RELAXATION AND TAX TIME

The hardwood floors are all but done and we are having a relaxing Sunday watching all of the Titanic stuff that comes our way, and of course getting those darn taxes done.  As Canadians we don't have to have ours done until the end of the month unlike my Winter Texas friends that have today as a deadline.  Good Luck with that. 

A LONG WEEKEND OF WORK

After a lot of hard work and calculations, The hardwood floors are almost finished.  It was a long, long weekend of hard work for Dan & Ken. 

That's the Living room, Dining room,  Rear entry, Kitchen, Spare Bedroom, all completed.  Without a single transition break. 

  Now all that is left to do, are the two main Bedrooms.  That is this coming weekends chore.  The whole house will look like one big floor, without a single break.  Then the following weekend it's onto the Bathroom, slate tile.  

BACK INTO OUR REGULAR ROUTINE

You can sure tell we are back to our regular routine, as this entire Easter weekend Dan & I and our son Ken have been over at our Daughter Tracy Elizabeth's installing her new hardwood floors thoughout the house.  The sub floor is down and Ken has the hardwood all cut and laid out half way across.  We should be able to finish this weekend.  He sure  does great precision work.  Final Pictures to follow when it's done.  We've always got projects going on and we have to finish this one before we start going out to work on the boat. 

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DOWN SOUTH IS OVER, UP NORTH IS ON

Yesterday we went out to the old aircraft hangars where our boat is stored for the winter.  It's an indoor heated facility where we can come out for the weekend work on and sleep on, the boat.  The building has washrooms, showers, a galley and a lounge for the boaters use. 

This is a view from our rear deck.  The boats are all packed in and waiting to be prepped for launch.  It is certainly nice to have a place (out of the weather) where you can work on your boat every spring weekend. 

As I step into my Galley, I get that welcome home feeling and am anxious to get started on this years boating season.  But, Dan reminds me that this trip is only to drop off stuff we brought home from the US and not a working weekend.  Besides I have to hunt down and buy a used commercial sewing machine so that I can do some canvas work this year. 

IT'S NICE TO TRAVEL, BUT IT'S NICE TO BE HOME

We are off!!  7:30 am and it's time to hit the road.  With any luck we may be able to make it home today.  Council Bluffs, Iowa to Winnipeg Manitoba, is doable. 

The roads are clear the weather is perfect as we slowly settle into the rolling hills of South Dakota.  As we travelled through there, it got very windy.  We bucked a 40 - 55 mph wind most of the way through that state.  We have always encountered winds in South Dakota.  They talk about winds in Texas, they are not nearly as bad as the winds in South Dakota. 



As the roads flattened out and we entered the "Real Prairies", that us Manitobans are very familiar with, the winds died off and it was clear sailing. 

But of course, as we approached the Canadian border the weather started to turn into rain.  As we finally picked up good old CJOB we were listening to reports of snow and sleet in Winnipeg.  We just shrugged and said, "Oh, well", isn't this typical for us, we always seem to hit lousy weather on the way home. 

We are all glad to be home.  Sea-Enna, has now gotten over the travel sickness she used to suffer from and now travels very well.  She doesn't really enjoy it,  she just endures it.  So she is glad to be home, so she can relax.  And she sure knows how to do that. 

Dan, who has had to do all the driving for the whole 2000 miles, is finally getting a chance to relax as well. 

As for me I still have a lot of unpacking to do.  I can't let these crates stay piled up here in my living room.  A lot of stuff we brought home is for the boat as well, so we will be heading out to the hangar on Friday to drop a lot of that stuff off at the boat. 

So that was our southern travels for this year. 

For our new Winter Texan friends and our usual followers, I will be keeping my blog going all year round.  So that you can see what us transplanted Manitobans do in the Summer when we are not relaxing down in Texas.  If your interested I will still be posting at least once a week. 

750 MILES. A GOOD DAY FOR US

I am sure Sea-Enna is thinking do we have to do this driving thing again today. 

While Dan is saying "Let's Roll". 

As we headed out of Denton, the sun was not up yet and the low areas were covered with fog.  Very pretty.  Then the sun crested the horizon, as we headed out of Texas and into Oklahoma. 

The first town we pass in Oklahoma, is Thackerville.  One of these days we really should stop in there and see what the town is all about.  I could also do some ancestry research.  Maybe we have some rich relatives there.  We didn't stop though, as we are trying to make headway. 

I love the rolling hills of Oklahoma and the rock cuts through them for the roads.  Very impressive. 
Even more impressive when the same thing is done through solid granite in northwestern Ontario. 

We made great progress today.  We managed to cover 750 miles from Denton Texas to Council Bluffs, Iowa.  We accomplished that by not even stopping for breakfast.  (We ate cold left over Pizza in the car as we traveled.  I like left over Pizza for breakfast once in a while, but only if I can heat it up.) 

  The only stops that we made were to fuel up the truck and relieve ourselves, as necessary, as Sea-Enna can attest.






And my last thought for tonight.  I really must find out what these trees are.  As we travelled north all day we were seeing these trees.  (what I assume are a type of fruit tree, but obviously a wild one) They were all in full  magnificent bloom everywhere we looked. 


Well that's it for tonight we are off, out for dinner.  No more Pizza for me this trip.  More tomorrow.