HAPPENINGS AT HAPPY TRAILS

So far, so good with the poinsettias—no nibbling and no sign of rabbits anywhere.  I saw a coyote walk through the lot next door yesterday morning so he must have been on patrol for me.  We had the yard sale for the eastern half of the resort last Saturday and people started coming around to look at 7 a.m., before the sun was even up.  Not much different than yard sales at home.  The real “keeners” were driving around the day before as people were getting their treasures ready for the sale.  We did a neighbourhood check of each other’s stuff and we ended up with an Oster blender for $5 and an electric frying pan for $3.  There were some excellent deals such as a $1500 serger that was like new and was sold for $150.  We had 5 items for sale and sold one (Stuart’s old golf bag) and will haul the stuff out again at the next sale in March.

Fancy "Golf" Cart (Electric Carts Only in Resort)

Our only other purchase on the sale day was a Honeywell free standing oil heater for $5.  It works all right and we’ve started using it in the evenings to maintain a comfortable inside temperature.  We had overnight lows around 4 C and last night we had a rain storm.  It’s so nice to be under a full roof when the rains come.  No worries about shoes, chairs, carpets and bikes getting wet and the trailer is staying quite clean.  We played pickleball this morning after the rain but not many people came out to play.  It was windy but that only made the games more challenging.

Last week, we went to the movie theatre to see the newest James Bond film “Skyfall.”  It was entertaining with lots of special effects and a decent story line.  We attended a matinee showing that cost $11.75 for two and it wasn’t even their discount Tuesday and Thursday rate.  I wonder how cheap they would be?  Yesterday was a golf day for us and it was strange to wear long pants and a hoodie for the round.  It was cloudy most of the afternoon with a few rain drops but we managed to stay dry for the entire round.

We get garbage pick up twice a week and the process here is very interesting.  Each lot has a metal garbage can set in the ground with a flip top lid for opening the can.  You just step on it and drop your bag in the can.

 On pick up day, the big truck comes around and the garbage men wheel large plastic bins up each side of the street, lift the cans out of the ground and dump them in the bin.  Then they wheel the bins to the back of the truck and dump them in.  The guys work really fast and run between cans most of the time.  It must be hard work to lift the can out of the ground but it sure makes the streets look nice without garbage bins at the curb and also, no animals can get in and spread the garbage around.