Week ending August 27, 2013

Tuesday we picked up some groceries in Vulcan and then on our way back to the campground explored Champion. 

Wednesday after spending a couple of hours boating on the reservoir,  we noticed that we had a text from Trev from Monday.  Joan walked up the hill from the campground, to get phone reception to respond, but didn't have any luck getting a signal.   So we drove toward Stavely because John had misplaced his sunglasses and after much thought decided they had to be at the Stavely golf course.   We were surprised that we still couldn't get cell service.  Once we got close to Stavely, we realized that we had to reboot the phone (after being out of cell service for a few days, once in a while it can't find  a signal  even though it is available).    After replying to the text, we carried on to the golf course, and sure enough the sunglasses were where we thought they might have been dropped.  As it was a sunny hot day we stopped at the local grocery store for a tropical fruit popsicle called itzakodoozie. 

Thursday we took a walk around the campground, discovered the monument that explained when this dam was built and watched some of the resident birds. 

Friday morning we left for Cochrane. After we got set up and had lunch we went up to the registry office and changed our address on our drivers licences, car registration etc.  Since we will be here for 2 weeks our new licenses should arrive before we leave. In the spring we had rented a UPS mail box, but had not changed our address on everything. The flood in High River has made it imperative, since Trever and family's home is up in the air.

Saturday we did some shopping and then spent a lazy day watching football and the Nascar race. 

Sunday we drove to High River to celebrate Jamie's 13th birthday. All our grandchildren are now teenagers.  We took him shopping and then took the family out for lunch.

Monday was spent doing nothing, a rare occurrence this past week. Tuesday was our annual check-ups.  Joan’s doctor told her that her CT scan results were good, which eliminates one obstacle to get medical insurance to go to Texas for the winter.