A busy day getting ready to roll.

Lou arrived home at 8:00am and after loading the truck and locking up the house, we were out the door around 8:30.  We crossed the border at the 176 St. 'truck crossing' through the Nexus lane within 5 minutes.  The regular line-ups were at least 60 minutes as they were lined up back to the Truck Scales.  We love Nexus!

 

At the RV we unloaded the truck and I set about putting clothes away and organizing things for the trip.  Lou was outside puttering with the annoying leaks from the water hoses.  After he fixed one - he found another then another.  It looks like he will be replacing more of those pressure clamps put on by the manufacturer.  He went to the RV supply store and bought some replacement 1/2" hose and new clamps to fix things up.  Fingers crossed.   

 

After a while we took a break and opened our Christmas parcels from Muriel that arrived yesterday.  With the usual yummy homemade treats of Christmas Cake, Chocolate covered pretzel sticks, chocolate cherries etc. there was a snuggly pair of knitted slippers for me.  A very special gift this year was an old fashion Santa.  He has a lovely red velvet coat trimmed with fur.  The fur is from Lou's Mom's fur coat.  Muriel had met a lady in September at the craft fair who made them and couldn't resist.  The face and hands are porcelain and it is the most beautiful keepsake.  Look for yourself - isn't it lovely?

 

We headed out to the Post Office to mail Muriel's Christmas parcel and dropped into Haggen's for a few last minute groceries.  Back at the RV we kicked back for a relaxing afternoon and will soon have dinner and then watch the Canucks as they do battle with the Boston Bruins.