The next visit will be better

Just reflecting on the past few weeks as we prepare to head back to Europe tomorrow. 

We arrived in Ottawa in mid August right at the end of a heat wave, so our timing was pretty lucky in that regard. Overall, the weather has been decent. But as I've said before, September is the best time of year to visit Canada, in our opinion.

But we've been just too busy to enjoy it as much as we would have liked to.

Ruth's father's property, and the disposal of his assets took up a lot of our time. The auction at the beginning was a lot of work, but it was successful. Unfortunately the sale of the property was not successful, and we have now handed it off to a real estate agent.

However, there were some bright spots to be had!

Our house sit was fantastic, and we enjoyed looking after the two cats, Sid and Enke. 

Daughter Lindsey, with grandkids Sadie and Cameron.

We also enjoyed a fair bit of time with the grandkids.

We only managed one decent hike.

And a couple of bike rides.

The bikes are all boxed up and we are taking them with us to Europe.

We also managed to see all of our family members on this trip, so that was nice. Not as many of our friends as we would have liked though. Yes, I did get to spend some time on my guy's weekend away, but it would have been nice to see more of them. Ruth never did get together with the girls she used to work with, and she normally does.

Yesterday, we went for lunch with my old friend Tyler and his lady friend Sheron. He and I go back to about 1981 I think.. About 40 years! Hard to believe. It was before Ruth and I met. He was the accountant at an autobody shop that I worked at. Always fun to get together.

The headaches of dealing with Ruth's father's estate are now pretty much done. The next time we return, we will have a lot more free time to do the things we enjoy. Hopefully that will make returning to Canada a better experience for us. 

We might come back in the spring if we decide to do a residence permit in a European country that requires us to be in Canada to initiate the process. Otherwise, we won't be back until next August. And, it won't be as long of a visit! Maximum four weeks.

We are so excited to be getting back to our motorhome Max and seeing what adventures we will come across this winter!

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