Looking back

It’s hard to believe that this will be our eighth summer in Spider Lake Springs Resort.

Rosalie was looking back at some old photos the other day and was surprised by how many changes we’ve made.

After looking around we settled for the lot we’re in now, E02. The only thing on it was a storage shed, a fire pit and an old picnic table. We had just sold our other trailer so had to buy another much bigger one. A guy delivered it for us as our little car refused to tow it.

Just after the trailer was moved in

The first thing I had to do was to build a deck: you gotta have a deck. Then I built a new picnic table and a free-standing fence in the front yard. At about this time our friends and neighbours here said there should be a permanent roof on the trailer because if rain gets in, it can go undetected and cause severe damage. So I did that too.

I built a sunroom; not such a good idea at the time but now we live here half the year it’s that needed extra room. The Big Green Egg had to have a table so I built that too, and finally put up a metal roof gazebo.

The first few years we were invaded by Blue Jays but soon after, Alan the squirrel, showed up and the Blue Jays took a back seat. We were also guardians of a crop of baby robins for a while.

I put together a collection of photos which can be viewed here on YouTube.

Eventually ,it was decided to sell the condo and live here full time in the summer and Mexico in the winter. It was then that we bought a new modern, Park Model. It will need a protective aluminum roof, but this time, I’m not doing it. We’re getting quotes from the local roofing guy.

The picnic table top had to be replaced last year because it was starting to sag. I even planted a garden. I’ve had mixed success but have hopes that it will get better as the soil builds up.

What’s next? Who knows. We don’t let the daisies grow under our feet for long, so it could be anything. We’re just living an awesome life.