Fall days bring varied weather
Fall weather has arrived. Days are warm and nights decidedly chillier. That means sweaters in the morning and shorts in the afternoons. It’s a great time of year.
Della got some recognition.
Della did a great job this summer getting the Tower Garden going. She often spoke to people about Health as well. We don’t “sell”, we just talk about our story and what we know about an amazing product line.
We’ve learned our lesson
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 took a different path
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 Mountain Ash are spectacular
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
Travellin’ Tower Garden
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
Best of both worlds
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.
Were so glad we came despite Covid
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
Williams Lake Stampede song
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 guy unsettled me.
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