March 12th - 15th

Sunday - pulled into Sue-Jane's driveway around 1:30 p.m. - nobody home so I just parked and made myself at home! Sue-Jane and Judy came home a few hours later - great to see them again!  They're off to New York tomorrow for a few days of shopping. Pretty damned cold here.
Monday -  lunch with SJ, Judy, and Will at Gabriel's.  Great catching up! Afterwards,  I got my car's insurance up to scratch, re-attached the battery, got the tires pumped up a bit,oil changed, picked up music at Glebe St. James.
Wednesday:  had to shovel the walkway and stairs.  The driveway has been shoveled by the guy who does most of the street, but of course, there are drifts around my car and rv. I brushed some of the snow off my car and took it out, just to warm it up, then parked on the other side of my rv - and the shoveling guy did the other side, so there's a space for Sue-Jane to park when they get home tomorrow. Most people are hunkering down inside today - lousy weather conditions.  What a welcome home!

Tuesday afternoon 

Back porch

Heading into Tuesday evening

Wednesday morning - didn't get a photo of my car before wiping the snow off!

March 9th - 11th, 2017

Thursday:  made my way to a Toronto Walmart parking lot relatively close to Julia and Leon's place. Julia came and picked me up in the afternoon - we took the bus and subway to an Ethiopian restaurant, where we met Leon and had a very cool dinner!  Gluten-free, spongy kind of bread, which we used to pick up meat and vegetables from one big platter - tasty and fun to eat!  What a good time - love my daughter and her guy very much!  Forgot to take photos - damn!!!  No water in my rv - don't know if the pipes are frozen or the fresh water tank is empty - but the water pump won't turn over, either.
Friday:  - drove across Toronto to Whitby, to the Walmart just a few blocks from Bobby and Kara's house. Bobby picked me up around 5:30 and took me to his house, where I got to see the baby's room - all very classy silver and grey - they seem to be pretty well prepared, with lots of clothes, diapers, equipment . . .  Also got to meet Griffey - what a sweetie -bursting with personality and dying to play!  Bobby and I had lasagna for dinner, then got to see Kara when she got home from dinner with her co-workers. She looks absolutely awesome!!
Saturday:  Last night was touch and go - generator wouldn't start, propane registering on empty, no water - woke up at 3:30 a.m. with no heat - had to run the motor for 3 hours to keep the furnace running.  Not sure how much propane fumes I have left - can't stay here another night - will have to move to Napanee tonight, to a Flying J which sells propane. Meanwhile, awesome lunch with Bobby and Kara at Panera's - yummy soup and salad.  Got back to my rv around 2:00 and headed out.  Got to Napanee around 4:00, filled up with propane and gas, generator is working again, succeeded in dumping my grey tank, dinner at Denny's - life is heading back into the bearable range again. I'm going to skip Cheryl's house this time - she texted me to say that the temperature there is supposed to be -22 Sunday night - so I'm not going to chance freezing my pipes (more).

Griffey really doesn't hold still much!

The side view!

Parents-to-be!

A bone - finally still.

Whitby Walmart

Diaper cake from Kara's colleagues!

March 4th - 8th 2017

Saturday:  Beaverdam, Ohio:  Getting colder!  I stopped at a Flying J truck stop - great place - will definitely do this again!  They even have a Denny's - good dinner. Since I can dump my tanks tomorrow, I'll have a shower in the morning before I leave for the border. Will need the furnace on all night.

Sunday: Had a shower, went to dump my tanks and couldn't get the lever of my grey tank to budge!  Got the black tank open enough to dump, but the grey tank will just remain full until I can get the handle to thaw, I guess!
Made it to Jim and Mary Lee's house in St. Thomas - no snow to speak of, so I was able to park in the Sports Club parking lot behind their house. Lovely visit, as usual!  We got to some thrift store, both in St. Thomas and London - I bought two pairs of long pants, since I've gotten rid of most of my own.  It's definitely heavy sweater weather, although not too cold. Forget to take pictures!!

March 2nd - 3rd, 2017

Thursday I got to Nashville, Tennessee, where I stayed at the now familiar Two Rivers Campground, right next door to Camping World (which doesn't let rvers stay overnight). I plan to get my coach battery reconnected to my alternator, install the tire sensors Susan gave me, and get some advice on the emissions light which is once again on. Weather is getting colder - I needed a heavy sweater as I walked over to Camping World four or five times today.
Later:  they had no time to do much - one of the cashiers checked the battery and told me that it is attached to the alternator.  I checked it out later and , yes, the battery is being charged by the motor as I'm driving.

March 1st, 2017

Left Galveston today by ferry - stopping for the night in a Walmart parking lot in Slidell, Louisianna. Not a great "On the road again" time this year. I'm leaving with a heavy heart, knowing that I won't be back, at least for some time . . . I've made some wonderful friends, met lots of awesome people, sung with two choirs, and seen lots of fabulous sights over the past five years, but I can't justify spending six months out of a year tacitly supporting a regime whose values and morals I absolutely despise! Too many people I care about are hurting, and too many Americans I know are in potentially tenuous positions - some because of health care issues, others for religious or social reasons. As a Canadian, about the only thing I can do is leave - much as I hate to give up the community here in Texas. End of rant!

These birds are expecting more, since I already fed them the last of Susan and Joan's stale bread!

Last view of the concrete ship.

Why?

February 27th to 28thth

Last two days in Galveston:  lunch at Mario's with Susan, Joan, and Daisy; l finally got to see the baby turtles (Mr. and Mrs. Humphry's offspring); last trip to the beach.