PASSED THROUGH FIVE STATES TO ARRIVE IN CANADA

three days on the road

monday february 17th

the arizona house is ready for a sarnia couple and their cat 

they will enjoy sitting out on our back deck

taking in the beauty of the desert 

and

the beautiful arizona sunsets

interesting 'tidbit' for georgette

she used to cat sit for them

they were her neighbours

small world!!!!!!!!!!!!

we left canyon vistas rv park around 5 pm 

headed to stephanie's for the night

she cooked us a very yummy dinner which was such a nice treat for us

next morning we were up at 6 and out the door by 7

it took us an hour to get to the the other side of phoenix

then

we were on our way

went from cactus to joshua trees

lots of work here building the foundation/basement out of rocks

ah......we'll be back!

coming into las vegas

come summer i bet you can hardly see the house for the trees 

day 2

starting out from ely nevada

watching the sky 

the driver is having to deal with strong winds

the cows are coming in

are they sensing something?

 snake river

twin falls idaho

kudos to this driver

pulling 3 flatbeds

 horses are all facing the same direction

oh boy........

now he does know something that we don't know

tumbleweed everywhere

ah.....the life of cats

hard to hold my book when they are sleeping on my lap

coming down 

there we are!!!!!!!!!!

day 3

stayed the night in pendleton oregon

now we're into washington state

on the homeward stretch to

CANADA

as we were driving along we tuned into the us/canadian hockey game

what a ride!!!!!!!!!!

with about six minutes left in the 3rd period 

joe said..........

just wait.........

canada is going to score with 3 minutes to go

THEY DID

the rest is history.......

a christmas tree 

OH CANADA

OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND

we pulled into the parking lot of the osoyoos hockey rink to give the cats a pee break

i ran into the arena to see if the boys were on the ice

nope

this is the rink where beau played for 2 years

he sat with his teammates right over there!

next stop

lunch in oliver

nothing like a bowl of tim horton's soup

and

a tea biscuit

the drive up towards penticton is breathtaking

always take this photo shot

reminder to beau of his fun time with the hockey boys

we're just about home

pentiction in the background

up the drive

woke up friday morning to snow

hunter

there's the shack!!!!!!!!!

i was surprised to see that bing and oscar remembered each other

friday morning i sat in this chair having my 'morning' coffee

garen climbed in beside me

we sat for a long time

LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!

hockey hockey hockey

ending on a sweet note....

when garen went to school on thursday morning he said to his teacher

mrs. garrett

I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR ME

my granny and papa are coming today