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.
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| 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.
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| Dixie found a great place under a bush. Here she sleeps many hours |
I am so happy that you are in a good place... :-)
ReplyDeleteI guess you are just as shell shocked as I am. All my kids and most relatives and Canadian friends are just as shocked. However, half of my American friends are happy about the outcome. ---- Our church even sent out an email to our congregation that our church would open its doors for 2 hours yesterday afternoon if people wished to come for prayers and meditation.
ReplyDeleteWe experienced the same feeling, when Trump was elected back in 2016. Is it because we are Canadians that we see both sides of the picture and are not taken in by Partisanship. Enough former officials and Doctors warned everyone what he will be like. May God help them all.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy your chores.
It's about time.
This is going to a hard four years. I'm hoping that we find a way to get through it without both of our countries and the rest of the world getting destroyed in the process.
ReplyDeletePlease just stay in Canada. We don’t need people like you down here.
ReplyDeleteYou think that it is only Canadians who see the dread an terrible development happening south of the border? Hundreds of American summer visitors who come to see our beautiful island have told me that they would rather move to Canada because they dread the terrible developments in the US.
DeleteHaving spent much time in Canada with our friends never once have I bashed your country or your politics even tho I disagree with them. We would appreciate it if you showed us the same courtesy.
ReplyDeleteNothing to do with Canadian or American but with common sense. Your country wants to turn back the clock to the 19th century. And the whole world is watching it with disgust. Start getting informed!
DeleteAmazing you don’t publish comments that disagree with you. Isn’t that sort of one way?
ReplyDeleteOh really?
DeleteAs I see it, you have published Comments of disagreement. It's just that some cannot accept other's opinions but their own.
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