Coach repairs done, enjoying a wonderful afternoon and almost watched some soccer.

Where are we today ?

Plattsville Ontario

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     A wonderful quiet nice sleep last night at Pettigrew's Garage in town. Pretty quiet here and no issues. Up early as usual and headed for a walkabout town at 7 am after a few coffees. I love heading down river road, so peaceful no sounds other than the mourning doves cooing.

      The parts for our coach came in by 9 am and both Mike and Dale got right on it and all done by 10am. In the meantime Suzie went to her brother's for a bit to visit with her Dad. then back here when the coach was all done.

our engine right between us without the doghouse off
looking pretty good

these guys dropped by to air up their one tire a few times a day

       Coach all done, things checked out and I took it for a test run and back. All looks great. So back to camp awesome 3 blocks away and set up before noon. And a nice light lunch. A quick trip to New Hamburg pick up prescriptions and back to Pettigrew's to get our car serviced as well, it was soon due.

Back to Camp Awesome, and enjoying a wonderful warm
sunny afternoon in the shade
enjoying our e-readers

      Soon time for Happy Hour and begin our supper. Tonight grilled a couple of cod  fish fillets. to go with our salad. Grilled a 1/2 lemon to release much more juice to add to the fish and salad.

maybe 10 minutes in our Weber Q and done 

nice light tasty and healthy supper.

         After supper headed down to Drumbo to watch grandson number 3 play soccer only 10 minutes away. By the time we got there was a light rain then thunder . When there is thunder there is lightning so the first came was called and the second game cancelled. Oh well we tried! Sometimes weather gets in the way of life.

got there just as the game was cancelled.

        Now the bonus was we went back to their house and had a wonderful visit, Nice to get caught up again and have some wonderful family time.
        But now home by 9 pm , still raining (love the sound of rain on our coach roof). Finish posting this blog and call it a night.
        Thanks for taking the time to stop on by.

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Mystical sunrise, preventive maintenance on our coach, and a huge Swan dropped by !

Where are we today ?

Pettigrew's Garage Plattsville

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    A great sleep last night and once again up early as usual waiting to the sunrise outside our kitchener window. And was an interesting misty morning with the sun on the the morning dew rising from the lawn.

so mystical it was

       Just after 7 am did a walkabout town down to Pettigrew's Garage to confirm our appointment to get some work done on our coach. No problem says Dale, will move a couple of cars and fit you in right here. They have another rv in waiting for some parts. Walked back home we secure the coach and back here by 8:30 this morning.

2 rv's here now work needs to be done outside
and the weather pretty decent today

        I wanted a new radiator, clutch  fan. water pump and thermostat installed and hope this cures our overheating issues. As they disassembled a few more issues were found, Idler pully bearing, not good, tensioner pully bearing is making noise, upper rad hose has a small cut, and the fan belt needs to be replaced . Like I told them while you have it apart may as well get things done right. Preventive maintenance has always paid off in the long run. We live in this house 12 months a year now for 11 years (our coach is 18 years old and has 132,000 miles on it)and don't want to break down on the road due to poor maintence .

new rad

old Rad

new water pump

new clutch fan

old clutch fan

       Mike got right to work and sure does know his stuff and is a hard worker. While he was waiting for a few parts he did an oil change and grease job on our coach as well. This guy never stops!

thats Mike under there

Dale inside helping Mike

    While these guys worked away I made a quick trip to New Hamburg , got my eye glasses repaired, hearing aid back from a repair, and sent my other one for repairs as well, it just quit, Sure glad they are covered under WSIB and they have a loaner for me. I am lost without them.
     Back home for a light lunch and they pretty well had everything all back together by 2 pm. Just waiting for the upper rad hose and proper fan belt that will be in tomorrow morning. So coach back off the jack stands and we set up for the night lawn chairs out read in the shade and enjoying Camp Pettigrews !

we can camp anywhere !

       Suzie had a craving for a nutty buddy cone. (after all it was 86f (30c) this afternoon in the shade) Was nice to enjoy our e-readers outside a few people stopped by as well, most we knew.

perfect cone for a perfect day

      While sitting here a couple of young ladies came in to inflate their Swan., It was fun watching them blow it up at the air pumps. This was for their pool, but thought maybe they might ride down the Nith River here just for a laugh.

a huge nice swan

       Nothing  they can do on our coach until the morning so Dale got back to work on the old Winnebago from the 1970's in very god shape, all original. Just doing brakes and tires on it  for a safety and will be good to get back on the road again. (it has been stored inside for years).

        At 5 pm shop is closed so I whipped up supper tonight our usual salad and some very tasty Turkey Garlic Sausage , just fried  for a change, still tastes wonderful.

did the trick tonight

      We actually had a very good day, getting things done, and enjoying this wonderful weather. Will wrap things up here tomorrow and back to camp awesome for a few more days.

     Thanks for stopping by for a peek and hope you have a great day as well.
       P.S :Just after posting this, and reading outside a bit more, the skies clouded over and the evening rains began, just before 8 pm. No trouble here we had a great day outside anyway, soon time to head inside.

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A wonderful relaxing Father's Day. A great memories..

Where are we today ?

Plattsville

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          Wishing a Happy Father's day to all those amazing Father's out there and remembering all the great times and memories we have had together. Missing my Father and Grandfather that both raised me and my sister  Louise.

My Father Tom and Grandfather George

     And still enjoying some great times with Suzie's Father whom I have known now for 27 years and Suzie a couple of years longer.

Suzie's Dad Levi

       We left Rock Glen Resort yesterday morning just in time to miss the major storm that came through the park, lots of trees down and a few vehicles damaged but thankfully no one was hurt.This is just one of many pictures that were posted from friends on facebook  that are in the park.

Rock Glen Storm 2017

     Pretty quiet night here last night, no rain or winds just peacefulness. Whats not to love about that?
      Got a few walkabouts town early this morning then about 10 am I hopped on the Ferris mower her to finish up cutting the rest of the 5  acres here. 80 minutes later done in time for a light lunch just before the skies began to drizzle.

looking good now

      Nice walkabout down the road by the Nith River, love this area so quiet and relaxing..  

        After lunch we made trip to New Hamburg, Suzie gonna visit her Dad, But he is always busy and not home (that's a good thing) So we carried on to pick up a few groceries, stopped by her brothers to gather our mail and home again by 2:30 pm.
        Now to enjoy reading in the shade for a while is perfect.

       Tonight we doong pork ribs on our Weber Q, For the recipe you can click here or my recipe blog top right side bar. When I pick up ribs on sale we like to stock up a bit (if we have the freezer space) I serve it by the portion like in my restaurant. This meal of pork ribs was less than $2.00 a portion , makes them very affordable for a meal that we love. Not many people don't like BBQ'd ribs.

in the pan  spiced with sauerkraut

        Then to glaze them on our grill mat and grill some fresh asparagus for a few minutes.

done to perfection

have it all right here, ribs, sauerkraut, asparagus and a healthy fresh made
salad none of that fast food junk for us very often.
At least we know what we are eating.

     That was our wonderful warm sunny day here at camp awesome. So far have heard from one of my 3 children may or may not hear from the others, (but to it still early) not a problem they all busy with families of their own and I can appreciate that, been there done that.

       Hope y'all had a wonderful Father's day and enjoy some great weather as well.

       Thanks for taking the time to stop on by.
   PS :  Just after I posted this the skies opened up with a very heavy rain fall. Just enjoying this on a warm evening under our awning with no wind. Love a nice warm spring rain !

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Where have we been this summer ?

Relocating to Plattsville to get stuff done and enjoying this weather.

Where are we today ?

Plattsville Ontario,

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       What a wonderful morning to start our day. Warm overnight and a nice warm morning as well, Gotta get a few walkabouts while Suzie does her stuff has a shower and I can dump our sewage, refill our fresh water tanks, store your satellite dish then we soon be in the road again.
      We have been here 3 weeks just cause we can, the free camping with full hookups with our membership allows that. Off season. But longer than we like to sit in one spot (have that hitch itch ya know still even after 11 years years full-time) , so off we go this morning.
      Later than usual but only a 90 minute drive. left about 10 am and here in Plattsville by 11:30, nice back country paved roads that we have travelled many times. Stop in at the GoCo by Stratford to top up our  propane, $.62.9 a litre only $25.00  to top us up after a month on propane most the time except our AC and microwave.

Wildwood conservation area lake

love these road no traffic and nice scenery

          Pulled into "Camp Awesome" (John's place) Mowed bit of lawn where we park, and got setup . Light tasty lunch about noon, the I hopped on he mower to clean up a bit more of the 5 cares here,  But 2 pm we had clouds, wind and rain. No rush can do more on another day.

that's us back there,
so peaceful here

         After a while the rain stopped so I set up our satellite dish and our Weber Q.

no more rain so we can enjoy a very warm afternoon in the shade
me, Suzie enjoying our e-readers

        Then time for our quiet Happy hour before firing up our Weber Q to grill an Onion and Parsley Turkey Burger for Suzie and a Chirozo Burger for me, ( I made few a Burgers from the fresh Chirozo I picked up from the butcher in Ajo Arizona), oh so spicy and tasty !  Then grilled some fresh asparagus just cause we can . Love asparagus.

quick and easy on our Weber Q

a bit more coleslaw from the other day sure did the trick.

        Still enjoyed a wonderful mild quiet evening here, no rain wind or noise other than a few birds chirping, just the way we love it.
         Thanks for stopping by again and hope your weather was wonderful as well
         PS; Now this was originally posted at 7 pm and we still outside enjoying this weather. me thinking we still have couple more hours of sunshine and lots more grass that I can mow. Don't want to read or watch tv for the next few hours so I hoped back on the mower for another hour. Much better now , maybe an hour of mowing left to do when the weather works for us.

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Enjoying this weather, windshield repaired, laundry done, ready to move on out in the morning.

Where are we today ?

Rock Glen Resort

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    Just more wonderful weather again, nothing too exciting going on here today. Just doing what we do.
    The usual walkabouts early morning stuff , then a quick trip to Forest for a few fresh veggies. We have decided on a new flooring for our coach a light grey solid vinyl  get rid of all of our carpet .We sampled a lot of nice wood types but this is what we want, easy to clean, will not show the dirt and make our small space look much brighter and match our walls and upholstery.

          Then a couple of loads of laundry done before noon and a nice light tasty lunch as the temperature rose. Did get to 95 F  (35C) today but not too bad outside in the shade with a very light breeze.

this is the life we enjoy

       After a few more walkabouts, check tire pressures and the oil in our coach before we leave in the morning.Then a nice relaxing time to enjoy our e-readers. Kevin dropped in from Colorcarft Auto Glass in town for fix a stone ship on the windshield of our coach ( covered by insurance). Only a few minutes here and should help to save our windshield. It has been replaced twice already !

this small chip was taken  care of 

pork loin and  asparagus on the grill, with our salad
sure did the trick

       Just after Kevin left I fired up our Weber Q to preheat the grill and a nice lean pork loin roast. Tried it with just a bit on salt, pepper, and garlic powder. None of our usual spices or rubs that do contain sugar that does cause the food to glaze but also glazes the grill. Turned out wonderful, very tasty and the grill  still good.

pork roast was so tender with applesauce
 asparagus and salad  was excellent
 more leftovers

      That was our perfect day just enjoying the good life. Time to leave here once again in the morning , new places and new face the way we like it. Been here long enough but will be back soon, new flooring is on the agenda then.This is what we love about this lifestyle.
      Thanks once again for taking the time to stop on by.

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Checking out new flooring for our coach, a wonderful sunny afternoon and fun time at darts tonight.

Where are we today ?

Rock Glen Resort

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    Another wonderful warm morning to begin our day. Kinda overcast but not raining yet so got a few nice walkabouts the park then just after 9 am we headed into Sarnia  (35 minutes away) to check for flooring that we would like to install in our motorhome. Our 18 year old carpet is in needed of replacement. We check the Home Depot and Lowes there, side by each and made a decision on the product we like, now to decide on the colour? It will be an engineered solid vinyl that is waterproof and looks like wood. Nice that we did this while the morning rain came and we home just after it stopped, good timing.
      We home for lunch and set some free samples down , talked about it and talked to our friend here Walt that will be doing the work in a bit when we return here.

another walkabout and the Goose family is really growing
almost ready to fly, they did some wing flapping

       Afternoon the rains stopped and sunshine came back out , so awning out, (no wind) and relaxed with our e-readers to enjoy a wonderful afternoon.  Of course a couple more walkabouts between chapters is in order.
        Tucker stopped by with Gerry for a Suzzie fix.

Doggie fix for Suzie too!

sun came out and was a perfect afternoon

        Then soon time to fire up our Weber Q to grill some chicken legs and thighs. Trying them on our grill mat to see how they turn out, helps keep the grill clean. And they turned out pretty good, but does not burn off the fat, hmm. So when done I slipped them off the mat for a couple of minutes and that seems to work well. The spices I used have a bit of sugar in them so gives it a nice dark crispy glaze on the skin.

this worked pretty good

       To the chicken we added some leftover potato salad and coleslaw (from last night), tomatoes and cucumber.  Sure did the trick tonight. Save the bones for soup in the freezer.

yummy? yup.

       And now with dishes done we head down for Thursday night darts for some fun times. Lots of laughs and Suzie's team came in 1st place  she won 3 bucks. Not too bad costs us 3 bucks each to play. There was 18 of all together go not a bad turnout at all.

       After a fun evening we headed home just after 9 pm. Finish this posting then soon call it a night.
        Thanks for stopping in and just know that most of you out there had an amazing day as well.

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