Friends at the Fairgrounds

We woke up this morning to steady rain and cold winds. Brrrr! Not our favorite weather to move in, but we didn't melt. We met Wes and Jenske and Ed and Marlyn at the fairgrounds, and we all went in together. We're camped side by side in the dry camping area (a grassy field, now getting pretty soggy). It's supposed to be a bit warmer and dryer tomorrow.

What a joy to meet up with our friends whom we have not seen in almost three years. In 2009 we caravanned with them and several other friends to Calgary and beyond. We were so excited to see them that we forgot to take any photos, but we'll make up for it tomorrow. Wes and Jenske now have a playmate for Peaches, a little spitfire (Jenske's words) named Blossom. They also have a beautiful new (to them) Alfa motorhome. It is gorgeous (and it even came with a shiny Krups coffee maker). Ed and Marlyn are still in their Alpenlite, which we have always liked a lot because of its large rear window. Johnsons' motorhome has more and larger windows than we have ever seen in a motorhome. It's very light and attractive.

Everyone came over after lunch for a tour of our new home and a visit. It was just like old times. After supper we went to Wes and Jenske's for a tour and a nice evening of talk and laughter.


We are dry camping for five days here. We ran the generator for a while earlier when we were fixing dinner. It needs to be exercised, and we sure didn't get any amp hours from the solar panels today. It's been cold and rainy all day. Tonight Ken got out the blue flame propane heater. The propane furnaces in the rig use electricity to power the blower motors, but the blue flame heater uses only propane.

I heated water to do the dishes on the stove rather than fire up the water heater. The background power draw is much higher than we had in the Excel. One good thing is that the LED lights are bright and draw very little current.