2003 Winnipeg to Quebec

May 10, 2003

We arrived home about 2 weeks ago. After a few weeks in Alamos, we visited Kino Bay, Mexico, Ruby Road, Sycamore Canyon and Madera Canyon in Arizona. On to Quartzite and Las Vegas. We had snow in the California mountain! We then travelled Hwy. 101 along the coast to Washington. We met Chris’ brother, Hans, and his partner, Amy in Washington. On the route home we visited with family in Vancouver, Cranbrook and Lethbridge. We had a very good trip on the return to Manitoba.

We always have many project when we arrived home and this year is no exception. Irene has been loading music onto our 20 gb MP3 player and we are also making plans for a European trip this summer.

Turn on your TV and watch “The Unauthorized Story of Three is Company” an NBC movie at 8 p.m. on Monday, May 12. See if you can find us as extras in the background. We stood right behind the actors at the cake flipping scene in evening dress and tuxedo. This was filmed in Winnipeg last fall. In total we had 4 costume changes for several scenes over 4 days of filming. Brian Dennehy is the main star in the TV movie about the hit TV show Three is Company with John Ritter and Susanne Sommers.

July 18, 2002



Today is +33 C (92'F) and the humidex is at +43' (108'F). This is Winnipeg in the summer. Air conditioners are really used in the cars and homes. This weather will continue for a few more days before we can expect some thunderstorms and cooling off.

We arrived back home the middle of April and since then we have taken a short trip to Saskatchewan and then a month long visit to Ontario and just into Quebec. The truck had quite a few kilometers on the motor so we figured it was time to have the motor rebuilt as the rest of the truck is in good shape. This neccessitated some travel in order to see if everything was in working order and the warranty was in effect. The truck preformed just fine and we enjoyed some great travel days. We visited with Ben Wassink in Chapeau, Quebec (also from La Laguna Sta Maria del Oro) and my son, Grant, and family in Orillia, Ontario. On our travel home we stopped in Cornell, Wisconsin to visit with Ralph and Helen Arneson (also from different areas in Mexico in the winter and long-time friends).

Our trip took us through the north route through Long Lac, and then Val d'Or, Quebec. We had some beautifull scenery and not much population so it was easy to camp on Crown Land or at "do-it-yourself" campsites. On the return trip the mosquitoes were out in full force but were a large and slower variety so they were easier to swat in the camper. Only a couple of nights were we bothered by no-see-ums. Since arriving home I have made special screens for the little ones as they are real pests at night. We were bothered much worse by them in Florida a few years ago so one never knows where you will encounter them but we will be prepared.