Week ending Apr 28, 2016 Three Hills to Edmonton

On Friday morning, we took pictures of the maps we have finally put on the slideout.  They show all of the provinces and states that we have been in with the trailer. 

On the way out of town to visited with Mom and Dad, we got a picture of the three hills which the town is named for. 

We had a nice lunch finished off with rhubarb ice cream.   John helped Dad with a couple of computer issues.   Dad fixed a problem we had with our tailgate.  He saw that the tailgate was open.  When we arrived in Three Hills on Thursday, the tailgate latch wouldn't release.  We had to take everything out over the tailgate.  Then, without us even noticing,  it had come open while we were driving to Bowden.  Dad took the latch assemblies apart and made a few tweaks, and put it all back together.   It is now operating smoothly.  On the way back from Bowden we stopped at Keiver Lake Rec Area County of Kneehill Park.   It looks like it would be an okay place to camp, although the size of the playground indicates it might be used by a lot kids, so could get quite noisy.

Saturday morning had a bit of rain, the first we have seen in quite a while.   We filled out our IRS 8840 forms before returning to Mom & Dad's for the afternoon.   On the way, we drove through a bit of snow at Torrington, but by the time we got to highway 2, it was dry.  There was a little rain while we were in Bowden.   On the way back to Three Hills,  it was snowing lightly around Torrington again.  We stopped to check out the Torrington Campground.  It has a few nice gravel sites, but no services, but is only  $10/night.   The town mascot, Clem T. GoFur is on the corner of the campground.

Clem T. GoFur

On Sunday, we watched the Nascar race and did our taxes.

Early Monday morning, we headed for Edmonton. We stopped at Rainbow Campground, but none of the available sites long enough for the trailer had satellite access.  We carried on to our regular Edmonton park, Glowing Embers.

On Tuesday morning, we arranged to get together with everyone we have come to visit.  John finished cutting all the wood into 1ft lengths for the stabilizers, and assembled 3 more.   George came out in the afternoon.  We got his taxes submitted, and reviewed his application forms for CPP and OAS.  

Wednesday morning, we assembled the last of the stabilizer blocks. In the afternoon, we went to Fern and George's for coffee and cookies.   A couple of years ago they moved from a small one bedroom in their retirement residence to a large one bedroom with a dining room, good sized bedroom, and deck with a better view.  We had a nice visit with them, catching up on what has been happening with all of us in the last two years.

Thursday afternoon, we went to Joan and Alf's to visit.  John looked at some research that Joan had obtained on Grandad's service in WW I, and did a quick browse of Wade's blog of a motorcycle trip to Alaska.  We enjoyed a nice supper, topped off with a nice bread pudding that was based on Gran's recipe.  Joan gave us a shilcraft rug that Grandad had made for John when he was young.