The rain finally let up yesterday and it turned out to be a pretty nice day – we even got a bit of sunshine. November, here on Vancouver Island, can be a very wet and stormy month with lots of high winds. We’ve had the rainstorms alright, but no high winds to speak of – at least not here in the Cowichan Valley. I hope that continues because with the high winds, trees get knocked over and hit power lines causing outages.
Paulette leaving a garage sale in Palm Springs with some valuable treasures
Paulette had a few things to take care of in Duncan, yesterday morning, including getting a tooth capped. This was the final step in the process so it was just a matter of making sure everything fit and then cementing the cap in place. I’m sure glad that after we retired, our dental plan coverage's continued as orthodontic work can get very expensive. I guess that’s why so many RV’ers go to Mexico for dental work now.
As if the first load wasn’t enough, Paulette had to go back for more!
While Paulette was out, I got busy inside with my weekly vacuuming job. Have I told you before how much I hate vacuuming? Just in case I haven’t – “I hate vacuuming”! I shouldn’t complain, I guess, because we have a built-in Beam vacuum system, so all I have to do is plug the hose in a few different locations in the house and it’s all done in less than 30 minutes. It actually takes me longer to think about getting going, than it does to actually do it!
One of the views from our 5’er, of the San Jacinto Mtns., from our site at the Sands RV Park
Paulette arrived back home just after 1:00pm, so that gave me enough time to do another job that I had been putting off for a few days – taking all the paint cans and other garbage to the dump and recycling station. We cleaned out the paint closet last Monday and loaded up a bunch of garbage bags and cardboard boxes with empty paint cans, nearly empty paint cans and other assorted junk that we would never, ever use again. Friday was the first day we’ve had with no rain this week, so I couldn’t come up with any reason to delay any further!
We took a day trip to a very nice little town in California - Temecula
I found out when I got to the Waste Transfer Station, that there was no charge for disposing of empty or partially full cans of paint. The staff directed me to a big bin and told me to just dump them all in it. Looking in the bin, I thought that if somehow you could maybe squash all those cans and have the different colors drip out onto a canvas, some dummies might think it’s “art” and worth a fortune! Come to think of it, someone’s already beat me to that idea as I’ve seen some of those paintings hanging on art gallery walls!
Another day trip found us at the San Juan Capistrano Mission and “The Bells”
By the time I got finished with the paint cans and made my way home, it was just after 3:00pm and time to call it a day. I put the fireplace on, got my Sony eBook and read until it was time for dinner. Paulette made clam chowder and it was very, very good! We just watched TV last night and took it easy.
Have a great Saturday, and thanks again for visiting!
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