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While this quote is borrowed from one of our favourite shows Yellowstone, it really does pertain to our ongoing situation as you will soon understand as you continue to read.

SO there is ALWAYS more drama with each phone call (hence the quote). Last week’s phone call informed us that only 1/2 the parts have been ordered. Meaning 2 rotors instead of 4……..Not sure how that happened, but it did. We also got another call informing us, or really NOT informing us of when these parts are arriving and IF in fact our order is part of the next manufacturers shipment out to all the dealerships in Canada (which happens Aug 23rd apparently). None the less, we were not thrilled with this news. Barb keeps her anger tightly bound, and in fact I didn’t even know she was mad until she told me much later. LOL As for me, I decided to take everything in stride.

Given the news, we have made decisions on the two scenarios mentioned in the previous post

1. What happens if the parts don’t come in. 2. What happens if they do.

The reason there are decisions for both, is that Barb needs to be back for her daughter’s wedding mid September and Barb’s dress needs to be finished (kind of important), so the timeline is getting TIGHT.

Scenario #1 – parts don’t get shipped out on Aug 23rd for Sept 6 arrival: We leave Trail on Aug 24th and slowly make our way back home. Whether we go through the U.S or Canada is yet to be determined.

Scenario #2 – parts get shipped on Aug 23rd with potential arrival of Sept 6th. Barb flies home right away and I stay to get the FRONT rotors/brakes fixed. Barb then flies back end of Sept and we make our way back to Ontario.

Either scenario requires us to fix the back rotors and brakes, hence the trip back to Ontario before we head down south for the winter. So a dealership in Ontario will have to order/fix.

The good news out of all of this?? Dealership here, given their screw up, has agreed to put in writing that this is under warranty. This should help us get the Ontario dealership to fix the back (or all if no parts are arriving) free to us. We also found out in speaking with the national dealer office that we could submit our receipts for our stay here in Trail, which would be awesome!

We finally have a tentative date on parts, which is Sept 6th. That is NOT a typo…..nor a guarantee…..soooooo

Our choices:

1. Stay in Trail and hope parts come in before the snow flies.
2. Leave the RV here and rent a car and travel around the Kootenay’s while we wait for the parts
3. Leave with the RV and slowly make our way back to Ontario to get the Motorhome fixed there. (We can drive the motorhome, we just have to make sure the brake rotors don’t overheat. We have also gotten the OK from two mechanics that this is doable)

So what are we going to do? We are not sure at the moment as we weigh our options. Stay tuned!

We have built a extra floor over the stairs to allow for more Winston space…..It is quite brilliant really and easy to move over to allow us out of the motorhome.

We have entertained the ”kids” with outdoor activities, or frankly just lounging

We have clearly been feeding them well with ”lip smacking” food.

We continue to cook outstanding meals

Toad in a hole breakfast, breakfast pudding made from coconut milk/almond milk/chia/holy crap cereal, Buddha bowl with tofu, Caesar salad with scallops. ALL excellent!

We had a friend over from Kelowna BC. SB drove up to Trail to spend the weekend with us. We wondered Trail and went to Gyro park for a leisurely swim in the Columbia River and crossed the Columbia River Skywalk. While there were a lot of murals to take pictures of, this one was pretty spectacular with the utilization of the actual windows of the building.

We have also had to block a hiding spot from Safiya which you can see is under the steering wheel and behind the foot pedals. WHERE she goes when she is in there, only she is aware, but none the less we have blocked it off as best we can……until we go to drive, at which point she will be locked in her playpen!

All in all, we keep busy, the days fly by and we are still enjoying the area. We are however getting anxious to be back on the road…stay tuned for a update on that in the next day.

Barb and I were sitting at the table the other day and talked about how nice it would be to have some flowers in the Motorhome, since we are here for a bit. Then low and behold…………BJ (campground host) came walking down the road to us with some freshly cut roses from his little garden pot. Into a empty wine bottle they go and voila we have flowers! Thank you BJ !

The one thing Winston hates the most…..

We are going to have to start taking lots of pics of the types of vehicles and trailers people use as there are some real cool rigs out there. This old school bus was occupied with a family of Australians. Lovely young family traveling to Yellowstone Park. We loved the look of this, seriously retro!!

When one retires from a company, you wonder what you get as a good-bye/fare-the-well/thanks for everything you’ve done gift………

One of my leaders, knowing I wanted to go on a RV adventure chose to get me this. 197 pieces of lego that turned into a fabulous Class C motorhome! I had fun putting it together as Barb diligently categorized the 4 packages of lego and parts it all came in. And as in real life, there were pieces left over….thinking they were just extra in case one loses a part or the brakes go on the thing. It has a wall that opens, a rooftop patio if you want, a little family as well as all the little cooking and food accessories. Lego thinks of it all. Once we were done, taken our pictures, we gave it to a young family in the campground who we knew would enjoy playing with it. So the gift will continue to keep on giving. Thank you JM!!