June 21, 2016

View of the day-Had to open up the field and cut a patch to park the camper.

We folded up the camper and left Jamestown before noon...for a change. After a short stop out at Mikes farm, we were homeward bound.

We stopped in Carrington for lunch, then stopped in Carpio to pick up one last toy tractor. After fueling up, we headed for the border. The crossing went well...it always does when you have to pay...and we were back in Canada just after 4:30pm.

Marg met us at the Coop fuel stop in Carlyle to get the smokes we had brought back for her. Purchasing them was quite the ordeal at Walmart. Neither one of us has bought cigarettes, especially in the USA where we don't know the brands and such.

Marilyn asks for a carton of Marlboro Reds and gets the reply "Regular, 100's or 72's?" What?? She figures to get her money's worth and says "100's". "ohhh, we're out of those". "OK, then, the 72's". ohhh, sorry, we're out of them, too, but we do have the silver marlboros". Marilyn asks what the difference is...they appear to look like half cigarettes, maybe for those cutting back. She passes on them and seeks out a gas station where, by the smell of things, it appears there isn't a "no smoking" law in effect. They have the Reds, though...mission accomplished. It was a lot less confusing when all Marg used to order was Jelly Belly jelly beans.

We had a rain from Carlyle to just north of the Qu'Appelle valley. This was a good thing since we knew the grass would be tall in the front yard and would need to be cut before we could park the camper on it. It didn't take long to get that done and haul some necessities back into the house.

Speaking of houses, it looks like someone has moved in since we have been gone. Some swallows have built a nest under the gazebo on the deck. They weren't home when we got there, or they could have been hunkered down.

We'll see what transpires tomorrow...