GLAD WE STAYED RIGHT HERE IN GOOD OLD CANADA

 AFTERNOON'S WALK IN OUR PARK'S HARDWOOD BUSH

Our dark and overcast morning turned itself into a bright sunny afternoon.  Temperatures slowly rose and shortly after lunch skies cleared and we had us a big melt going on.  The large curving chunks of snow on our carport finally slid off and we're beginning to see some small patches of ground appearing here and there again.  Morning's country roads were smooshy but Pheebs and I made our rounds anyway.  Had the predicted rains materialized the roads would have been a lot worse.  Rain predicted for Sunday so we might have to stay on pavement.

 ON THIS GLOOMY MORNING I ONLY TOOK ONE PHOTO

 LOVE TO SEE SIGNS OF SNOW MELTING

With the sun's appearance in early afternoon picking up my spirits I headed outside.  Aware that both Scooter's roof vents needed cleaning I decided to make that my mission so with screwdriver in hand I tackled the project.  Brought the vents inside and cleaned them up.  Amazingly enough, I even managed to re-install them correctly.  Nothing upside down or backwards and I didn't even lose half the screws.  Will wonders ever cease.

 OUR BATHROOM VENT HAD A LOT OF PINE NEEDLE DEBRIS IN IT

 VACUUMING UP SOME PINE NEEDLES FROM THE FRONT VENT OVER THE CAB

 HAD MYSELF A SIT-DOWN IN THE RIG'S RECLINER

Sad days for little Ella.  The new puppy didn't work out.  Lucy had some medical issues and a decision was made to re-home her.  It doesn't look like there will be another doggy in Ella's life any time soon.  Sad. 

 PHEEBS WAS ABLE TO WALK ON THIS SNOWY FOOTPATH BUT I KEPT SINKING IN SO IT WASN'T A LONG WALK

 WITH THE GROUND THAWING OUT THE PARK'S BUSH ROADS ARE GETTING MUDDY....AND SO IS THE INSIDE OF THE JEEP WITH MUDDY PAW PRINTS

 HAD I NOT HAD THE JEEP IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WE COULD HAVE VERY EASILY BEEN STUCK IN THIS SOFT MUD TODAY

Normally, if we were RVing somewhere in the Southwest right now, my eyes would already be cast along northeasterly travel routes thinking about our journey home.  In our first 6 years of travels those thoughts never entered my mind until middle to late March if they even began at all.  For those first few years I never wanted to come home at all and we even spent time thinking and talking about how we could move to the southwest permanently.  In the last number of years though things changed and we always found ourselves anxious to get home.  In retrospect, due in part to America's current political instability we're glad we decided to stay right here in good old Canada:))

 RUNNING IN THE SNOW

GROANER'S CORNER:((   An actor had been out of work for 15 years because he always forgot his lines. Then one day he got a phone call from a director who wanted him for a big part in a play. All he had to say was “Hark! I hear the cannon roar! After much worry the actor decided to take the role. Opening night arrived, and while he waited in the wings, the actor muttered to himself “Hark! I hear the cannon roar! Hark! I hear the cannon roar! The time for the entrance finally came and as the actor made his appearance, he heard a loud brooooom! He turned around and said, “what the hell was that?”

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