House Sits

By Dianne

Hint! Hint!

We are “nesters” and probably one of the most boring couples you know! Life has settled into our usual “stay at home” routine here in the Cariboo. Our main focus is on our house sit dog Maggie – a 10 year old Basset/Hound Dog cross. She lives in her own little heated house in the…

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By Dianne

A real winter!!

Lots of ups and downs here in the Cariboo, Canada. Temperature wise I mean. Ranging from -30C to +8C. We’ve had a few days of “warm weather” so lots less snow around at the moment. We’ve gone from Reg being busy with the snow plough to the danger of slipping over on the ice. Always…

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By Dianne

Lots of snow!

Life has settled down here in outback Canada. We are house sitting a beautiful log cabin on a few acres. Altitude 3200 ft. We’re in a small area called Miocene – 12 kms N/NE of 150 Mile House, British Columbia. It’s situated on Horsefly Rd – the town of Horsefly is another 30 km down…

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By Dianne

Seattle to 150 Mile House

This post is part of a series called Dublin to outback Canada The Empire Builder pulled into the Seattle train station a good 6 hours late. Our connect bus to Vancouver had long gone. The bus was provided by AMTRAK – the American train people – so we weren’t stranded. All included in our ticket….

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By Dianne

Catching my breath!

Just a very quick update! Flying to Chicago in the morning – packing done thank goodness so able to catch my breath and send off some Christmas greetings and our latest news. The week before Christmas was a bit of a blur – spent most of our time chainsawing, chopping, splitting and carting firewood. Love…

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