A sunny, (getting warmer) relaxing saturday, awesome!

Where are we today ? 

Rock Glen resort Arkona Ontario

        Sunshine and just a bit warmer today but still very windy. 25 mph north wind, gusts to 35 mph but  we are protected buy the cabin on the north side of our site.
        So was a pretty good day just puttered around, new connections for our car battery, remove the battery acid build up and degrease the engine in the car. While I was at it, a quick clean of the outside as well. Still looks like a new car even at 11 years old. I guess not spending winters in Canada with no salt on the roads really makes a difference.
        Last weekend was our Canadian long weekend and very busy here. This weekend no so much. Few years ago a lot of Americans came here to celebrate the Memorial day long weekend but with the dollar at par not so much any more.

Quiet in the Valley

quiet in the square where we are

car clean and shinny

        The sun was shining almost all day and we could relax outside with our books, protected by the north wind right beside this cabin. We love this site.

awesome afternoon

        Still windy and wanna fire up our Weber, so a couple make shift wind breaks and we can do it. At least we had sunshine and no rain.

windbreaks in place

        For supper had picked up a chicken breast roast wrapped in bacon and thought I would try it out on the Q. Mesquite wood chips and some baked potatoes all went pretty well.

        When almost done put some fresh asparagus on the grill for the last 15 minutes and we have a wonder tasty supper.

turned out real tasty and done to perfection,
our Weber Q does it again !

        Not many people camping this weekend, (suits us just fine) but the wagon ride still happens, Everybody had fun anyway.

kids enjoy the wagon ride

       That was our day, just perfect, no shopping and no crowds just the way we like it.
       Thanks for stopping by for a visit, hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did.

 Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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More cold and more shopping for Suzie and great deal on her new shoes.

Where are we today ? 

Rock Glen Resort Arkona Ontario

        Was another cold day again!!! But we have a plan, Suzie needs some new shoes and off to London Ontario this morning shortly after 9:30am.

        The plan was to check out Payless shoes then Walmart and a few other stores. Now you have to know that Suzie hates shopping! She only shops when she wants something and does not waste any time looking. (love this woman~!) Payless did not have the shoes she wanted in her size. Friendly clerk asked and checked that they had the size in another store. Take this coupon and get $6.00 off, just because. So off we go to the other store only 5  minutes down the road at Maisonville Mall.

         Now we do not shop much, let alone in the big cities and shopping malls. So down the road we go couple miles.

 Bonus here farmers market to check out. Nothing we need so in thru the BAY into the mall.

        Taking us country people into a shopping mall is frightening. 

        Wander about for a while looking everywhere, not wanting to be here but we finally found the Payless shoe store.

the mall was pretty quiet, just the way we like it

        Found the store and they had her shoes put away for her. Now here is where we got the deal. Regular price was $39.99 on sale for $16.99 but now we had a coupon for $6.00 off because we hd to come to another store. The exact shoes she was looking for and ended up paying only $10.99 !  Now how can you beat a deal like that?

Suzies' new shoes

        By this time was well after noon and we need a bite to eat. A nice treat for us was the food court here and check out the A and W. Have not been there for years.

 

        Two Mama burgers for 5 bucks, a small fry and small root beer about ten bucks, then a bonus free sample of their NEW sweet potatoe fries. Another good deal and great lunch. People watching too in the huge food court.

tasty lunch

        Now back home mid afternoon beautiful and sunny, but a very cold north wind. So griiling on our Q is not really an option again. Plan B in action lets make a pot of homemade chili.

north wind to the left of our rig protected by that cabin but still
about 30 mph (50kph)

        Ended up with a huge pot of chili what to do?? Well power is out in the park from 2pm until 8pm. No big deal for us we have solar and lotsa propane. So invited Mike ,Trish, Jordan and their friend Ray for supper. Ray was showing off his new Camero, Trish driving and I even got to take it for a spin too.

Trish smiling

me driving his cool new car

         Chili done, everybody inside for a bite to eat, chat and even a pecan tart for desert. Hopefully every body had enough to eat. Better than nothing when the power is out I guess.

dinner time in our house

even Maggie had a bite to eat too

        So there another almost quiet day here at our house, this cold weather does not keep us down, thats for sure.

         Hope you had a good day too. Thanks for stopping by.

 Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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No Weber tonight, too cold and windy, not impossible, but not fun!

Where are we today ? 

Rock Glen Resort Arkona Ontario

        Got up this morning slept in until way late like 6 am, snuggly warm in bed. Looks kinda chilly outside with a cool north wind, about 55f (14c), but by 9:30 am was getting colder, so we decided a good day to take a quick trip to Strathroy for a few things. Been a year since we last checked out the town. Suzie bought a few new clothes and I looked about picking up a few food stuffs to stock up our cupboards.
        By the time we got home much colder, look at the temps below at 2:25pm! And a north wind at 21 mph.

        The lunch craving today was a submarine sandwich. I had picked up the proper fixings to make an awesome assorted sub like I used to make in my restaurant years ago, just hit the spot.

tasty sub for lunch

         Then I hooked up "Mr Heater" again, that I had mistakenly put away last week thinking the cold weather was over, NOT! Sure heats us pretty quick, no furnace noise and much more efficient. comforter back on the bed for a few more nights again.

Mr. Heater working fine again!

        Reading outside today was not an option nor was doing much else so just did some investigating on our Microsoft Streets and Trips map and Google Earth to see where we might head this winter. Suzie has put together a master map to work with has all of our membership parks (few hundred of them), flying J's, BLM lands, certain rest areas, Camping worlds etc... all places that we can stop at few a stretch, a night or even a week or two. Eventually we will come up with a plan, (no schedule just a leaving date, and that is already set) and plans as any rv'er knows are made in chalk. They sometimes change from day to day even minute to minute, thats what we love about this lifestyle.

        Now with my Weber meal put on hold, I can cook inside for a change, waiting for these very cold rainy, windy days to do this indoor stuff. Checked out the freezer and pulled out a couple breaded chicken breasts stuffed with shrimp and lobster, something different for a change, (just pop in the oven) whip up a rice pilaf, fresh asparagus and garlic bread with cheese did the trick, pretty quick and easy.

sure hit the spot

         Supper done later than usual (late lunch) compute a bit and read for a while all snuggly in our house. Yep all is good here, just kinda colder than we like it. And did actually get a few walkabouts in the cold after walking the stores for a coule hours too.

         That looks like another fun day with Ontario's unpredictable weather, not much we can do about it and can always be a lot worse. No tornadoes or snow lately.

        Thanks for stopping in and hope you can keep yourself warm enough in this almost summer weather?

 Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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