Sunday July 31

 Sunday July 31 


We survived the night in the dirt cheap $85 hotel and all was fine. Woke up at 530 and awake til 645 but fell asleep and woke up at 9! Yikes. Showered and out the door to meet the folks at the Days Inn and swap some stuff before headed out to Fishing lake. Stopped at Tim’s for a snack. 



Out onto 16A and pulled into Fishing Lake an hour later to have a short bit sweet visit with the Stolarchuks. 




Back on the highway to Kelvington, stopped to wash the car and then to Greenwater Lake for lunch at the cafe. Had a great visit with the Armitage clan and over to Marven and Arlene Shields for a visit.



 Headed toward Bjorkdale with a quick stop to pray for my grandparents and Aunt Helen at the cemetery. 




Arrived at Dale and Darlene’s acreage to a dozen motorhomes and trailers and people everywhere to celebrate Uncle Ray and Aunt Cheryl’s 50th wedding anniversary. Lots of older folks were sitting around on the east side of the property so had a great visit with so very many of my parent’s friends and their generation. 






We moved west and joined the younger generation where we shot shotguns at skeet for half an hour and even Krista tried a shot! It kicked a lot and was followed by an expletive but it was worth trying once. Lol. 





We went for a ride in a homemade Atv and toured around. 




We watched the giant pig come out of the pig roaster and settled in for supper after grace. 

Roast pig and all the fixings followed by dessert was amazing. 

Lots of visiting with family from near and far. 

Eventually we settled around the giant fire pit and listened to some music while finishing off the night with a great visit. 



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