Plans for our summer, including the trip to the Canadian Maritimes with the Fantasy RV Tour, changed drastically this year due to my health issues. I was really looking forward to this trip since a lot of the people from our Alaska caravan were also going, but when my doctor could not guarantee me that I would be sufficiently recovered to travel after my surgery, we decided to cancel our summer plans. One of the disadvantages of taking a Fantasy tour is the requirement to pre-pay for the tour with a large penalty for a late cancellation. Because we would have lost a lot of money for a last-minute cancellation, we thought it was best to cancel the trip before the 90-day cancellation cutoff which meant we would not join the caravan this summer. Hopefully we will be able to reschedule for another time!
Cancelling the trip really was a blessing in disguise because our renters also gave notice that they were moving out this Spring so being home for several months gave Randy time to make some needed repairs to our home. We did not want to leave our home empty while we travel so we were lucky that Kat agreed to move into the house once our renters moved out. Kat now works from home the majority of the time, so the long commute to her job was no longer an issue like it was pre-COVID. Before getting our home repairs done, Randy helped Kat get her home ready for sale. Our first priority to our house was getting the back yard fenced for both her dogs and our new puppy, Skipper. The new fencing actually makes the back yard appear bigger, even though the entire yard was not fenced. And Skipper loves having the room to run and play with Kat’s dogs! Randy also power washed the entire outside, replaced outdoor lighting, trimmed and cut down trees and spruced up the outside. Once that was finished he started on the interior of the house. He painted two bedrooms and the hallway. He still has to completely renovate the master bathroom and finish painting the rest of the house, but he won’t start on that until we return from a trip to Swan Bay Resort in Alexandria Bay, New York.
We already had a couple of weeks reserved in Swan Bay for the end of August, when we anticipated stopping after our Canadian Maritime trip. We wanted to have some fun time this summer and the Thousand Island area is one of Randy’s favorite, so we extended the reservations at Swan Bay for the entire month of August. We could not get a waterfront site, but at least we were able to secure a water-view site. At least it is water view from inside the RV. I don’t particularly like being in the middle of the park with kids and dogs everywhere, but it is better than sitting at home and gives Randy a much needed break! Other than going to dinner with Bill and Gail since arriving, we have not done a lot since it has been windy and its a rainy day here today, but hopefully we will get better weather to explore the area again!
