We do get the SUN in England

We all live in Solihull * about 12 miles SE of Birmingham .

The beach Georgina & Dan took the children to is just above the Isle of Wight.





Bournemouth Beach, England

This weekend is a long weekend in the UK, and the sun was shining and it was HOT, so off to the beach they went.

Where our daughters live, The Midlands (the clue is in the name) is right in the middle of the UK, so its a bit of a drive to the beach. Only around 120 miles, BUT on the English roads, and a bank holiday weekend?, it could take up to 4 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We rang the little ones the next day and they told us all about their day, and the fun they all had.

Genette & Darren have taken Grace & Edward to visit their other Grandparents, Keith & Terry, in Southampton, (next door to Portsmouth on the map). Whilst there, they all went to the Isle of Wight for the day. They have also spent many hours at the beach, so I'm looking forward to Grace telling me all about that when we phone her later this week. It also gave Darren a chance to catch up with all his old buddies from when he lived in Southampton. He also managed to get to see his team play ( http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/ ) a game of football (proper football). They actually won, not too common of late for the Saints, perhaps he should go more often.

Our wedding Anniversary

33 years and still counting!

We may look a bit different, but 33 years later to the day, the one thing that remains the same is.........the fun we have together. Love goes with out saying. But as anyone knows that RV's full time, if you don't have FUN and laugh when you take a wrong turn in the RAIN, and have to unhook, or the BLACK tank is too full because your husband is rinsing it out and forgets to tell you, and he got talking to your new next door neighbors, and you press the peddle and "YES" Sh** all over you. We did laugh 6 weeks later......... after many showers and cleaning of the bathroom....... Of course we have had REAL fun too travelling to such wonderful places and meeting some great people across the USA and Canada.

Of course two of our greatest achievements, our two wonderful daughters, they have and continue to give us such pleasure and pride.

We have no idea what is in store for us in the next 33 years, but I can guarantee that it will be FUN.

Parliament of Canada.

Just like home

We do like Ottawa, maybe its the Parliament Buildings and The Peace Tower ( looks a bit like Big Ben ), so reminds us of home.

We went on a tour of the House of Commons and the Senate. On another day we walked round the shopping and downtown area of the city. Such a nice and easy city to walk around and the fruit and veg market was so nice, we came home with so much stuff, I will be making "fruit smoothies" for weeks.

We are at a campground in metropolitan Toronto now, (although we are an hour away from Downtown Toronto) called Trout Water Family Camping. www.troutwatercamping.com. Small, friendly and we have WIFI access in our RV. Its right near the centre of Kawartha Lakes country, with many small and picturesque towns, the main one being a town called Lindsay. Supposed to have the widest main street in Ontario. Lindsay has all the big box stores, and a shopping mall on the edge of town, but still has managed to retain its town centre, with many different small shops. Well worth a visit. Despite, as I have said there are many big box stores in Lindsay, there is no Wal-Mart, good heavens, what will we do. Not to worry, about the same distance in the opposite direction, is a small town called Uxbridge. Equaly picturesque, but a Wal-Mart on the edge of town. Phew!!!!

We will be here till the 5th Sept. Then its on to Sherkston Shores www.sherkston.com for a month. We stayed there 2 years ago, so know what its like. We hope to leave the RV there when we fly home on the 5th Oct. Its right on Lake Erie, and has its own private HUGE sandy beach, and its very close to Niagara Falls, which I will never tire of seeing. Also of course I will need at least a month to TRY and pack all our bags for our trip home. We are only allowed 40 pounds checked baggage each...... I can feel an excess baggage charge coming on. I have told Jim he can wear two jumpers on the plane, and he will only need ONE pair of shoes for home, (that will give me more room for my 6 pairs of shoes) you know what I mean don't you girls.

A few photos from home.

Painting "Joe"

Self explanetary !!!!!!!!!


A treat.

Told they could see the 1st Harry Potter film. They were all so excited and enjoyed it.

My Diamond

Well, do you like my DIAMOND it is a Herkimer diamond from the mines in New York. A gift from Bob.......
http://www.herkimerdiamond.com/Wholesale07.html

The Blue Nose (and her new crew mates)

The Blue Nose 11

When we were in Nova Scotia, Jim & Richard were invited onto the "Blue Nose 11", the two young men you see with them, tried to get our men to leave Marlus & I on dry land and sail away with them, into the sunset........don't get to excited..... as they then followed it with "we could get you both in shape and get rid of that excess weight you both have" We did laugh..........

Then went to Tim Hortons and had coffee & doughnuts, just for a change.......... We love our men the way they are.

We have a CONNNECTION ......

Montmorency Falls Quebec City, Quebec.
The top photo show's the 400+ steps down to the base of the falls.



Grand Falls, New Brunswick.



This was the view we had from the RV, on PEI, and yes, thats the sea.









As you can see, we have not been able to get on line for weeks now. So in short......... We spent a wonderful week on Prince Edward Island. We were very lucky to have been invited to stay with Louanne's parents on their sea side property, right on the beach. As you can see, we had one of the best views we have ever had from the RV, and great next door neighbors too. Louanne is an RCMP officer in Irma, Alberta, where Richard & Marlus live. While there, we decided to leave the RV and trailer, (as it cost around $60 to get OFF the Island) and go for a few days to Nova Scotia. And on the way there, we passed Jean & Garrett Mulder in their caravan of RVs, she would not have seen us as we were in Richard's truck, but we got very excited when we saw them. When we left PEI, lots of tears as we had to say good-bye to Ralph and Bernadette and again thank you, for making us so welcome at a very difficult time, and a fare well to Richard and Marlus, as they were heading back to Irma. But that turned into 3 fare well's, as we stopped for gas and then at TIM HORTONS.............. Jim and I then went on to New Brunswick for a week, and got to visit the Bay of Fundy area and saw so much there. On the way out of NB we stay at Grand Falls for a few days, then on to Quebec for 2 weeks. We both love Quebec City. We stayed there for one night on a vacation in 1997 and always said we would come back one day. It's so like some of the old city's we have been to in France, one being Carcassonne, where they filmed Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. This is also a walled City.

One of my favorite thing to see are water falls, and I have had my fill over the last few weeks. First we went to Grand Falls, in Grand Falls New Brunswick, Montmorency Falls in Quebec City and Chaudiere Falls in Levis Quebec.