Our New Home on Wheels

2011 Lance 1685

 We've been looking for a trailer to replace the one we sold last August.  We'd been checking the RV dealers for deals on last year's models, but they all had such a good season last year because of the pandemic that they have no leftover inventory.  On Thursday I saw a Facebook ad for the model we've been looking at.  We messaged right back and in 1/2 an hour we were on the road to Kamloops.  It looked good so we snapped it up.  

We were looking for a double axle trailer short enough to fit in our small parking space and they are hard to find.  Most smaller trailers are single axle to reduce weight so you can tow it with an SUV.  Our new trailer is only a foot longer than our old one, but much more spacious because it has a slideout dinette.  It also has a queen-size bed, but I'll still have to crawl over Leo to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

The interior with the slide in.  We don't have room in our driveway to extend the slide, but when deployed the dinette pushes out to the bedroom wall and there's a 3-foot aisle. Luxury.  Over the bed, where the clock is, the cupboard converts into a bunk for someone who is not at all claustrophobic; its a very narrow space. I can't imagine anyone actually sleeping up there.

Kitchen complete with microwave. (But you can only microwave when you're plugged into power). And look at all those cupboards!

This trailer is much darker than our old one because the decor is darker and it's missing the window on the front over the bed. I'm thinking of painting the walls a lighter  colour.

This bathroom is smaller than our old one. We had a full tub in the previous trailer.

There's tons of storage inside and out.  And it's lighter than our old trailer despite being larger.  It came with a solar panel so we won't have to buy one.  There's even air conditioning.  More important, it comes with a fantastic fan.  Unlike the A/C it operates on battery power.  Fantastic fans are legendary for their ability to suck the hot air of your rv on hot days when you don't have plug in power to operate your A/C.

Enough RV talk.  Let's go camping!

Under the Cherry Blossoms

 

The Williams Lake Community Band's virtual performance of Under the Cherry Blossoms is on Youtube.

It was not a live performance; we each recorded our tapes separately and then our band conductor, Laura, stitched them altogether.

I recorded a ton of tapes before I got one I deemed acceptable.  Of course no one can hear me individually once it's all put together.

It was a fun little project that gave me a reason to practice my trombone.

Last Hurrah

 

Sunday may have been the last significant snowfall of the year.  It's March 1 and the forecast is for above freezing for the rest of the week. Its sunny out today and melting like crazy.

Here's some rabbit prints from our walk in fresh snow on Saturday.

Butter Wouldn't Melt in my Mouth

 

Have you wondered why your butter doesn't soften at room temperature anymore?

In recent years when I've made Christmas cookies with butter, sugar and flour they just won't hold together without adding liquid.  Apparently this is because dairy farmers are adding palm oil to their cows' feed.  Check out this CBC article.

I try to avoid products with palm oil (pretty much all processed food) because it leads to the destruction of tropical forests.

But wait!  According to this article,  Giving up Palm Oil might Actually be Bad for the Environment!, palm oil causes less global warming than alternate products!

What's a woke person to do? 

Actually that Smithsonian article sounds suspiciously like maybe they're getting donations from the palm oil industry.  And there's still the problem of butter that won't melt on my toast.

I'm switching to organic.

More Primula

 

They put the Valentines Day flowers on sale so Leo went to the grocery store and came home with 5 more plants.  We can plant them in the garden come spring.  They make a nice display on our coffee table.

National Parks Tour of Eastern Australia

 

Our Zoom slideshow for the Williams Lake Naturalists is on Youtube!  Here is the link:

https://youtu.be/3C1045tLLCc

It's painful to watch (and 1-1/2 hours long) but you can check it out if you like.

Happy Valentines Day

 Leo gave me red velvet cupcakes and a pot of very pretty primula I can plant in the garden come spring.

Its finally warmed up enough I can go for a walk outside again.