Thinking of you...

 I sat down this morning to send a note to friends in Kelowna; and then I thought of others in Kamloops, Vernon, Loon Lake, Creston, Grand Forks, Salmon Arm, Merritt, and other places surrounded by or in the path of these outrageous and out of control forest fires in B.C.    We are all having to be vigilant but some of you are preparing for or already in the throws of evacuating your homes under these unimaginable circumstances. Please know we are thinking of you and hoping that your preparations and forthcoming journeys roll as smoothly as possible.  Our hearts and thoughts go out to all folks who have been or will be displaced by these treacherous weather-related tragedies.  Please take care of yourselves and stay as safe as possible.    CJ and Kathy

Farewell Lucy… Welcome Casper

Yes it's true... sweet Lucy is on her way to a new life with a new family who already adore her.  Casper has come to live with us.  He's a Big Foot 21 with all kinds of atributes we're still learning about.  Hopefully we'll have a trial camp-out some time in October and be ready to roll south in early December.  'Tis true, the weather gods have been heating things up and we feel deeply for those of us affected by the hundreds of forest fires raging in our province, country and in deed the world.  Hopefully temps will cool soon. I heard today the record for 'hot' is back in the early 1990's  so there's definately room to hope things will cool down.  For now we're still on catch up mode having arrived home from our summer cruise at a sprint. Hope all your summer plans are unfolding without wrinkles...  CJ