Fort Victoria RV Park
cosy comfort at the edge of the Kettle River was a quiet little town called Midway. I stopped for lunch at a restaurant and
300 Hookups Free Showers Laundromat City Bus Playground
Water/Sewer/Electric/TV WiFi & Modem Access Sani-dump Salmon Fishing Charters Whale Watching Tours
Just 6 km from City Centre 340 Island Hwy,
Victoria BC V9B 1H1
250-479-8112 • Fax: 250-479-5806
info@FortVictoria.ca
www.FortVictoria.ca
enjoyed some real Russian perogies with spicy sausage and homemade bread fresh from the oven. A bit of heaven! Aſt er getting gas a block further on, I headed out onto the highway again. But somehow I’d made an error. I was heading back the way I’d come. Since turning around while towing a trailer is awkward, I decided to “go around the block” at the fi rst corner. Error number two; there was no block to “go around.” I got led into another street, then another, then I found myself right in front of the Midway Mobile Home & RV Park. It was nestled in a large grove of mature maple trees right where no one who was not lost would ever think to look for it. It took only a few minutes to check
in with owners Dave and Heather, two of the most pleasant people I’ve met on this summer odyssey, and I was soon happily nestled under three great big ol’ Maple trees enjoying the shady relief from a hot sun. I had a level parking spot. I had water, electricity, and sewage all hooked up in about a half-hour. And here I’ve stayed for almost two months. It has been a gloriously quiet, tranquil, and
wonderfully relaxing time. And if I told you their rates too many of you would go out and buy a trailer just to come here! It was time to go. T e part of the trailer
park I was in, was not equipped for cold weather services and my tiny trailer was not insulated; winter was in the offi ng. In the last week I went back over Anarchist Mountain to Osoyoos to look for winter accommodation, but had no luck. I knew that I’d likely have to go about 40 miles further north to the larger community of Penticton. Tiring of the search, I decided to go back to Midway, about an hour’s drive away. I thought to buy some cherries to take with me but because of traffi c and one thing and another, I missed the fruit stand I wanted. Another error - I drove on and only found one as I was a half-mile out of town and about to begin the climb up to the mountain pass. No cherries. But a wonderful old man
from India, about my age, whose English was marginally better than my knowledge of his language – not even the name of which did I know so you can imagine how unfamiliar I am with it; still, we chatted on quite happily and I told him of my search for a winter home for me, my trailer, and my pick-up truck. He became quite excited, whipped out his cellphone and began a rapid conversation with someone in his native language. In a moment or two he was beaming at me from under his turban and urging me to sit down and “Not go, not go, I have house for you, not go, not go.” I wasn’t at all sure that I’d understood
him correctly but soon his son, a man of about 35, arrived and informed me, in perfect Canadian English (he’d been raised here) that they had a house for rent. It was normally used by their orchard boss through the summer but it would be vacant October 15th
. Once again an error
on my part had led to a great result. Even better, they would rent the house to me for six months at $200 per month!! I would be responsible for all utilities of course. T e house had electric heat. In Canada
this is a very expensive way to heat a house. However, I had brought with me two infra-red heaters. I use these in my house on PEI and they are great! Waaaay cheaper to heat with than standard baseboard heaters too! So I, my trailer, and my pick-up truck
moved over there the next Friday. I parked near the house and lived in my trailer for two weeks until the house was vacant, then moved in. It was a good winter! k
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