Quartzsite again!

We left Palm Springs on Wednesday headed for Quartzsite (2 hours east). Camped on the desert (boondocking) with 20 other coaches. More to follow.....

We're back....snowbirds again!!!

January 12, 2011
Time to get caught up with our travels with Kingsley, our 34 year old GMC Motorhome which we have owned for the last eight years.
January 12th 2011 we flew out of YEG to Palm Springs to join up with our home away from home, Kingsley. Melissa’s friend, Ronald , drove us to the airport. The temperature @ 7:00 am was -30C and there was tons of snow on the ground. Also, there were lots of check-points, security, etc. It’s good that we were there 1 ½ hours before our flight
Three hours later, we arrived in Palm Springs. Glorious weather…the air smells so good! Cab drive, ten minutes, and we were at the Cathedral Palms RV Park and reunited with our Kingsley before noon!
We drove to Walmart to buy bike tires then to PS Cyclery where we left my bike for repair. On the way back,we made a stop at Trader Joe’s for some groceries. Both of us were exhausted by 8:00 pm.

January 13, 2011
We took a long walk in the morning and had lunch at a Mexican restaurant next to the Big Lots Store. Walking back, we stopped at the Incredible Artist’s Gallery- great artwork and classes in Cat. City Centre.
We picked up my bike then went to Costco for major grocery shopping and gas.
We are pretty well settled in and have great neighbours!

January 14, 2011
Stayed close to home and washed all the windows on the coach…..really dirty! We didn’t spend a cent today!! We watched “The Stepford Wives” on the laptop tonight.


January 15, 2011
Another gorgeous day in SoCal!!!

January 16, 2011
Cooler today. Rode bikes to Royal Palms where Parkers used to stay. A fabulous sunset tonight…all pale pink & blue.

January 17, 2011
Martin Luther King Day in the USA,

Kingsley is on the move again!

Well, it has been over three months since my last post and it's about time to bring you up to date on my adventures with Alan & Janet! The three of us left Edmonton on Monday, October 11th(Thanksgiving Day in Canada)heading south to Palm Springs via Calgary, Conrad & Las Vegas. We are now in LV at a GMCWS rally with about sixty other GMCers and having a ton o'fun!! Two things happened just as we were leaving home: First, our RV fridge went kaput and secondly, the laptop crashed with a virus. We are buying a new fridge which will be installed next week and...we went to Costco and bought a Acer notebook so, we are back on line...yea!!!

Quilchena School Class of 1949 reunion

1st pic: Class of 1949 revisited 61 years later!
2nd pic: At the Avenue Grill - Shelley's husband, Richard, Lynn Blusson, Debbie(Shelley's daughter) Shelley.
3rd pic: Sandy (Krass), Michelle Sims(Janet's daughter), Russell Wilks.
4th pic: Muriel(Wilson), Bill Holt, Kay(Hammarstrom), Bill Climie.
5th pic: Ross Blusson, Nancy Climie, Mike Dumoulin.

Anyway, here is my blog about our adventures on the road and I have posted a collection of photos dedicated to our gathering on May 30 th.

For those who were present, thanks for coming. It sure was fun.

For those who couldn't make it, we were thinking of you with love and affection. Lots of good memories of our youthful lives and experiences.

I hope we will all stay in touch and who knows....... maybe we will have another opportunity to see each other again somewhere down the road!.

Caio, Janet

The Magee & Quilchena Reunions

Here are some pics from the Saturday & Sunday celebrations. See the sidebar.

A rainy spring week in Vancouver

I flew in to Vancouver a week ago yesterday to visit Michelle, attend my high school reunion(Magee '55, 55 years later) & meet on the steps of my grade school with eleven Grade Six classmates.....61 years later! Woo-hoo!

One whole week in Vancouver and it rained every day but, that didn't deter the fun. Thursday, Michelle, Zephyr(her greyhound) & I took the ferry to Bowen Island(see pics). Alan & I met on Bowen Island and later on bought a cabin on the water, which is still there.

On Friday, I went with classmate Shelley & her husband to a house party for the out-of-towners in West Van. Saturday, Michelle, her friend, Nicole & I went for a mani & a pedi in the West End....opted for a lilac shade to match my blouse! Later on the party started at the Jericho Sailing Club where over 100 Magee Class of 1955 gathered. It was a wonderful afternoon and evening with lots of reminiscing and laughter. On Sunday at 10:00am our Quilchena group met at the school for a photo-op on the steps where we tried to replicate the old photo from 1949. Then we all moved to the Avenue Grill in Kerrisdale for brunch. Classmates, spouses/partners & children were there too. The Avenue was our hangout or juke joint when we were kids and, although the decor has changed drastically, it's still in the same location and stil has the original neon sign out front!

Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Michelle was off work so we cleaned up and renovated her apt. following her room-mate moving on. It is in a perfect location in Kitsilano and so close to UBC where she starts her Masters in Nursing this September. Michelle will be in the Nurse Practitioner program. Wednesday I flew home, another rainy day!! However, I missed the snow in Edmonton last weekend, so that's not to bad.

Spring in Edmonton

Some scenes from the past few weeks,