Labour Day Long Weekend arrives…

Not quite as much activity in the KOA today as I thought there may be over the long weekend, but we had some late arrivals tonight sneak in in the rain…. Judy just told me there is rain in our forecast for the next 7 days!   Yikes….

Went down to help my Mother this morning and get Her back online with Her banking… Only about an hour on the phone with Scotiabank, but we got it done. Mom was so happy She took me out to lunch at Tim Hortons.

After I picked Judy up from the Prison, holding her weekend pass in her hand, we stopped in Bracebridge to pick up our mail and fish and chips for dinner… when we arrived back at the RV, John and Pat Morrison were sitting at our picnic table with their Goldwing parked in our driveway!  Good to see them!  They were heading home from a 3 day bike trip up to Manitoulin Island.  Yes, they have confirmed they are going to fly down to California this coming February and visit in our RV Resort with us for 2 weeks!  Can’t wait!  They have rented a park model unit.

Here is Pat starting to get suited up… 

John fires up the big Honda…

And they are off for the big Town of Alliston… (hope it didn’t rain too hard on them on the way home…)

Sure was nice to have a surprise visit from them!

Till tomorrow…

A very productive day!

Another very warm day again in Muskoka, and probably everywhere else in the Province…

Now that we are in September, I pushed the official panic button on getting things ready with the RV to be able to hit the road later in October… time flies you know!

I stopped by T & A Tires in Bracebridge last week, and had them order a new front tire for our RV.  I dropped by today, and it had arrived, and they said  bring the rig in, today was a good day for them to do it!

So, at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, I loaded up Patra in her kitty crate, and we headed over to T & A.   They are very efficient at this place, and I highly recommend them to anyone!  In 1/2 an hour they had the new tire installed and ready to go.  I was also having a problem with the other front tire, losing air.  They checked it out for me, and low and behold it was a faulty valve stem.  They had it replaced lickity split and before you know it we were off and running…  I also had them re-torque all the lug nuts on all the tires, as it requires a torque of 400 ft./lbs. and you simply cannot do that with any type of tire iron… you need a 10 foot bar to do it!

This is our new tire today…

This morning I took on another job that I have been wanting to do for about the last year!   I dismantled our two deep cycle house batteries on the RV.  They needed to be topped up with distilled water, and they really needed cleaning badly!   It took about 2 hours for this job, but they are now all cleaned up and ready for boon docking out at Borrego Springs!

After we got back from T & A Tires, Patra had to chill out a bit… it was nice and warm and she got to sit outside for a few minutes! 

 

And now for the most exciting news of the day!   I received an email from the Los Angeles Kings Hockey Team today, advising they had put up individual game tickets for sale off their Web Site!  

It did not take me long to find out the Leafs will be at the Staples Centre on Jan. 10/11. 

One quick phone call to Dr. Hollinger in Tennessee, and he did his magic on the computer and arranged for two tickets just 7 rows up from the ice! 

We will be at Desert Hot Springs in California during the month of January, and will be very close to Los Angeles, so it will be no problem getting to the game!  Can’t wait!

Told you it was a productive day!

Also hooked up with our Daughter, and I will probably go and visit Her and Chris in Woodstock early next week and help out with a few projects… always something to do around a house… (Kristina loves sheep, so I thought I would show her one here…)

Till tomorrow…

Time for a tour!

It was a way too hot today to take on any type of work around the RV, so I decided it was simply time for a tour… Last winter I really enjoyed the tour days we had, and hopefully many more to come this winter! 

It was perfect weather for my Honda Shadow, and it was up for a tour!  Collingwood, Ontario, was in the sites for today’s ride.   It is only about an hours drive, maybe a wee bit more, but not much!  I was wanting to go and visit Play It Again Sports, and check out to see if they had any roller blades for sale.  Seems they did not, however that did not ruin the day!  Collingwood has a nice main street, that has been upgraded recently.

My trusty Honda Shadow made it to the top of the Blue Mountains… yes, the ones where all the ski hills are here… you got a great view of Georgian Bay, part of Lake Huron.  There was a bit of a mist in the air….

This whole area is beautiful… too bad I don’t ski

I hope you can read this picture of a plaque I took on the top of the mountain, it describes the very first ski lift in Ontario…

 

This is the very top of the ski lift described above…

 

I left Collingwood, and drove home through Wasaga Beech…  what a great spot in the summer, there were a few people there today, but certainly not full…

It is quite the tourist trap at the beach!

Made it back home by 2:00 this afternoon.  Had a great time and enjoyed the ride.  As usual, the Honda performed without a hitch!

Till tomorrow…