Already August, time is flying by. We have been in BC for 14 weeks. When we got here in May it was still spring. Now it feels like fall. In the 14 weeks / 101 days to be exact that we have been here we have only had 4 really hot days. The rest of the time it has rained and rained and rained. I now have learned we are on the rain belt. Who knew?? I can’t believe how much it rains here. I really think it would be hard to live here forever. The grey skies and gloomy days can really get you down. I have forced myself to wear my capris and tank tops just because it is summer. But I have carried a coat or sweater everywhere I go. We have totally missed summer this year.

The long weekend of August my sister Cathy and her husband Des came to spend a week with us. They brought the Alberta sun and that was our only summer we had 3 days of plus 30 and it was so awesome. I was missing home and Cathy and I got to spend some really nice sister time. Then Mac’s wife and 4 kids came too. It was a surprise for Jamie on his 62nd birthday. We really surprised him. We had 4 glorious days with all of them too. But of course the rain came back and we did everything with them in the rain. We took everyone salmon fishing and only Mac caught 2 fish. There were 10 of us fishing, but we could not catch anymore fish. It was pouring rain of course so that didn’t help. We all looked like drown rats by the time we all came in. But I think the kids had fun. Lol lol we even had a couple of fires in the rain. We planned two picnics and yup we had them in the rain. The kids even went swimming in the rain. They never complained at all, I was so proud of them they just rolled with the rain. 🌂🌧🌦☔️

At the end of their stay I decided to follow Jolee and the kids back home and bring home Jamie’s welding truck with the welding machine on it. We had rented the machine and I had to bring it back home. So off I went with the F350 1 ton truck with the welder in the back. And Jolee followed with her SUV and 4 kids. It is a very long drive 14 hours and 39 minutes. We stopped a couple times to feed everyone and a couple of bathroom breaks and gas breaks. The kids did great. And so did Jolee and I. I might say. 👍🏻🚥🚖🚚

I then spent two weeks at home. I had so much to do. Everyday I was running around doing something. I got to spend time with my other sister Lynne too and get more sister time in. I saw my Dad a couple times poor Dad he has been in lock down at his lodge since this covid-19 started. But as we watch how some of the other senior lodges have got covid-19 in them and the amount of people dying, I am so happy he is safe. Because I no longer have a house I stayed at my girlfriends house they have a B&B and I felt so comfortable there. Thanks Dave and Brenda. I highly recommend their place to anyone looking for a good B&B.

After two weeks at home I was traveling back to my Jamie. I got up at 3am so I could drive in the dark on the Alberta end because I know the way there. But I drove in the dark all the way to Jasper I didn’t even see when I hit the mountains because it was so dark. I did have to make a few stops for diesel and at one stop a guy said I looked to little ( not to young so don’t mix that up ) to be driving such a big truck. I think I am watching to much Paula Zahn, Dateline and 20/20. Because everywhere I stopped I thought there were sketchy people who were going to take me and murder me…. yes I have a vivid immigration. I always hopped back in the truck quickly and off I went. The pee stops I kept the keys in my hand and the keys between my fingers to scratch someone’s eyes out if needed. Lol lol. The mind can do crazy things to you. I made great time leaving that early I arrived in Terrace at 3pm BC time. That is 4pm Alberta. So I made it in 13 hours and 19 minutes. When I got to Terrace I needed to get diesel so I stopped in town. When I stepped out of the truck it felt like I stepped out on elastic legs. They actually gave out on me and I started to fall catching myself on the running boards. I had been sitting so long my legs were rubber, my feet were swollen and my hands hurt from holding the steering wheel. I was very glad to be back home. 🤗

I got back to the trailer and the cleaning fairy 🧚🏻‍♂️ didn’t show up while I was away, so I had some cleaning to do. I had left Jamie some veggies and salad and stuff in the fridge. Apparently when I am not here he eats out all the time. Lol lol. But it felt so good to back in my tiny home with all my own stuff.

While I was back home in Gibbons ( that will always be my home) we had taken the car in to get repaired. After someone side swiped me in downtown Terrace. So we picked it up Friday night. I was so happy to have my car back and no more driving that BIG semi around 🚚 lol lol

It has rained everyday since I got back, I have had jeans on everyday, and we are putting the heater on in the trailer at nights now too. It is also dark in the morning when Jamie leaves. It just feels like fall. So sad how fast summer went by. Especially when we had none.

This new way of life we are all living under coved-19 is really crazy. When I was home we wore masks everywhere. But here there are no cases yet ( hopefully there will be none) so masks are not mandatory. It is such a different world in Terrace than in Edmonton. I am so torn about what to do. I use so much sanitizer I think I have dried up my finger prints totally. I do wear my mask in a few places, grocery stores and the mall. But not at the gas stations, or Laundrymat. I have been the only one in the Laundrymat twice. I so feel for parents having to make the decision to put their kids in school or not. It is a very scary world now. Hopefully we don’t get another round of covid-19 in the fall as they are predicting. I guess time will tell ⏰

It looks like we could be here for a few more months and I am totally ok with that. I really like it here and I feel like we are in a little corner of the world that is safe I hope it stays that way. As long as I am with Jamie I am happy, it feels so good that we can be together all the time now. I am a lucky girl. Pipeline life ……………😃 Maybe we will have a hot fall with beautiful weather 🌞🍁a girl can hope. ☔️🌦🌂🌧

Tonight’s saying : When we have each other, we have everything ❤️

Beth 😇