A relaxing day – nothing planned

July 29, 2007
Upper Sackville, NS

Another lesson revisited: when your neighbor’s 10’ away, don’t leave the bedroom window at the head of your bed open at night. Because it was pretty warm yesterday, we left the windows open last night. Unfortunately, the people next door planned on Sunday breakfast outside on the picnic table around 7:30 AM. They weren’t noisy or anything, it was just something we hadn’t been planning on. It didn’t keep us from second sleep, though!

Soon after we got up, it started to rain, then rain harder, then we heard thunder. Accordingly, we planned a “down day” without any touring plans. We made a grocery list, I did a hard drive backup, Geri did a virus scan; you get the idea. The rain stopped for a bit although the low clouds were still rolling in, so we decided to take the dogs for a walk before going to the store. The temperature was mild (72°F/22°C) but the humidity had to still be close to 100%. On a whim, I stopped in the office while we were walking to see if we could shift to a site that would allow us to at least get a TV signal. Surprise: they had a site we could move to that was supposed to be better. So, it was a fire drill to get everything stowed enough to move the coach, and then haul everything else in the Range Rover. It was only 100 meters to move, and we did it in less than ½ hour, but talk about working up a sweat! And – surprise – we caught an Internet signal as well. It’s weak, but at least we don’t have to rely on the park, which seems to be down more than it’s up.

After we moved (and cooled off), it was time to head to the store. I was able to get a sense for the food (Atlantic Superstore and Sobeys) as well as Canadian Tire and Wal-Mart, so we had options. We hit Wal-Mart first since it was the farthest away, and then worked our way back. We wanted to stop at Canadian Tire because we saw a portable gas-fired fire ring that some neighbors had at our last park that was really neat (copper ring with “fake” logs) and the owners (from Ontario) pointed us in that direction. The local store didn’t have any and the catalog had a much higher price than we expected, but it was an interesting store (our first visit).

We finished up our shopping and headed home, where we grilled some Costco filets that went well with a 1997 Meridian Cabernet that we’d brought from home. It was another peaceful evening, and it’s cooling off a bit (but still humid). We were watching the news out of NYC and it looks like we’ll be in the wet weather for a few days, but that’s OK, as we can always stand to chill for a few days. We’ll see what tomorrow brings…