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Of mice and old men

Posted on Monday, 2021-Nov-8th by ralph

It was time to leave Kootenay Lake.  The nights were getting darn cold with the rain ending and the clearing skies. Additionally, I had a new unwelcome body guest – Henry the hemorrhoid. I had also taken on an unwelcome … Continue reading →

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Edwards Lake – fishing and exploring downtime

Posted on Sunday, 2021-Oct-31st by ralph

I get up with the beginnings of the light to see some morning red sky. I manage to get a picture of that before it fades away to grey a few minutes later. My furnace kills the chill, but I … Continue reading →

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To Edwards Lake – first real camping

Posted on Friday, 2021-Oct-29th by ralph

Driving out of Lethbridge is one thing, but driving out of Alberta when you know you will not be back again for at least six months is a strange thing. Goodbye blue skies, open prairies, but also goodbye hick attitudes … Continue reading →

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The long sort keep store

Posted on Thursday, 2021-Oct-21st by ralph

I was back in Calgary after two days of decompress at a campground. It was time to finally sort out my moving mess into garbage, take, and store. The garbage was mostly taken care of, but I needed to work … Continue reading →

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Back to Water Valley Campground

Posted on Wednesday, 2021-Oct-20th by ralph

Getting out of the house into the RV in a rush had left me with unfinished business in Calgary. So, after one night north out of town visiting a friend, I was driving back in for one such task, taking … Continue reading →

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A little visit, a little camping, a lot of organizing

Posted on Saturday, 2021-Oct-16th by ralph

I surveyed the mess below me from my bed in the RV – everything I needed to make coffee was somewhere in this pile, or randomly stuffed in a cupboard. But coffee being a high priority item in packing had … Continue reading →

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Getting out in time

Posted on Tuesday, 2021-Oct-12th by ralph

The last day dawned with me not being in my house. This was planned, as part of my junk removal had been to throw out my mattress – too worn to be worth bothering to store at this point. But … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing My Sticks and Bricks

Posted on Wednesday, 2021-Oct-6th by ralph

With a week to go to be out of my house, it dawned on me that I wasn’t nearly as far along on purging and packing stuff as I should be. Progress had been made – empty spots were starting … Continue reading →

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Chaos complete

Posted on Friday, 2021-Oct-1st by ralph

Typing on my phone sucks, so this is going to be a brief real time update. After much rushing and chaos, I am out of my house and in my RV. I an not breathing a deep sigh of relief … Continue reading →

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The long RV adventure begins

Posted on Tuesday, 2021-Sep-21st by ralph

“Star Trek” sucked me in as a kid – people traveling to unknown destinations, seeing things no human had seen before intrigued me. I also liked reading old adventure magazines that told tales of exploring the deep jungles of the … Continue reading →

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