Quinn was Ben's little Shadow, it was pretty cute.
On saturday after lunch we all headed up to leslieville for a quick visit with Jason & Dixie.
Leslieville is as small as it sounds! LOL
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Jason & Dixie have a very old house from the 1920's that has been expanded on over the course of the years - it's interesting to say the least! They are doing a great job of remodelling it. Most people just paint and put down laminate flooring.... they knock down and rebuild outer walls - move exterior doors - and add Epic windows.
Their latest addition is their AMAZING bathroom. Jetted tub for 2 with a chandelier above, and an incredible shower for two. Terrific tile work, lighting and water works. GOOD JOB BROTHER!
I digress. Had a quick visit with Dixie as she had to go to work then Jason & Lawrence got to work hooking up the trailer.
We bid farewell to Marianne & the boys then took jason out for lunch in Rocky Mountain House (15 minutes away), then we pulled away with our new trailer. It was my dad's, so I feel like my family has a little piece of him. Many of my childhood memories are that of him taking us camping LOTS (we had a tent trailer then). So it's nice to have the fun happy memories that I can associate with his trailor and my family creating the same memories for Quinn.
So we are now the proud owners of a 16 foot Skyline 'Nomad' (1992).
Here is a similar one :
Our actual photos to follow after our maiden voyage to Drumhellar for the Canada Day/Brenn's B-day Long Weekend!
We found a storage place 5km from our house! 22X Storage.
Last night we brought it home and cleaned it. Wow, did dad ever take pride in his trailer! He obviously gave it a huge cleaning before he put it away for the winter. He had only insured it 10 days before his passing, so was still in winterized condition.
It was very clean - including the potty! It was not a big deal to spray down the whole thing and freshen it up. We went though the items in and decided what to keep and what to toss and 'moved in' our camping kitchen stuff.
We are pretty excited.
Jason did a once over and a mechanical inspection and said it's good to go for this season, but it would need some work next year. Just to be on the safe side, we made an appointment at the 'Hitch Experts' for an inspection / tune-up (to be done tomorrow). There were a few issues Jason couldn't fix that we would like tended to.
Hopefully repairs and maintenance won't cost too much and hopefully they will be able to show us how to actually operate everything!! I'm excited to not have to run to the potty (or bushes) for a cold pee in the middle of the night!
I can't wait to stock it with all the Camping essentials. All we will need when we head out is food and our clothes!
As mentioned above re: Canada Day; Fri July 1 is the stat, so we also took Thur June 30 off. We will head to Drumhellar after dinner on WED July 29 to Blariot Ferry Campground. We plan to go the the Tyrell Museum on Thursday, then kick back and relax fri & sat, and on the way home I was thinking of stopping in Drum to the Reptile world.
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