Home Again Home Again . . .

This morning we made the decision to head home. We had hoped to draw the camping out until after Thanksgiving, but I guess that won't happen now. The warm weather just wouldn't hang in there for us.

It was nice to have the sewer hookup plus the campground water was still turned on, so that made it easy to clean and empty the RV tanks in preparation for winterizing. Ron will add the antifreeze when we get home.

I am hoping we can enjoy some deck time and are able to sit around our propane firepit this weekend. Pretend camping!  It has been a long time since we have celebrated Thanksgiving at home.  So that is it for our 2011 camping season.

NOTE: It was 12C, cloudy and spitting rain when we left Cardston and when I wrote this final entry. Back home in Medicine Hat? Sunny and 21C.  I'm starting to think we should give up travelling in the spring and the fall!

Creston, BC... to Cardston, AB

Mountain Park Resort
Site #10 - $35.84, p/w, Internet, Temp 22C

Well, we've come full circle on this RV Trip. We spent last night in Creston/Erickson. At the Mountain Park with all those cool animal and bird wood carvings throughout the campground.

It was a beautiful evening and we sat out around the fire. Until we ran out of wood.  What?? We can buy some from the campground host??  No! never! We can not buy / pay money for firewood!

This morning it was cloudy, rainy and only 8C when we left Creston. The fall colours were much more prevalent than when we came through this area in September. Particularly in the Fernie / Sparwood area. It was all golden and beautiful! We changed our minds re our destination a few times on today's drive. We almost headed straight home.

But then the sun came out and the temp rose to 17C. And so, we turned south at Pincher Creek and we headed to Cardston, AB.
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Lee Creek Campground
Site #42 - $25, p/w/s, Internet LeeCr12543, Temp 17C

Cardston has a really nice town campground. So we 'checked in'. And, we managed to have another fire with wood left / salvaged from around the campground. Plus Ron raked up lots of leaves. 

On a neighboring lot there were all these piles of dead branches lined up along the chain link fence that separates the private property from the campground property. We figured they wouldn't mind us cleaning up and burning some of these old dead branches. We did manage to pull a couple branches through the 'links' in the fence. But then the friendly neighbor lady came out of the house with her 5 huge and not so friendly barking dogs. Apparently the branches are piled along the fence to keep the dogs back from the fence! "Some people are intimidated by the dogs" the lady says. Hahaha! We won't be stealing any more of THAT wood!!

Grand Forks to Creston... or ..??

We did enjoy our stay at Grand Forks. I'm kind of thinking that it doesn't take much to amuse us though. We always seem to enjoy the silliest little things on our travels. Small things small minds?? It has been interesting just to sit in this City Park campground and watch the locals go by. Some great entertainment there!

The bike trail here wasn't great. It looked good starting out, but for such a short distance. They really haven't developed or paved much of this Trans Canada trail at all. We biked what we could, but spent most of our time riding on the city streets. A bit of a disappointment.

On Sunday we opted for a truck tour. Ron headed north on a well paved highway winding up the mountain valley. I suggested we head over to Christina Lake. Ron claimed that particular highway wouldn't get us there. However, I turned on the GPS and "Lee" told us otherwise. We had a most enjoyable tour.

We missed a turn, but decided to continue further up the road. The fall colours and the mountain countryside were truly beautiful. We then returned to that missed turnoff. An hour later we were back on Hwy 3. At Grand Forks. About 500 metres down the road from where we had originally started our drive! We had such a good laugh. And indeed. A left turn down Hwy 3 and a further 20 km drive brought us to Christina Lake. Yup... it's those small things. Thanks for the laugh, Lee!

And Christina Lake? Nothing much has changed. If anything, it has gone further downhill. Developments have started and have been left unfinished. Businesses have closed plus there are "For Sale" signs everywhere. Actually this whole south area of BC seems to be suffering. It would appear that there is an excessive amount of real estate on the market right now. Tough times.

Today we continue east. Towards home. No hurries though. And where we spend the night will be a surprise. To all of us!

on to Grand Forks

Grand Forks Municipal Campground
Site #13 - $29, p/w/s, Internet poor, Temp 15C & cloudy

We quite enjoyed our lazy days at Osoyoos. We thought we might book another two nights for the "pay for 6 get 7th night free" special, but our site was booked for tomorrow night. And so we decided if we had to pack up and move, we may as well just keep going.

Through Greenwood and on to Grand Forks. One hour away. It is cloudy but pleasant. There is a section of the Trans Canada trail that passes through this area, so the bikes will be coming out.

I am happy to be back to the free unlimited internet and using my laptop rather than typing on the little iPod Touch keyboard! It was strange that the internet time limits ran out on the laptops and the newer iTouch, but the two older Touches remained connected.

All for now. Hope you are enjoying the weekend!