Getting Ready to Roll

Everyone spent the day today doing laundry and packing up for our trip. Frank and Val went out exploring and offered to bring back supplies from Wal-mart. They went to the Mushroom Festival and to a quilt shop.

We saw lots of loads being carried from the Rowes' house to the Rowes' rig (good thing they have a big rig!). For dinner we had "refrigerator potluck"--a little of this and a little of that to clear out the fridges. Nanci's meatloaf was even better the second time around, and we finished off with local strawberries over vanilla ice cream.

We've really enjoyed Tom and Nanci's hospitality, but it's time to hit the road for Calgary. We're sure the house will feel a bit lonely when all three rigs pull out in the morning: Frank and Val in their Fleetwood motorhome, us in Venture, and Rowes in their Sea Breeze fifth wheel towed by an even more ginormous white truck than ours.

In the morning we'll have to get up early to go dump and get fuel, so we tried to get as much done as possible and get to bed at a reasonable hour.