Our Location today is McGregor, Ontario,
Canada.
Even with the high heat we had yesterday
we were still able to comfortably sleep with the windows open. We were both up
and ready to start the day by 8:00 this morning and knowing from the weather forecast
that it was going to be another hot one we even thought of escaping someplace
cool. Our problem was that with the roof coating that I applied the fine print
said not to get it wet for at least twenty-four hours so that meant no AC.
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| Our Lily plant now has two open flowers that the Hummingbirds come to visit daily. |
As soon as breakfast was over I was
outside watering our newly seeded grass in hopes of saving it from the high
heat. That didn’t take long so within minutes I was back inside the shade of
the trailer. Luckily there was a cool breeze blowing coming from the north that
was keeping us comfortable.
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| Special visitor resting on our patio this morning. |
Then the Father’s day phone wishes
started first our daughter Karen and she included an invitation for us to go
for Hamburgers at their house. When Kathy talked to her things got changed
around and Karen said she’d bring the burgers and salads so she could finally
see our park and the site we’re at.
That sent Kathy and I both outside to
start cleaning up the site. When you are working things can get messy so a
little sweeping the twigs off the patio to make things look neat was not a big
deal. The phone rang again and it was Karen saying the entire family was coming
around 5:00. No problem but Kathy thought maybe we should go buy a cake.
We were eating lunch and the phone rings
and our son Kevin calls to exchange Father’s day wishes with me. They had plans
which involved screaming kids. I wished him good luck.
The phone rang again, luckily Kathy answered
because Karen was asking if they could bring Greg’s parents, Ray and Rose to
join in the barbecue and see our trailer. Of course we had plenty of room and
chairs. Kathy mentioned about the cake and Karen responded she would be
bringing it.
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| Kathy, Greg and Kylla enjoying some cake. |
We got all the folding camp chairs from
the shed and started setting up our patio for this gathering. All around us
other families were taking advantage of this beautiful day to visit. That’s
when the phone rang again and it was our son Gary calling from near his home in
Welland Ontario to also exchange a warm
Father’s Day wish but it didn’t stop there. The entire family was in the car as
they drove to Niagara Falls for a visit so I got to talk
to them all. They are planning on moving back to the Essex area this summer and
we are looking forward to that day.
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| Karen, with Greg's folks, Ray and Rose enjoying the cool shade and cake. |
Luckily for Kathy and I there was a cool
breeze and plenty of shade on the door side of the trailer. Once we were ready
for everyone to arrive we cleaned off our Tandem Bike from all the bird
droppings under our trailer skirt. The uninvited family of birds had flown the
coop in the last few days so now was a good time to clean up. Using gloves and
a hook I dug the entire nest out of the pinbox filling the equivalent of a
three-gallon pail of twigs, grass, mud and feathers. I tossed that whole mess
into the firepit.
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| Karen watching from a distance as Kylla shows Tyler how to play Flip the Bottle. |
Having moved the car to our neighbour’s
Bob and Sherri’s site after they left for the day gave plenty of parking for
two more vehicles on our site. Everyone arrived right on time and Karen had
been busy making all the food. We immediately started the Weber and got the
hamburgers cooking while Karen and Kathy prepped the other foods inside.
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| Greg and Kylla returning from a short spin. |
Everyone enjoyed the food that our
daughter had made and brought from home. Ray and Rose were amazed at the size
of the trailer and couldn’t get over how much interior space there was. They
were all laughing that we had a Tandem Bike but finally Greg took our
Granddaughter Kylla for a short spin with it. Karen didn’t want to go for a
ride so I ended up taking Kylla for another ride around the entire park. Shortly
after 7:00 they had to say goodnight because Greg is on Midnight Shift this
month. Thank You for a wonderful Father’s day barbecue/picnic Karen.
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| Kylla and I returning from a ride around the park. |
It took Kathy and I less than five
minutes to close everything up outside but we didn’t go in, instead we set our
chairs up by our firepit. It only took a single lit piece of paper tucked in
the side of the pit to start our first campfire since we officially became
Fulltimers. Kathy also got to enjoy her first roasted marshmallows of the year.
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| Kathy enjoying her first roasted marshmallows of the year. |
When our neighbours Ted and Eileen
returned home from an outing we invited them to share our fire but due to some
allergies only Ted did. Ted however did not come empty handed as he brought us
some Watermelon to top off our night. We had a chance to learn more about the
park and got to know our neighbour better enjoying every minute. It was past
9:30 by the time I extinguished our fire for the night.
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| Birds nests are perfect fire-starters. |
We’ve set up the Air Conditioner for
tomorrow because the Humidex will be
over the Century Mark for our area. Thanks for following along and feel free to leave a comment. Be Safe
and Enjoy!
It’s about time.
Krackers
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