The Mystery Is Solved, New Way Of Business = Raw Deal, Helpful Friends and Getting Things Together.

Our Location today is at Wildwood Golf and RV Park, McGregor, Ontario.

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Last Winter while we were in the Southwest most will remember we had issues with our Truck that were extremely costly taking a big chunk out of our savings. Upon our return to Wildwood Golf and RV Park in April Kathy was also having Medical Issues that her former doctor was not taking care of so she chose to make my Family Doctor of Thirty-Two Years her Family Doctor as well. Bit by bit all of her issues are being addressed some by adjusting her Medication while others require minor Surgeries. She is starting to feel much better.

When I returned to work the idea was to add a little buffer to our Savings so that under similar circumstances in the future we would not be stranded. The plan was that I would work while at Home in the Summer then we’d pick up stakes and head south for the Winter. It took nearly Three Months before I was able to find the job as an Aluminium Welder. There were plenty of challenges not just with changing technology but in the disorganization of the job itself.

As expected the Wage that I was paid would be far from what I was formerly paid but I also had to update some of my own equipment and after nearly Three Months things were starting to fall in place. Just over a month ago Kathy and I thought that since I had this steady job going we were more fortunate then most. Even though we had not bolstered our Savings the way we wanted we thought long and hard about staying put for this Winter. Kathy researched lots of locations for apartments. Since the last Recession Eleven Years ago the cost of Home Ownership has skyrocketed out of our reach but now so have Rental Costs.

The deal was that if we didn’t find an apartment we’d be heading south but closer to Home for a few years. Just this weekend we finally found a decent apartment at a slightly more reasonable cost. Kathy was finally able to pay our First and Last Months Rent on Tuesday which meant that I would work this winter to build our Savings and Kathy would get her final surgeries taken care of. She felt very relieved. Now we will once again become Snowbirds rather then being Fulltimers.

On Tuesday when I returned to the Plant from delivering the unit to the Customer I was met by the Supervisor. He informed that I had been hired specifically for that project and since they would not be building anymore units during the Winter I was Laid-Off effective immediately. Lots of businesses do it this way so just pack your stuff up and leave but then in the next breathe he asks “When we start back up in the Spring do you want me to call you”? My response was “If I’m available”! Fellow Co-Workers that I became friends with thought I was being given a Raw Deal.

Kathy was just as devastated as I was because we thought that I had been hired on Full Time. If she had not paid the Rent that morning we would be heading south in the next week.

Our time to think things over didn’t last too long when Tim with some of his friends showed up with a Snowmobile Trailer to help move our Garden Shed to our son’s home. It didn’t help that the Wind started gusting to 35 MPH Gusts. It took nearly an Hour to drive the Eight Miles to Amherstburg because the Wind kept shifting the Shed even though we had a lot of Tie Downs on it. Kevin had already moved his cars from the driveway when we arrived and within Five Minutes the Shed was sitting in its new location.

This morning's Temperature.

Since it was too dark to put our belongings in the Shed last night Kathy and I had and early lunch today and were busy repacking our Garden Shed by noon. After only Four Seasons it is amazing how much STUFF we have collected. It will give me something to pare down in the spring.

When we left our apartment in 2016 we had sold most of our furniture and only kept some personal things in our Storage. We have been slowly replacing the furniture on Marketplace with Two of those pieces being Dresser Drawers that were being store in Kevin’s garage. By the time Kevin arrived with Cameron the Dressers were loaded in the Truck and we were ready to go.

Graffiti Art on a Rail Car.
It was actually a cute scenery.

By the time we dropped them off in the Storage Room at Guardian Storage it was just after 4:00 but our early lunch was worn off so we planned of having a bite to eat before continuing. We then got stuck for Twenty Minutes while a Freight Train shuttled cars back and forth. We used coupons for Harvey’s that we had been given to save some cash on our meal.

Poor Sanford looks sad as we leave.

Our next stop was our daughter Karen’s house in Tecumseh where we had stored a matched set of Living Room Chairs. Poor Sanford was ecstatic to see us. Kathy kept him company while I loaded the Chairs in the Truck. He looked saddened as he watched us pulling out of the driveway.

Once the Chairs were in the Storage Room with the other Furniture we stopped a the Real Canadian Superstore to get a few groceries on the way Home.

Many of you guessed what was happening but we weren’t even sure that was what we would be doing. Now the Mystery has been solved. We loved every minute that we were Fulltimers and only regret not having done it sooner.

Our Blog will continue to be a ledger of our daily lives but sooner or later it will once again be filled with our travels. Thank you for following along and feel free to leave a comment.

Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.

Krackers

Words of Inspiration

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Mark Twain, American Writer