Another historic day! Canada has become the 3rd country to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, says Health Canada The first doses could be administered as early as next week. Predictions are everyone who wants to be vaccinated will be by the end of December 2021.
Start yet, another day with the plank challenge. Our friend, or perhaps ex-friend, Val challenged us to. We started November 24, today is day 16. “You’ll get stronger” she says, WRONG, this is killing us.
The other excitement planned for today??
Where are we?
Result!
From this to this
Can this day get better? Got our annual flu shot.
Our treat for the day, take out Chinese from Chopsticks.
Think I won’t get up tomorrow as the plank challenge will be 2 minutes. Talk about time NOT flying by.
Margaret Keenan 90 years old became the first person ever to receive receive the Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus vaccine outside clinical trials. This is the first of two planned jabs of the vaccine at Coventry Hospital outside Birmingham. 2nd “jab” in 21 days. Love this – the second person to get the vaccine!? William Shakespeare, 81.If your last name is Shakespeare, what else would you name your son?!? 😂
Hopefully December 2021, all what wish to be vaccinated will be!
It’s been raining for what seems like forever, OK only 2 days but the drabness doesn’t agree with me. There are sites we’d like to visit, Oyama Lookout as well as a waterfall that is supposed to be on the rail trail. We have walked the rail trail but no waterfall sighting yet.
Allan forces us to go out, heading to Oyama Lookout Paved road didn’t last long.
Didn’t make it to the look out. As we are getting closer there is a sign stating “Road is not maintained” 3 vehicles are approaching, a BMW Crossover that is towing a pick up that has chains on the tires. Behind them another pick up that stops to remove chains. Off in the distance a vehicle in the ditch. Allan decides to get out and ask the people in the vehicles…”Don’t go” we are advised, it’s a sheet of ice. We heed the warning, Allan snaps some photos, he’s slipping and sliding on the ice here. Good idea to not go further.
This is the view from our non look out point – T’is beautiful…
T’is ugly. Never, ever have I seen anything like this 😢 How did it get here?
We pass this house. I guess the listing price at 4.5m, great views, getting all the building material up there must be super expensive. Allan guesses 1.4k. I’ve got this win!! Photo of the home, photo of the sign
Photo snatched from the listing of 9602 Benchland Drive get the link won’t last for long as this gem and will likely be sold quick. Beautiful home!!
Listed price???? Ta dum…. $1,095,000 Let’s just move on….
Back down the mountain we go…
Allan’s next idea.. let’s walk the rail trail to see if from this point we can find the waterfalls.
Oh Bob!! Dirty little boy!!!
Never before walked session of the rail trail here we come!
What is that boat type thing? It’s very noisy and doesn’t move much.Look! a little waterfall is this the one?
Let’s keep walking… Think we’re good, should be hibernating….Someone decorated a 🎄along the trail
So steep
Warning!
and a look at the other direction
The wonders of nature. Focus on the roots growing out of the rock..
We pass a mini beach
3.5 km walk from where we began we find the falls😊
We know the answer to this! Kokanee Blue and Kokanee Gold!!
I asked the group “Rant & Rave Lake Country” what the must see, does are in the area and got some new ideas. Now it’s time to explore their suggestions, off we go.. Exploring the rail trail today in the opposite direction we’ve gone to far. I think we are supposed to turn right when we enter the trail. Duck Lake is right I’ve read many posts how nice it is but we haven’t gone yet because of, you know, 🐻 sightings. They should be hibernating now and we are bringing our coyote/bear spray so we should be good.
Get to the trail entrance, I start one way Allan the other. Seems, once again, my lack of geographic awareness has me going the wrong way! Allan, is disappointed, I am incorrectly turning right as not only are the waterfalls we are seeking require a left turn so does a beer at Woody’s Pub.
Pass apples that didn’t make it to harvest. ☹
Continue on the trail Those shadows!
Cows! Eat beef!!!
Time to head back, should not have drank so much water while exercising.
Spion Kop Hiking Trails, the easy trail this time. Double checking the map.
So far so good!
Trail takes us under Hwy 97
We turn left at this stump
Should have gone straight, hill is very steep
Driving home we decide to detour and drive down Beaver Lake Road. We cross it when we walk to Lake Country. There’s lots of vehicles that go down it and we are curious where they go.This quickly turns into a gravel road with more bumps than imaginable. What’s up with the snow? There are cars behind us and some approaching Still can’t figure out where everyone goes but enough of this; we turn around.
Cows…. As Allan says “Eat beef!”
Home we go.
I look it up, we would have had a whole lot more of bumpy bump if we continued.
End of the road, Beaver Lake Mountain Resort. Looks nice but I can’t imagine renting a place that requires using an outhouse!
Woke up to my first ever Wine Advent Calendar!! Next up…
Mega tree decorating day!! Decorations & lights supplied by Dollarama!
Ta-da…. Done!
Christie, my SIL, posted turning a pine cone into a tree a while ago. I wanted to try it so here goes. The one on the right is Allan’s. In case you’d like to try, instructions posted.
Finally time to open Day 1 🍷
Today’s offering, J.P. Chenet Brut Blanc de Blancs
Sparking White. Wouldn’t have bought it, but did enjoy it.
We take the rail trail to Lake Country. Along the way we spot.
Errands complete, including putting a firepit on hold for pick up with Bob, we find ourselves at Woody’s. Lotto pull tabs are popular here. Ren, the bartender, guarantees if we buy $10 worth we will win. Let’s give it a try. Allan divvies up the tickets
Ren was correct! We did win some 💲
Walk home, pick up Bob, get our new propane firepit. Oh how we long for a real fire. For now…
We have a difficult time getting a mobile RV company to come to check on our on-going power issues. Seems this time of the year they prefer to skirt RVs. Skirting an RV: putting material around the bottom of the rig to keep its nether regions protected from the cold.
Example:
One of the companies Allan calls (who do not have any openings) suggests Mirel’s On-Site RV Repairs. Mirel agrees to come, arrives at the agreed time on November 16th. We’re so relieved to have found someone. He checks the power at the post, puts his meter on Bailey, Allan comes inside to allow him to work. Next thing we see he is loading up his truck. Allan goes out, yes he’s packing up as he doesn’t feel comfortable troubleshooting the electric reel. The guy that recommended him did say if he didn’t know how to repair he would not. We are happy he didn’t persist and potentially mess up more but we still aren’t fixed.
Vern set about determining the power issue and confirmed the issue is with the power reel. Poor guy, working in such tight space. These parts are the culprits:
Even I can see how scorched these are. Long story short, these are proprietary parts to the reel manufacturer in the States. No distributors in Canada. We have no choice but to order and wait for it’s arrival.
Happy we dodged a fiery bullet! This is the only smoke we want to see Never gets old!
Found snow!
get the link won’t last for long as this gem and will likely be sold quick. Beautiful home!!
Those shadows!
Figure it out!!
Smiling now!
yummy
So far so good!
We turn left at this stump
As Allan says “Eat beef!”
Done! 
Ren was correct! We did win some 
Finish the evening by the fire.