, and walking to the driveway. I had called her earlier to make sure she was home. When I got to driveway I called her again, and rang the door bell at the same time. She answered the door and stood there and stared at me before she realized it was me and started to scream, yelling Leon....

finally she gave me a hug...and said what are you doing here?

Then all of a sudden she realized Bob was standing back taking pictures.
Finally I really suprised !!!

GOTCHA LITTLE SISTER

The People you Meet

2007-07-07T10:49:00.000-07:00

We had just stopped at the Travel center after entering Alberta. Bob noticed a canary yellow Gold Wing bike and thought to himself now way could this be his friend. There was a bunch from Orillia that was riding to Alberta to the stampede and left around the same time we did. Sure enough it was the group that he rides with on Thursday nights. Al and Bob have coffee together at Donut Line every day. Al was just amazed at the size of the fields. He as driving his riding bunch crazy with his ohs and ahs.

Camping in Regina

2007-07-07T10:26:00.000-07:00

Even when we are camping I can still check our Internet. A lot of camp grounds are all WiFi now. If you camping site isn't in the hot spot usually at the club house you can find everyone. It is funny as the camp ground we stayed at had lawn chairs and a table for the people to sit and everyone was sitting around with there lap tops and checking mail or whatever. We were lucky because our camp site was in the hot spot.

Bob cooking our supper. First he had to put together to new Barb-Que I bought for our trip, small but very practical.

I got to make breakfast, I cheated and we had oatmeal and fruit. Healthy and filling, good for a long days run. Our aim is to get to High River Alberta today. My sister does not know we are coming so this will be fun.

Manitoba & Sask

2007-07-07T09:47:00.001-07:00

We finally got to cross out of Ontario into Manitoba. It seem to take forever to get through Northern Ontario. Very pretty to travel and we seen the Goose, and Winnie the Pooh's Home town.

Our greatest enjoyment of Northern Ontario was the young cub we seen. He ran across the road and made it safely to the other

side. When he got there, he stop and looked back as if to say
Ha Ha I made it.

Saskatchewan was flat until we got closer to the Alberta Boarder.

We came across a family of ducks. Momma duck was trying to get her little family to the other side of the highway. She had two babies and when she she realized she couldn't get across safely she flew back, one of the babies did a summer salt in the air. It was really quite funny to watch.

Bob and I thought it would be good to put bumper stickers on the trailer. Does that make us look like world travelers? Nay just fun to do.

Stuck in Kenora

2007-07-03T19:56:00.000-07:00

We pulled into Kenora around 5 pm Last night (Monday). This is what our traveling train looks like from our motel room. We watch the weather channel when we arrive at each location and we didn't like what was suppose to be coming across upper Ontario.

When we got up in the morning it was really over cast and the weather channel had a Thunderstorm watch out for this area and into Winnipeg. We deceided after a couple of hours that it would be safer to spend another day. After talking to the front desk Bob found out that the down town was suppose to be a 20 minute walk away. So off we go on foot to explore. We went to the park, and found this Bear. It was a loonie bank, a huge bank. The money collected is used for the children of the town. Imagine trying to fill this one eh!! I hope to be able to get back ont he road tomorrow. Nothing ever became of the storm.

White River-Pooh's Home Town

2007-07-03T19:22:00.000-07:00

You can't go through White River without stopping at

Winnie the Pooh's Home Park. Winnie was started here and they take great delight in having a park dedicated just to him. If you go around in August they have Home Coming Week. Who can resist the Pooh Bear?

Hubby is a wee bit cold here. We had been on the Road since 8 am and this picture was taken around 10. He had drove through a couple of rain burst and wasn't happy about it.

I on the other hand was really warm and dry. I felt so bad for him. This all happened early in the day. After visiting Pooh's Park we stopped for some gas and coffee then we started on the Road again.

All of a sudden there was a rough spot in the road. I tried to slow down but didn't get slowed down enough in time. I watched in horror as the trailer with my bike on it went into the air and when it hit the road again I thought for sure I was going to loose my bike. One set of straps let go but thankfully the other side held firm and stopped it from going over the side of the trailer.

I got pulled over to wait for Bob to come back to me and after I stopped shaking we straightened up my bike and tightened up the straps. Thank goodness every time we stop I check the straps to make sure they haven't loosened up any.

Kekabeca Falls

2007-07-03T12:09:00.000-07:00

My hubby talking to the local Police officer. Actually he was buttering him up as we didn't put anything into the meter, we were only stopping for a moment!

We stopped at a place called Kekebeca Falls and spent the night. The Legend behind the falls is that A Fair Indian Maiden who was the much loved daughter of the Tribal chief. One Day when all the young men where off the women of the camp found out that there was a tribe of unfriendly Native's camped up stream. The daughter decided to go for a canoe ride, when she was captured by the nasty tribe she pretended to go against her people and agreed to lead them back to her camp. She lead them in single file down the river, there are different endings to the story, one is she jumps to the shore and the others go over the falls. The other story said she gave up her life and went over the fall with the others to save her village.

Northern Ontario

2007-06-30T18:00:00.000-07:00

Well meet Mr Moose. Isn't he a fine young man. Has his sexy glasses on . Once we started to travel through the North we were reminded that they come out after dark
It is fun to see the little town dress up the stuffed animals.

Bob did better today and only got a couple of showers. Just enough to get him wet. He was glad they weren't downpours like yesterday. We carry a gas can with gas in it, the price of as varies so much. It can cost anywhere from 1.13-1.32 a liter. When we find it cheaper than 1.32 we fill up the gas can and fill when needed.

Our last stop for the night was Wawa. I really wanted a picture of the Famous Goose. I took a picture of both of them, the new and the old. I like the old one the best. Our hotel room bed is a lot more comfortable than last night in Blind River. The owner told us he had just refurbished the rooms. I think he forgot the room we slept in. The bed was the kind that you had to hold on to the sides to keep yourself from sliding to the center. By time morning rolled around you were more tired than when you went to bed.

2007-06-29T18:23:00.000-07:00

Well today is officially our first day on the road. Alf is on the handle bars of my bike which is on the trailer. Tigger is riding on the back of Bob's bike. Today we didn't pay attention to the fact that it was protest day for the Natives. We did good time until we hit Espanola. Traffic came to a stop while and we waited. After sitting for over an hour the traffic started to move very slowly. Then suddenly the skies opened up and it poured down rain. Needless to say it cleared the road and traffic started to move fairly quickly. But Tigger, Alf and Bob got soaking wet. Bob was a little more fortunate as he had his rain gear on so he stayed somewhat dry.

We made good time until we got stopped just before Elliott Lake turn off. We then sat for about 2 hours. You could here the drums and the Natives singing. Finally they opened up the road and everyone got going. I managed to get a picture driving slowly past the protesters.

A New Baby

2007-06-27T19:16:00.000-07:00

Well here he is Justin Micheal Andrew Major at 28 hours old. Gran & Poppa shared him with Great Gran. We had a nice visit with Stephanie and Mike and gave lots of hugs and kisses to Justin.

Welcome

2007-06-23T11:27:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog.
My hubby and I have for the past 3-4 years have been planning a road trip by motorcycles and camper. Finally he retired on New Years Eve 2006 and the wheels were put into motion.
Our first adventure was going to Florida. I had never been there before and thanks to our wonderful friends George and Marla I got to experience the lovely South in the winter time. They let us stay with them for almost a month and then bring hubby's 16 year old son back in March.
Hubby had so much fun showing me around that he got just as excited as I was and even got his picture taken with Tigger but my fav pic is with Mickey.

Now our house is sold and the big adventure starts. Off to New York and surrounding area's. August 1 will find us on our way to the East Coast with our friends Wilf & Betty. Betty is from Newfoundland so we are getting the best tour guide. She will show us all around the island and the best parts to see.
Right now we are awaiting the birth of our second grand child ( a boy) to make his grand entrance.
But we all know Babies come when they want, even though Poppa and Gran can't go anywhere until he arrives.
Once we welcome Justin into the world our touring will begin. After visiting the East Coast we will work our way to the West Coast. We are going to spend the winter with my family in Alberta then in June head up to Alaska. Back down into the States and hit the places we didn't go to on the way back to Ontario. Hubby wants to Ride on Route 66 for a spell just so he can say he did.
Check back at our blog often once we hit the road it will be an everyday adventure.
Bob and Kate