Today is a big day!

Today is move day and more importantly our daughter Tracy and Keith’s anniversary. Happy Anniversary Tracy and Keith, may you have a great day and many more happy healthy years together! We love ya lots!
We spent the day preparing to move, moving and getting set up at our new home. As we were leaving the campground the owners stopped us and presented us with a refund of one month’s rent, what a nice surprise, we did not expect that due to their “no refund” policy and since we were occupying a seasonal site, we thought we might expect what they may be able to make renting it out on weekends. Thank you Michelle and Ross, we so appreciate your understanding our change of circumstance and the new opportunity that came our way, and also your words of encouragement regarding our work camping position.
The move went without a hitch, no problems at all, Woody backed our big rig into the site, no problems, and we were all set up around 3:00 pm. We are both so happy to be here, lots of green space, 7 miles of walking trails, we are tucked in the trees and it is so quiet, no highway noise, it is such a joy to be here in our new summer home of Imrie Park. Shortly after we arrived we walked one of the trails, which ends up, at a bird watching area, with a very nice building set up for sitting or standing watching the various waterfowl on Devil’s Lake, there are large numbers of ducks, some had babies, such fun to watch. Around 6:30 pm, we met with some members of Onoway Fish and Game Association for a short meeting, the handing over of paraphernalia required for our position. We discussed the needs and expectations of our position to reaffirm our duties, etc. Woody will be busy for a couple of weeks catching up on grooming the campground and trails, oh he is a happy man for sure. Tonight there is a group coming in who rented the large tent, so first project help set up the tent, when that task was completed time to share some stories in the shelter. While Woody and the OF & G members were erecting the tent, Oreo and I set out investigating another trail right behind our fifth wheel, oh she loves it here also, lots of bush and undergrowth to explore, puppy heaven for sure. We truly cannot believe we lived in this area for 15 years and were not aware of this campground, all 216 acres of it! The first lady architect in Edmonton donated the land in 1988 and the campground opened in 1990. Here is link with a bit of information and a couple of pictures if you are interested, http://www.tpr.alberta.ca/asrpwf/programs/parks/park_and_wildlife/imriepark/index.asp

We spent the remainder of the evening chatting with our friends online and will post some pictures of our new home tomorrow.

Just let me conclude today’s ramble by saying we are so very happy to be here!