What we've learned about retiring early, health, technology, RVing and an active lifestyle.
Mark Boothby
The weather this week is beautiful and there’s no shortage of campers. We fill up each night and empty out each day. The challenge is prepping for the inevitable winter shut down and not leaving things to the last minute. We close to campers the Monday after Thanksgiving. We spend the remainder of that week … Read more
We walk as much as we can. This morning was glorious so we went for a walk on a slightly different path. There is a closed rodeo event going on this weekend so there are livestock and a few trailers in the infield.
The Williams Lake Stampede Campground has a number of Mountain Ash. This year they’ve been spectacular both spring and fall. The blackbirds are starting to gather so they’ll soon be feasting on the berries. They are my favourite tree in the campground. They are easiest to keep trimmed and are out of the way of … Read more
We love adding fresh vegetables to our daily protein shakes. We prefer to grow our own. That’s no small challenge during a Canadian winter or while we’re in the RV during the summer. We’ve come up with a solution though. It’s called Tower Garden and its an aeroponic, soil free, weed free, quick, efficient way … Read more
The Williams Lake Tribune recently interviewed us. www.wltribune.com/community/our-hometown-the-best-of-both-worlds/ Turns out to be a full page spread in the Canada Day issue.
We were so uncertain this Spring on whether we would take the campground contract this year. At the time it did not appear there would be any use of the campground other than a small number of essential workers and the global pandemic was spreading quickly. Currently, the pandemic is still spreading although some areas … Read more
The Stampede even has a song written about it. Here are a couple of versions. One by the author, Alan Moberg, the other by George Hamilton IV. The original has a a couple embelishments . https://youtu.be/XcUYl32vcPI George Hamilton https://youtu.be/4czVmH7HyW8
This deer walked straight at us up to a couple meters. His herd had spent the day on the grass just across from out site. He might have been curious but he also might have been after the dog. A couple years ago, I had a doe get up on her hind legs and take … Read more
Raising the flags at the campground is one of my favourite days. it signifies the opening of the campground that we’re ready for the season. the Country is opening up a bit after our Covid-19 lockdown of 2 months. that currently we are living in a Country without violent protests.
Della and I have a contract at the Williams Lake Stampede Campground for the past 4 years. We’ve been here for the past 2 weeks getting the campground in order for a limited opening June 1st. We welcome self sufficient campers to our fully serviced sites. We are complying with Provincial Health guidelines so our … Read more