Travelog for: Mausi

Abby invited me for breakfast this morning.

This is walnut flour crepes with ricotta cheese and berries.





They were very good, but not quite cheesy enough for my standards, so I decided to sneak into the fridge to see what I could find.



Wow!  An entire cheese drawer!

Today Abby needed to take her grad dress to the dry cleaners, so everyone tagged along in the hopes that she would show us her town.



This is the Maple Ridge clock.  The horse symbolizes the protector of the valley.  It represents a beast that fought for Mother Nature against those who were hurting the environment, but was gravely hurt in the process.  Mother Nature set up the clock as a reminder to not hurt the environment.



This is the local court house.



City Hall







Desmond wanted to visit the library, so Abby took us there.



While we were there I looked up where I am heading to next.



This is the ACT theatre, the back of which I saw last week.



This park is behind city hall.  I wanted to see the gazebo closer up, but there was a couple taking wedding photos and Abby said that we shouldn't disturb them.



This is the World War II memorial in the same park.  On it are the names of everyone in the town who fought in world war II.  On the back is World War I.

Today I visited the local recycling depot.

Happy mother's day, olgamaus!

We celebrated with a special lunch at a local produce store.





There was barbequed BC salmon in special sauce, coleslaw and a bun, with peach juice...



And chocolate cake with fruit and custard on top for dessert.



Then everyone had to check their raffle tickets, but nobody won anything.



We went exploring and found this boat, just sitting on the ground.



So, everyone posed in front of it.

I arrived in New York this afternoon. Thankfully my ride wasn't as long as I thought it was going to be. I'm off to take a nap but I'll update again later.

I arrived this afternoon and boy was I surprised to hear that I wasn't the only one that arrive today! It turns out that TheoSheep also arrived. Small world! My new host left me out of my travel envelope and awaiting me was; Pebbels, HitchaRideMo, Bellatrix, Cliff and Muumipeikko.

WOW! It was great to see some many smiling faces. I have my work cut out for me trying to remember all of those names. I'm gonna try my best!

This afternoon our host decided to go to the Salvation Army to look for teddy bears. She told us that there was a new TV named ThreadBear who was collecting teddy bears for children in South Africa. 

When she returned home she had a bag full of animals. She said that they needed a bath and a snack before they can be sent to South Africa. We asked if we could meet them. She said yes but told us not to be surprised if they didn't answer us. Boy was she wrong! We asked them questions and everyone was answering at the same time. We knew this was going to be tough. 

Our host asked us to pose together as it was time for the new animals to get a bath. Everyone seemed happy but that's because they have no idea what's going on. 

We wanted to see what it was like to get a wash and dry at our host's house. We wished everyone luck because we hear that dryers are known to eat socks.  Who knows what will happen to stuffed animals.  Our host promised that everyone who went in for a wash and dry would come back.

Okay so our host was right....No one was taken by the sock monsters in the dryer.  Too bad because it would have been a fun mystery.

Not a whole lot has been going on here lately. The weather has been terrible! Our host said she wanted to take us a couple of places but that she hasn't been able to because of the rain. We wanted to see for ourselves.  Our host was right, it's raining outside. So to keep us busy we decided to watch some DVD's. We couldn't agree on one title so we were going to watch 3 different ones.

To our surprise a new TV arrived today! We couldn't wait to see who it could be....It turned out to be Willy Wau! We all welcomed him and told him to make himself at home here. We all have! 

Today we said goodbye to Cliff. He was moving on to his next host on the USA TVT.

Good Luck Cliff! Have a safe journey!

We were surprised to learn that Grape Ape Was leaving today as well! He told us that he was on his way to South Africa. Wow, what a trip! We all wished him well and told him to have a safe trip. He assured us that he would. 

Good Bye Grape Ape!

This evening we took a ride over to New Hartford, NY because our host was looking for a cookbook to take with her tomorrow. First we stopped at Target to see if they had what she was looking for. It turned out that they didn't have what she was looking for so it was on to the next store.