18,993 Days

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Awaking from a dream in which I was fighting with an ocelot to hear Jasper barking, I kind of wondered how the rest of the day (my 52nd birthday) would go. :-) I then looked out the window and saw a possum - the first I've ever seen in the wild, or in an RV Resort parking lot. Pretty cool. We were leaving the Golden Shore RV Park in Long Beach that morning for San Mateo Campground to try … [Read more...]

Snowbirding 2011: Proposed Routings

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Here are our proposed routings south and northbound for this winter. Click here to see the southbound map on Google Maps... and here is the link for the northbound map. View Larger Map View Larger Map … [Read more...]

Snowbirding 2011 Begins

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The first 10 days of our trip was hellish, but fun --- in a freakish kind of way. :-) Four days prior to our scheduled November 2nd departure for points south, I came down with a humdinger of a cold and dutifully spent 2 days in bed attempting to ward off a nasty case of bronchitis. Apparently, two days wasn't nearly sufficient rest, as I'm still spewing, hacking and dripping 2 weeks on.  That … [Read more...]

Stop Wineries from Destroying California Redwoods

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A Spanish company is angling to build a new vineyard in the town of Annapolis, California. Sounds fine, right? But the plans call for: Destroying 140 acres of majestic redwood forest, Building the vineyard on top of the ancient burial grounds of the Kashia Pomo tribe (many of whom still live and worship in those woods), and Harming the Gualala River, home to endangered salmon and … [Read more...]

Nufloors Penticton Ruined My Kitchen

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In May 2011 I entered into a contract with Nufloors Penticton to replace my kitchen backsplash. Unfortunately, the result is a total horror show. I ordered a cream / taupe travertine tile that matched the kitchen paint colour almost exactly. At NO point was I ever told that the colour of the backsplash would turn out to be a colour completely different than the one I … [Read more...]