Occupying myself

As if I had to numb the powerlessness, the disappointment, and fight down a feeling of despair, I made this day a busy day. I had to occupy myself to avoid a depression, telling myself, "I am Canadian, I am not part of this country, I can ignore, I can survive. I have to concentrate on the positive things, our life, my wife and our dear dog. We are here on our winter vacation and to enjoy the warm weather and our friends.

Unfortunately, I also learned today that a bunch of Canadians here had a victory party to celebrate the Trump win. How dare they! How tasteless, how ignorant, how unbelievably dumb!

But good to know to avoid these people.

So what did I occupy myself with?

We started the day with a nice and early doggy walk. So refreshing to breathe the clear and cool morning air!

Later I took our propane stove from the van and mounted it on our auto trailer. With it I cooked a nice marinated pork filet. It turned out delicious. And I cooked a complete dinner with it. Super yummy!

I also took all our tie-down straps which had been in a heap back in the van, rolled them up neatly and tucked them away into a milk crate.

This pull-out tray makes stowing away things much easier

At around 11am I got a call from a tire place in town that they had received a van tire I had ordered. So after lunch I drove to town to get the tire mounted. Back in camp I put the wheel where it belonged, up under the rear of the van.

When going to town, I also dropped into a donut place and got 2 chocolate glazed delicacies, then onto the Dollar General for a new gallon of milk.

The day came to an end with another doggy walk. Underway we met a dear friend from Alberta who had arrived just the evening prior. Being a real true Canadian he expressed his opposition to the result of the US election and we stood around and talked about it for a while.

It does get dark early here. At 4:30pm daylight is almost gone. So time to stow away things outside and cozy up in our motorhome, which we now enjoy a lot.

Within the next 2 weeks more people will show up in camp and it will get more busy here.

Dixie found a great place under a bush. Here she sleeps many hours