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News - September 18, 2025

Since my last update in June, we have been busy. We got out camping in July, Tess has been busy with her gardening, I am still driving cancer patients to the hospital for the Wheels of Hope program, and work on the family tree continues with no end in site.

Another camping season is in the books. We just got back from a week at our favourite campground at Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park about 20 minutes north-east of Whitecourt, Albert. Weather was perfect, we brought home 9 rainbow trout, and we feel refreshed and ready to start preparing for winter which is right around the corner.

The only damper on the trip was the failure of the large, living room slide-out on the motorhome. No grrr, no click, no nothing. I checked the fuses and switches and even applied power directly to the motor with a jumper cable. It looks like the motor failed. I cranked the slide out part way using the manual override. What a pain!

You can read my journal and see our camping photos on the RVing page.

The renovations on Mark and Jillayne’s new home are nearing completion and it is looking really good. New kitchen cabinets, island, and appliances, new flooring and lighting fixtures throughout, new bathrooms, and new paint and tiles.  

The contractor and his sub-trades are doing great work, making steady progress, and is communicating well. That’s all you can ask for.

Weather this summer has been hotter and drier than I can remember. New record high temperatures and near-drought conditions throughout much of Alberta. The local farmers have excellent crops due to timely rains earlier this year but I don’t like these 30C+ temperatures. It hit 37.2C (99F) in June - too hot for an old fart like me!

I have subscribed to another genealogy resource called newspapers.com. This site has 1.1 billion pages of newspaper articles and more importantly, birth, death, and marriage notices. I’ve found lots of information about family members here and am happy with my investment.

That’s it for this update. Take care and stay in touch!

Greg, Tess, & Spike