OK a bit of text now to catch up. We are doing absolutely super but need a bit of time to catch up.

Jo-Anne's ankle is much better; probably weak but ready to walk the streets of Paris and Germany.

It now is in the 80 degree range here, which in the big, dark, plastic bus, starts to get toward the upper limit of comfortable. Combined with only a 30 amp service; ie, only one of two AC units, it is warm. Two weeks ago on Sunday it was 48 and raining and we had to fill up the propane for the furnace. Although we do open up at night and if it gets to 60 or so that is good.

Last week we took Bill Martin over for 5 days in the Ottawa region, actually staying in Perth, which is a really pretty town. We hit the national cemetary and a bunch of places that he and we were familiar with and it was a great trip.

Right now we are making our final plans for the European Adventure of 2009. Sunday the 28th of June we drive down to Toronto and stay at the Doubletree near the airport. We will leave the car there and fly out the next day for Paris. As you lose a day going east we will arrive around noon at the CDG aiport and spent the night at the Hilton there. On the first of July we rent a car and will head for the Heidleberg area and our friends' place. I'll fill in more of that trip later.

At the ATM machine here I got 100 Canadian dollars for $89, so it is about a 10% savings for all we do here ... a big change from last summer when it cost us at least 10% for each transaction. And the gas has averaged just less than 1.00 CDN per liter which again is much better than last summer.