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Today is the day

We are taking off tonight at about 10:30

You can use the following link to follow us along our European Journey,providing we have internet and the time

europewiththehowies.blogspot.com

ALMOST

Yup!  It's almost time to head out for Europe

It's Sunday and we are leaving about 10:30 pm tomorrow

We spent some time in St Albert with the kids the last few days before heading up to the River

Beth went to soccer

Alex went to MMA

That's Mixed Martial Arts

He gets a good work out

Beth also did dance

Then we headed for the River

Where the deer were playing

Or maybe they were just having a drink.

We will be leaving the coach parked here by the deck while we are gone

Belated

Beth went to a Girl Guide Rally or something and Alex and I went to MMA(mixed martial arts)
Fortunately Alex had to do all the stuff and I just got to watch otherwise I would be dead.

Then we had a little party for Olivia

We celebrated her 5th birthday.

It wasn't really her birthday but she had it when we were away so we thought she had better have another one.

The cake was good

There were presents

And of course the most fun is the packaging

And she got to play some while her father.......................

Had a little nap

We had Taco's for dinner and it was a great visit.

Soon we will be gone again

Off spending their inheritance

Oh Well-Bob's your uncle!

Sittin

The kids went to Vegas so we are a sittin.

We moved into their house for the week while they are gone

Other than that mothers day is a coming

Just Hanging

We are just hanging about waiting.
Waiting to get all our shit done before we go to Europe
Waiting to look after the kids while the older kids go to Vegas
Waiting to go to Europe on May 29th

So we went over to JP and Wendy's yesterday after Beth won High Gold at a dance thing.

The women were making dinner.Wendy was of course avoiding the camera.

And so was Jill

It was a beautiful day and some of us got the most out of it.

Including the mutts

We had a great visit with BBQ'd Ribs to top it off

St Albert

So we are in St albert and the weather is getting better every day.

We went shopping.
It seems that wherever  we are we go shopping
Sticker shock is here!
Got the car washed for $40. plus today.Same wash I got in Mexico for about $5.
Got 24 beers for $43.00.Same beer in US about $15.
Filled up with gas,same shit costs less in US and it's our oil.
I could go on but I will shut up now.

I know! We have free health care?????

I did buy a camera and it was only $50 more than in the US.It's a bridge camera(It only takes pictures of bridges).It should be good for our Europe trip cause I won't have to carry around a bunch of lenses.

Jeff (my oldest) came by and hung out with us for a bit.

He just had a knee operation and is on crutches.Also his mom is in town looking after him for a few days.

It was Friday so Jeff came with us and we went to visit our friends the Kimballs for refreshments.

And Bob's your uncle.

We Be Back

                                   As we head for the border and I look over,What do I see?

                                                           Yup! She's sleeping again.

After some poking and prodding I get her up so she can get our shit ready for the customs dude or dudett.We do declare everything.We have spent just under $3,000 and we have 70 liters of wine.

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We have to pay the 5% GST on everything above our limit of $1,600.00

Somehow they only charged us $41.00 approx

Then,of course there is the wine? 70 liters.

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This is always an unknown,cause it never is what they say it will be when you phone.

It always seems to be lower.

And it was.

We paid $2.22 per liter for the wine

The border charged us $2.36 per liter

Total cost per liter $4.38

Cost per liter here in Canada Just over $11.00

WHAT A COUNTRY

So we are here for the next couple of days before we head farther north.

PS- I liked the 102F/39C  in Vegas the day we left,better than this crap.

But they say it's getting warmer and Christmas is coming.