What we've learned about retiring early, health, technology, RVing and an active lifestyle.
Thank you Tower garden. Just in time, with all the price increases in fruits and vegetables they have made it easier to grow your own right in your home. Really great Christmas gift as well. Coming in January the NEW HOME tower. Fresh everyday right off your tower Organic no pesticides or herbicides, no soil … Read more Home from Tower Garden
We’ve all experienced inflammation. Think of that sprained, swollen ankle, that cut finger, or that miserable head cold. Lori Shemek -11 Ways You’re Inadvertently Causing Inflammation We had no idea at the time we retire but both Della and I were huge suffers of chronic inflammation. Chronic systemic inflammation is: – chronic lasts for weeks, months … Read more Chronic Inflammation
This is our 3rd summer as Hosts at Williams Lake Campground. We’re starting to develop friendships with our returning guests and we saw more of the Chilcotin country this year. Often just getting to Williams Lake is an adventure. We sure get to see some beautiful country on the drive out and when we take … Read more It really is an adventure – Part 2
This was our third summer as hosts at the Williams Lake Stampede Campground. Our attitude towards it has become that it presents us with a series of adventures that help us stay active, learn new things and meet great people. The first is just getting from Cochrane to Williams Lake. It a 12 hour drive … Read more It really is an adventure!
Juice Plus is holding the first Canadian Conference right now in Calgary. With 1200 people attending it looks to be a success. Della is attending with a couple of her team, Tana and Tracie while I hold down the job at the campground. It’s their first experience at a National Conference. For now, I’ll just … Read more Calgary Juice Plus Conference October 2019
It was a great evening for a walk around the Williams Lake Stampede Campground. We shut down the office a little early and had to catch up with a few campers on our return. Della manning the front office Cabin Campground at Season opening with our first guest. After we get irrigation working it really … Read more Tonight’s walk around the Campground
We have hundreds of visitors each year of people headed to or returning from Bella Coola. Bella Coola is 450 kms west of Williams Lake on highway 20. Everybody that travels that way has a story about the famous hill just outside of town or the wildlife they saw. We met Norman and Sonja after … Read more A story of the Bella Coola highway
I was thinking about people and how they walk just yesterday. Today, Della asked me to look at people standing in the bank. Both times everyone around us obviously were having problems walking or standing. They looked like they were in pain. Not so long ago, this was us too. Just 5 years ago I … Read more I get so frustrated watching people walk.
From time to time I hear people say that they’ve tried Juice Plus and not noticed any results. After the results I’ve experienced, I have a hard time with that. So I ran a test. Nothing too dramatic, I just stopped taking Juice Plus. For two months, no vineyard, orchard, garden blend or omegas. I … Read more So I ran a test to see if JP results were true
On any given day I could be A landscaper A network analyst A plumber A mechanic A carpenter A painter A publicist A photographer A campground host An electrician A tour guide A speaker And I just used to be a Deputy Chief in Emergency Services. Loving retirement