GETTING READY TO GO SOUTH

Well, it’s that time of year for us to put things away for the winter and get ready to head south to Arizona.  The assessment of my knee is that it is “not unhealthy” but requires a significant amount of rehabilitation to get strong again.  I am on a physiotherapy program that is working and have been seeing improvement in the past week.  It will take time, but I can do all my exercises in Arizona as well as I can here.

Stuart has pulled the garden plants except for the carrots and done the final tilling.  It is always a bit sad to see all the plants gone.  We still have a few pots of flowers blooming which is amazing for this time of year.  It has been very warm and sunny and we have spent time on the deck in the afternoons.

We blew out the irrigation system last week and that took almost 3 hours.  We are very meticulous with it as we don’t want frozen and broken pipes and have been successful in the past 2 years.  Stuart has winterized the boat, the mowers, tiller, pressure washer, etc. and has done the pre-trip inspection on the truck.  Our list of things to do is quite extensive but manageable if we do a few things every day.

Stuart has been working most mornings at the church this week putting up the sound absorption panels that he and another fellow built.  He is enjoying the work and wishes that he could finish the job before we go.  However, there isn’t enough material to do that so the guys here will have to complete it after we leave.

Last weekend, we went to the Lower Mainland for our niece’s wedding and Stuart was the MC at the reception.  The ceremony was in an old chapel in Langley—lots of character but cold inside.  The dinner was at the Fort Langley Golf Course and they served an excellent buffet.  Stuart had the group laughing a lot with his witty comments and everyone enjoyed themselves.  The happy couple are now on their honeymoon in Hawaii.

So, that’s about it from here for this season.  Next post will be from somewhere south.