Category Archives: Family

Saturday Snap – Just A Swingin’

The kids are both happy that playgrounds are finally open again but they also enjoy the convenience of the swing I rigged up right in our campsite!

Saturday Snap – Our Oasis

Doing a lot of work in our new seasonal campsite (we were granted a move from a smaller site we were in other years to a bigger, better one) to make it relaxing and peaceful…

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sunset at Jan Lake

Five Reasons We’re Happy to Be Camping During COVID

As mentioned previously, Shea and I are looking forward to camping this summer as much as possible.  Thinking about the Covid world we live in, there are a few reasons why we’re happy this is our hobby! If our summer plans included a trip to BC or Alberta or other out-of-province destinations, we’d have all […]

Saturday Snap – Camper Underwater?

The RV that Shea and I recently upgraded to has some sexy blue interior lights that make it seem more like you’re in a deep diving submarine than an above-ground vessel!

Throwback Thursday – Locked in The Camper (August 2015)

I told this story soon after it happened but now, five years later, it also qualifies to be a “Throwback Thursday” post as well. At the time, we were at Shea’s parents’ campsite getting ready for supper and no one was paying much attention to Sasha in the camper as people bustled in and out. […]

Saturday Snap – Our New Camper (2018 Forest River Cherokee Grey Wolf)

Shea and I had been tossing around the idea of upgrading to a bigger camper for a couple years but Covid sort of forced our hand this year. The initial restrictions for campgrounds included the fact that bathrooms would be closed and people would only be allowed to use their own camper’s facilities. Our rPod […]

Music Monday – “I stand before this faceless crowd/And I wonder why I bother/So much controlled by so few/Stumbling from one disaster to another”

A day or a week or a month ago, there was a COVID benefit concert featuring Canadian artists. It was a great show except I took exception to the use of “Lean On Me” as the final group song.  Great song, classic for a reason – sure.  But it just felt misplaced to have a […]

Throwback Thursday – Barn Board Accounting (April 1932)

This is pretty special – my dad was getting some barn boards from our farm to use in framing projects and found one where my grandfather had done some accounting as he sold grain to others (according to dad, he remembers the grain being sold by the five gallon pail.) My brother-in-law stained the board, […]

Happy 13th Birthday to Our Teenager!

Hard to believe our first born turns 13 today! His timing is good too – his younger sister was very angry that she had to have a virtual birthday last month but now that covid restrictions are loosening up a bit and we can have “family bubbles”, Pace got not only an in-person instead of […]