Most of April 2022

April 12, 2022 Goodbye Rondalyn! 6 long, cold, rainy, snowy, did I mention rainy but still filled with fun and many adventures months Bailey is motoring again!

First fuel! Think we both had near heart failure with the per litre price, 239.9. Had to authorize the pump 3 times to get satisfy Bailey’s thirst.

No one ever said RVing was for the faint off heart so off we go…

Oh my, we did not sign up for snow. What were we thinking heading north??

No snow on the ground here 🙂 Site 41

This is us, here

A tree welcome! It’s happy to see us!!

Just steps from the beautiful Straight of Georgia

Our first of many fires in the pavilion. You are not permitted to have fires on your site but fine to have in the pavilion and Cape Lazo supplies the wood!

April 13th our first trip to Comox. We approve!

April 14th A walk on the beach

Walk deserves rewards. Spot them ??

April 15th A little bit of a scare… Arrived at North Island Hospital at 1130a left at 555p What a day!!

All’s good even got to “duck”! No, that’s not BOB, just a close relative

Good night

April 16th – In coming, it’s a big one

April 20th Day 1 of the Snowbird practices consisted of four planes. They come to Comox every year to practice before heading to the various air shows they participate in.

April 21st Rainy, rainy day but who cares when you start the day with a delicious breakfast followed by a campfire in the Pavilion

Pesto Eggs Delish

Fire time is all the time

April 22nd This fellow got a “bird’s eye view”

So fun watching them practice and SO loud!

There they go, end of another session

April 23rd Good morning Comox!

Birds are not happy with the weather change

Here they are and there they go!

Fire time!

April 24th Meet the neighbours. Kind of quiet, love them

More birds, more fires. Snowbirds were out too, thought you saw enough of those photos, fires however never enough. 🙂

I thought the coffee pot was leaking. Would have been a cheaper fix. Always fun, not really. A leak from ????

Apr 26th First 2 photos leaving Comox, 3rd Ladysmith

For those of you following the demise of the ship today’s photos after being out of Nanaimo for 2 weeks.

Much liked reward after our Nanaimo harbour walk

End of January 2022

Well silly me!   I had this done then didn’t publish.  A little late but it was fun for me to relive the end of January 🙂   February & March’s adventures are posted on my FB page so if you aren’t already a friend send me a FB request.   

Jan 16th – Fun trail, we didn’t get lost for a change…

Jan 28th – Woohoo Allan WON!! Worth the Nanaimo Frosty Stepping Challenge.  Much fun, and we go to parks we would not have gone to. 12 locations (all Parks within Nanaimo), 12 clues for the location. Once there had to find a QR code which gives you a word. Once you have all 12 words, unscramble them to find the correct phrase. My guess was “PARKS RECREATION AND CULTURE LAUNCH ACTIVATE 2022 WITH OUR PARTY ON JAN 1ST” we were then placed in a draw and Allan won. Woohoo. Allan is with Deborah Beck with Nanaimo Parks Recreation and Culture.

   January 19th Nanaimo Waterfront walk

Jan 22nd.  Today’s adventure

Yep reward time!!

My Sweetie!     

We waved  they waved backed 

Here’s me! 

The walk back   

Then another elk sighting 

Jan 23rd 

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January 1-15, 2022

January’s weather is anything but stellar, so far.  Rain, snowstorms, tsunami warning, and very little sunshine.

Some of the highlights…

January 06th, wake to a crazy amount of snow for the Island  

   

   

Poor Bailey and Bob!     

And then there is this course! January 09 – A day of sunshine!   Off to Neck Point Park for a little dip and hike 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then off for our first hike with our Christmas present walking poles from Kyle & Megan

Beautiful scenery and glorious sunshine

Such hard hiking deserves our reward! Yum!Look close at the following 2 photos….   BUBBLES, big bubbles

Here on the hill, in the white hat is the Bubble Lady.  She’s hold a bubble making wandLook at these hardy souls, not even wearing scuba gear.  BRRR

Here’s Allan ready to soar with the bubbles…

A few more bubbles and a bird flying to check them out (click on photos to enlarge)Home to a fire to wrap up this, beautiful day

January 15th – D’rive back from our Kyle’s visit!  Rainy, foggy

First photo is from Kyle’s deck, fog galore, then rain, rain

Every visit I want to stop at the Malahat lookout but the weather never cooperates.  Today we stopped to these images         

Absolutely breathe taking…  what is that 2nd blue planet?

Home to a fire, the best way to end a day!

Today’s funny (or is it funny??)

 

January 01, 2022

We made it to 2022. It’s not looking like it will be much better than 2021, covid wise. Let’s all hope for the best.

Poor Bailey, poor us for having to navigate the stairs! I’m concerned about chipping away as it may break something in the steps.

Melt soon!!

We are kicking around various BC destinations for when we leave here, no solid plans yet. It is always an adventure.

For now, let’s just plan today! Allan comes up with a visit to a museum Debbie told us about; Hand of Man Museum. We are not huge museum people but this one sounded interesting, and it’s open 365 days.

How can one person accumulate so much stuff!

While roaming we encountered the founder Jim Shockey. Quite the guy, he spoke of how having such a museum had been his dream since he was 10 but realized it was out of his grasp as they were poor and lived in a trailer park. This is proof, again, never give up on your dreams.

We had no idea who this is. Turns out he is “a Canadian outdoor writer, a professional big game outfitter and television producer and host for many hunting shows. Born: December 20, 1957″. He is pretty interesting.

It was a fun visit and may require a return visit.

For certain, if you are in the area this is a must see!

Cheers!! 🍷🍷🍷

New Year’s Eve 2021

Things are looking up, only a dustting of snow last night not a blizzard!

Our last fire of 2021, would have wanted a real fire but it’s snowed under…. (Note: again a little post card-y-ish photo)

New Year’s Eve tradition – Chinese food. Normally Skip but that’s not available in Ladysmith so drive there. On the way into town we see several vehicles pulled over in the north bound lane… See a herd of —– not sure but a herd for sure, some standing, some laying down…

Will they still be there on the way back? Doubtful!

About 1h30m later we are on our way back home, what do our shining eyes behold?? A herd of reindeer!!! Now all laying down (think these were Santa’s back ups!)

I love living in my world (Allan is often heard saying “Your mind is a scary (by that he means interesting) place”) Turns out they are Elks.

Lesson of the day! The difference between elk and reindeer is that elk have larger antlers relative to their body size and shape, while reindeer’s antlers are always covered in velvet. Elk are mainly found in North America and eastern parts of Asia, while reindeers are mostly found in arctic and subarctic regions.

Thank you to all that read, comment and keep in touch!

December 30, 2021 hum even more!

Sad news… Bailey not only runs on diesel our main heat is powered by diesel. We do have electric but it is not as efficient. Bad new…. we are between 1/4 & 1/2 tank More bad news: When it reaches 1/4 the diesel burner heat shuts off. Bad news: We can’t drive to the fuel station as Bailey is snowed in. Bad news: We call several providers none of whom do mobile. GOOD NEWS: we find

$600 + dollars – we are back in business!! Thank you 4ReFuel!!

December 28, 2021 The Should Have Stayed Home Day

We drive to Nanaimo not considering the roads are likely not well ploughed. This snow fall is unprecedented, the plows just can’t keep up. Island drivers are not used to these snow falls.

These are all major highways & city streets.

These guys didn’t make it safely. The second vehicle just happened, the guy was in the driver’s seat

Made it back safely and a walk around the park.

To compare….. Stair railing, slightly different angle. Nov 30th and today

Allan installed these, so very nice, the last ones were problematic, likely cause they were end of life!

Who didn’t love Marilyn?

December 27, 2021 Driving home

It is forecasted to start snowing, we decide leave while the getting is good 🙂

Turns out the roads in Langford are worse than on the Malahat. Not complaining

Clear sailing till we get closer to Bailey

Poor Bailey, a little froze up!

Much frozen!

Water frozen. This is us!! Boo, hoo What Bailey sees!

Got new accent lights. Allan got them installed when we got back

Got new pillow covers from this to this. Thinking a little happier looking.

Christmas Day 2021

Wake up to tons of snow! For Victoria! We are after all, here for a mild winter!

Worth it for Megan’s amazing turkey. She has a way with 🦃though I’m not sure they would agree. Kyle’s least favourite turkey time is taking it out of the pan. He did do it successfully! Note his new Christmas t-shirt…

Delicious dinner!! Megan makes the best turkey!

Spent the day just hanging out playing games. 🃏🃏🃏

More snow! Happy we didn’t want to go home tomorrow.