Oct 17, 2019
Our plans to travel to New Brunswick were solidly changed by the weather this morning. At about 3:00 in the morning the wind picked up and steadily increased. By 8:00 it was gale force and howling and rocking the trailer. By 9:00 the rains came and it became a torrential downpour. The wind was literally blowing the rain horizontally. Travelling on the highways would be dangerous so we made the decision to stay and wait it out.
I decided to renew my drug prescription as I was running low and went to the Wal-Mart pharmacy. Due to the time difference, the pharmacies in Nova Scotia and British Columbia could not communicate with each other until after 12:00 noon. My doctor had to be consulted to renew the prescription, so eventually by the time I had the drugs in my hands it was 9:30 at night.
In the meantime, Debbie and I bought some vegetables and then we went to Micheal’s nearby to buy some wool supplies. Since she had finished the afghan, she is now going to learn to knit socks! We returned to the trailer and she prepared a stew to let it slowly simmer on the stove this afternoon. I was getting restless and decided to drive into the city and visit Ann in the hospital.
She was sleeping soundly when I got there. Shortly after my arrival, the nurses wanted to give Ann some medication and woke her up. She was surprised to see me again, but we enjoyed visiting for the rest of the afternoon. At about 6:00 she was getting tired so I said goodbye to her and left. It was nice to see that she was alert, and her pain seemed to be under control. When I left her she was texting some friends and bringing some of them up to date.
Debbie’s stew was delicious and perfect for a shut in type day as we had today. The wind and the rain had stopped late in the afternoon, but the weatherman warned us that there would be more rain tonight. I checked my kayak and noticed that the wind had lifted my cockpit cover and my kayak was full of water. I spent the next hour pumping water and drying it out. I went inside and worked on the blog, Debbie watched a movie and we went to bed.
Hopefully tomorrow we can start our exploration into New Brunswick. We plan to visit our friends Jerry and Lynn in St. George for a couple of days and are looking forward to seeing them.
Quilting in a Kayak 