Toronto Fall RV Show

No work at Stu's this weekend. We had all decided that it would be nice to have a weekend off. Saturday afternoon we had a nice surprise when our friend Helen called to see if we had our turkey last weekend. Well no. We had tacos for thanksgiving. She said neither did they and they were having a turkey dinner tonight if we wanted to join them. Didn't have to ask me twice. I love turkey.

We headed up to their place. Their son, daughter and grands were all in attendance for dinner. It was delicious and nice to see everyone. It was also Dave's birthday last weekend And a birthday cake topped off the meal. Thanks again guys.

Helen was pleased to have her bird back after I had refinished it for her. But she told me to take it to Florida with me to see if we can find someone that can make the bird for us. If I can get more made I can paint them. Tom found her bird on the internet. Someone in California sells this bird for $300.

Sunday morning Tom's cousin, Rodger called to see if we wanted to meet them at the Toronto International Centre to take in the fall RV show. They recently had an electrical fire in their 5th and are looking around to see about a possible replacement. We headed over in the afternoon.

We looked around to see if we could trade our 5th for something newer. But when you look at the quality of the products it is pretty hard to see where we would be better off. Anything in our price range lacks all the amenities that we have in Tara. We have the niceties such as a fireplace, central vac, washer/dryer, a real fridge with an ice maker, electric awnings and jacks, corian counter, leather furniture, 3 slides and quality finish. Some trailers have some of these features but none have them all nor the quality finish. To get this we have to look at Model Suites or comparable and these run in the big buck category. Or a coach which is way out of our snack bracket. We had done the same research last winter in Florida and came to the same conclusion.....we are keeping Tara.

But it is always fun to look around and see what is out there. Every year there is something new and sometimes something strange. We stopped at Hughes to see what they had on sale since this was the last day of the show.

Nothing on sale that I could see. Boy you can pay through the nose at an rv store. We bought last winter these things that you use to tie down your sun screen at walmart for about $1.50 each. They are in the pet department for tying up your dog. Hughes had two in a package with a couple feet of rope for almost $30.00. What a rip off. For those people that think they have to buy all their rv supplies from an rv dealer they sure get taken advantage of. Of course there are some things that you have to buy from them but lots that you don't.

 

Rodger and Terry came to our house for a visit and dinner after. Hope their repairs or replacement work out for them as they are planning on heading south this winter also. We will have lots of company in Florida this winter!!

It has been cold and rainy here most of the weekend. It was 27' in Medicine Hat, AB yesterday. Twyla said it was over 20' at her place today. They are having a beautiful fall now after having the early snow in Sept. Hope it gets nice here also before the cold really arrives. Since we don't leave until early December it will be cold. Our trailer is at our friends in Orillia. We have to get it further south before it gets snowed in up there. So far we have not found any place we can take it for 6 weeks. If anyone knows of a place between Toronto and Windsor that we could drop it off please let me know.

Until next time - safe travels.

 

 

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