Well our little sabbatical tucked away on B-18 at Maple Grove is coming to an end, today is fill the fresh water tank and pack it up day, as we will be on the road tomorrow morning heading to Bob and Irena’s. Look out Niagara Region here we come, although we have a cold night ahead of us with the temperatures dipping to below the freezing mark. We have been invited to an evening of drinks and appetizers with Richard and Bonnie & Cheryl and Rich, and hear about their planned adventures and escapes for the winter season.

Although we are only minutes from Cambridge or Hamilton the cellular service has been poor at best so working has been near impossible with our internet being done through a cellular hub. So we are missing the internet service that Lake Huron Resort offered although we are able to get one over the air television channel (CHCH). I would have reinstated the satellite but we were tucked in behind some cedars so I didn’t even try, next week when we are closer to the boarder I will reinstate the service from Dish Network.

Miss Laurie was going through the freezer yesterday to see what we have to use up before getting to the boarder, that whole can’t take meat across the boarder thing, we are in pretty good shape as we have been trying to use up as much as possible. I know the chilli last night was outstanding, and we have left overs. Yesterday I have tried another possible solution to the sun shade issue, and as we hit the road tomorrow we will see if it is a viable solution.

The staff at Maple grove have been working hard to clean up the debris left from the buildings that were torn down the other day, the amount of garbage left by some people is truly amazing. The buildings them selves were either falling down or designed to withstand hurricanes…some of what I seen was pretty unbelievable in more ways than you could imagine wiring and plumbing that was way beyond questionable…just saying

So today is a preparation day, finishing some of the projects that I have already started, and doing some research of solutions to a few ongoing issues. Our plan is to move onto Beamsville on the weekend, we will spend the weekend with Bob and Irena mooching a spot on their drive way before landing at Gino’s body shop in St. Catharines on Monday. Next week will be very hectic as we go to all our appointments, get our final visits with friends and family before heading south, and will control the actual day we cross the boarder, the temperatures are all over the map this morning at 7am it is 53F or 12C but by Friday night it drops to 30F or -1C with most of next weeks overnight temperatures being just above the freezing mark so south is looking better everyday.

This week has not been the best for staying on schedule, and as we are scrambling to get back on track, some items will be pushed off till later and others will just have be shortened to fit our revised timeline. The first thing that we actually have booked for the trip south is on November 24th in Arizona, a spot for a week to catch up from the next month of moving and boondocking as we meander our way to Arizona. This is what we try to do as we move along, just finding a spot with hookups as required to dump, refill, and catch up, this can be a day or two depending on what the area has to offer. The Arizona stop is thanks to a coupon sent to us from other full timing couple, a week of full hook ups for $99, which really means about $125 after all the extras and tax. But still a bargain for a week with full hookups, looks like a pretty nice place with pickle ball and golf on site…we will post a review.

Well I managed to change the dry vent on the back of the washer/dryer today, of course the most difficult to get at, and meant that I had to partially pull the unit out which has very little clearance. We are hoping this makes a difference when we get back onto the road and are traveling, at least I have had a chance to check it out and I believe I should be able to make a deeper “P” trap if I need to but it would involve full removal of the washer/dryer.