Summer Vacation

I know it has been awhile since I've posted a blog. Mea culpa.  I just didn't think anyone would be interested in our 5 month enforced stay in Ontario. This is a time period required by the province to keep us eligible for our  "free" government health care. It is not enough that we pay taxes to them.

But please do not think that we have been idle.  I guess its just not in our nature.  Although the trailer pretty well stayed put the entire summer, hubby and I have been bouncing around the province. And a few other places.

This has not really been a bad thing. It has given us the opportunity to spend good quality time with family and friends.









I sent my dear man to work in the crowded city of Toronto for most of the summer.  I did not exile him there, despite what he thinks. I even alternated spending time with him in the city and having the grandchildren all by myself at the trailer.  On the weeks I stayed with him in a hotel room with maid service, I selflessly shopped while he worked.

And then devotedly lay on the beach with my grandchildren the next week. It was a hard summer for both of us.

But it did have a few bright spots.  We flew down to Phoenix for a wedding, and stayed a week. It was hot and dry and a wonderful change from the wet spring and early summer we had been having in Canada.

 Phoenix has these odd mountain croppings that pop out of the mostly flat terrain. Of course, anything higher than our heads has to be explored. 

So we went up the Cholla Trail. Yes, that is exactly what the trail looks like.                                        Because of the heat, all climbing has to be done at sunrise. Surprisingly, this was very enjoyable.
Maybe because we got to spend the rest of the day in the air conditioned resort or in the pool.  

During our walks we got to see lots of wildlife. Desert hares were everywhere, as were the quail.  I did not make the hike to the very top of the mountain, so hubby had to take a picture to prove that he had finally seen a real roadrunner - one of his favourite characters on Bugs Bunny shows. You might have to look closely, but you can see him standing on the side of the rock.

Back at the trailer park, I enjoyed my more sedate walks by the waterfront, where I could keep tabs on the resident family of swans. Definitely more my style!

And my exhausting days with the younger generation were usually capped off with a campfire.  Why else stay in a park?

At the end of the summer, I can say that "our" hard work paid off. Our assets have increased, although not in our cash reserves like one would expect. Instead we have invested in new living quarters - a cottage, so to speak.  A newer, shorter Airstream to take with us on our travels south this winter.