Back on the road

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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?