A MEDICAL HITCH

Well, it looks like our departure to the Rio Grand Valley is going to be delayed slightly.  

 I now have two appointments booked for Nuclear Scans of my heart.  One on November 2^nd at 9:30 am and again on November 3^rd at 11:30 am.  ??  





  




Apparently this gives them a more detailed look at what is going on with my heart after my little episode at Gimli Hospital this summer.  I don’t know when my doctors will get the results of these scans and what and when the follow up will be.   But, I am busying myself trying to get as ready as possible for, if and when, we get the OK for us to travel.  


HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ON OUR WAY IN EARLY NOVEMBER



 

I'M THINKING SOUTHWARD

Looking forward to seeing our Texas friends.  

Looking forward to going out dancing.  

Looking forward to the bright warm sunshine.  

Looking forward to escaping the snow.  

WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?

THUNDERBIRD IS IN THE HANGAR

Well, the Thunderbird is tucked away in the hangar for another winter.  

We still have a few chores to see too before we head south this year, but most of the work will wait until spring.  

But, as I'm unpacking and repacking things, I am realizing there are items I have left on the boat that need to be retrieved for Texas. 

So, I'm sure there will be another trip or two out to the hangar this fall. 

OUR THOUGHTS HAVE TURNED FROM BOATING TO TEXAS

THE WEEKEND IN GIMLI HARBOUR

 

Our plan was, to cruise to Gimli on Friday morning. Because that looked like our weather window, but Thursday afternoon the lake calmed right down and we checked wind-finder and the foercast had changed to high winds on Friday.  So I grabbed my dock plant and we decided to cast off. 

 So we left port in a hurry and had a very easy cruise north.  Gord Gowie joined us for the trip.  Soon we were settled in and cooking dinner in Gimli  harbour Thursday evening.

And boy am I ever glad we did.  Right now we are sitting here with gale force winds battering the harbour. And they are South winds which are emptying the harbour, so I have quite a climb to get back up onto the pier.  

 

 

 I don't think my rescued Petunias are going to last long in this gale.  

The winds are supposed to swing around from the North overnight, that should help refill the harbour. and they should be coming straight from the West by afternoon.  That should be good for our haul out if it all comes to past as predicted.  

I JUST HOPE I CAN SLEEP TONIGHT.  

 

WILL WE GO TO TEXAS THIS WINTER?

This question has been racing around my head for most of the summer.  Ever since the Canadian dollar took a nose dive against the American dollar.  Plus I've had a couple of health scares.  But, yes, I guess we are going, as long as we both get a green light on any of our health issues.  

We own our own little place down there, so there are no extra expenses to live down there for the winter.  We have to pay our common element anyways.  Groceries are actually a little cheaper, to feed us while we are there.  Booze is cheaper and you can't ask for better and cheaper entertainment, than we get in the Rio Grande Valley. Even with the exchange rate we should come out close to even on all these items.   

The only big cost is the travelling.  Fuel, Motels and restaurants, that is the big expense to our winter down south, the getting there and the getting back.  I've been putting my travel money away in the bank each week as usual and everyday I hope for some recovery on that dollar, but alas to no avail. I guess I'll just keep watching and hoping and when we decide what day we are leaving, I'll go to the bank the day before we leave, and accept, Oh well. it is what it is. The exchange rates weren't that great in 2008, (the first year we started going south) and that didn't stop us then. 

WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN SPOILED THESE LAST FEW YEARS.  

WE'VE BOOKED OUR PULL-OUT DATE

The end of the season is here.  We have booked the date for Lake Agassiz Marine to pull our boat out of the water and put it away in the hangar for the winter.  

We have booked for Sunday, September 27th.  That way we can enjoy our one last weekend of September, if the weather is nice.  And if it's not nice we can use that weekend to look for a weather window to get the boat to Gimli.  

It is always sad to see each season come to an end.  Oh well, we have gotten the most we can out of this season and we have a few things to do to get ready for next season.  

IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.

IS BOATING DONE FOR THE YEAR?

Every day now we sit and watch more and more boats lining up and being loaded onto trailers.  

I think I'm done with boating for another year.  The weather has been very inconsistent this year and this fall is turning even more so.   During the summer we had a few days here and there, during the week, when it was nice enough to take the boat out cruising, but now it seems that if it is sunny and warm, it is windy, so I give up.  

I am now filling my time with old photos and Ancestry.ca.  Which can be very interesting, but can fill your time, far too much.  You get on the trail of an ancestor and you find yourself doing search after search for more details and different details and you turn around and the whole day has whizzed by and you have accomplished nothing else.  Except a few scraps of information that you are so thrilled with.   It's like Alice going down the rabbit hole and you never know where it will lead you next or where you will end up, but it's fascinating.  

So, it is time to book our pull-out as I can do what I'm doing anywhere.  Here, at the Condo, or down in Texas it doesn't matter, as long as I have internet, I can get lost in my research.  

But I know that if we pull the boat and get settled into the Condo early, for sure the weather will turn gorgeous and we will regret missing those last few pleasant weeks of boating

ALAS, OUR 1ST WORLD PROBLEMS

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