Update On Joanne
____________________________ A meeting place for the FRIAMILY of Joanne Daquano _____________________________Saturday, August 19
Our Recent Holiday
We wanted to provide a little light comic relief…so we decided to share our recent holiday fiasco with you…
Brock and I thought the family could use some quality time away from the pressures at home (I’m sure you know of which I speak) so…. I thought hey let’s buy a trailer and go to the East coast camping. Well…
The week before we left we had to spend $1500 unexpectedly to bring the van to a safe level to tow the trailer…okay this is not looking like an inexpensive way to travel. Anyway off we went dragging Stephanie kicking and screaming about the lack of malls, shopping and girl friends at camp grounds.
First day we made it to Long Sieux, the smoke alarm started beeping at 2:00 am Brock was sure it was the Carbon Monoxide/gas detector because he saw the light flashing yellow. Brock disconnected the gas but the beeping continued. I finally got up and figured out that the beeping was indeed coming from the other side of the trailer; the smoke detector. A change in batteries fixed that problem but why was the light still flashing. We decided to get some sleep and figure it out in the morning. By the way the girls slept right through it all. In the morning I realized that Brock’s somewhat compromised colour vision was the problem…the light flashes green all the time to indicate safe operation. Breakfast of pancakes and Lauren burned her arm on the stove guard…she has recovered nicely but looked like a battered child for the whole trip with her usual crop of bruises on her legs and her whole forearm bandaged. Way to go Mom.
Day Two: Riviere du Loup. We arrived at around midnight and the heavens opened up shortly after we made the wise decision to get a hotel room. Was our luck changing…not on your life.
Day Three, Four, Five: RAIN in Bay of Fundy National Park. Stephanie was soooo impressed. Night Four the dishpan was left out and it was completely full by morning. I was sure we would float away.
Day Six and Seven: Some nice days in Kouchibouquac National Park NB. We saw a black bear, a moose, a raccoon, and 5 or 6 rabbits in the space of about 10 minutes. Night Seven another storm from hell. Brock was sure we would be hit by lightning but he felt reassured to know that I was the one sleeping next to the metal pole…Yeah I love him too!
Day Eight: A nice day finally in Nova Scotia; New Brunswick obviously did not like the Hendersons.
Day Nine: Visiting with Brock’s Aunt and Uncle who have never had children and were never exposed to tween girls or two year olds or the interesting combination of both. The house was about 100 degrees and the windows were not opened until we retired to our antique beds. Not an ocean breeze to be found. Sarah and I laid all night with our eyes tightly closed, terrified that some previous inhabitants of the home might come for a nighttime visit…yeah I know flakey.
Day Ten: Evelyn was anxious for us to get home so we took the night time ferry across from Digby to Saint John and yes it started to storm just as we got half way across the Bay. We drove through the storm until we almost hit a deer and decided that the dive in Fredericton was better than a moose print on our front bumper. (oh yeah and Brock had an eye infection while all this late night driving was going on.
Day Eleven: WE WANT TO GET HOME!!!!! 12 hours of driving made it through Montreal at 1:00 am and it was still stop and go traffic. What a nice city to drive through. (sarcasm). Another night in Cornwall and home again, home again jiggity jig.
We had a lovely time and Stephanie just can’t wait to go camping again. (more sarcasm)
I hope you get a little smile from our story, smiles can certainly ease a lot of heart ache.
We love you all and we are keeping the prayer lines open for you. I have some very special angels who I know I can rely upon to speed my prayers.
God Bless
Ramona, Brock, Stephanie, Sarah and Lauren
Brock and I thought the family could use some quality time away from the pressures at home (I’m sure you know of which I speak) so…. I thought hey let’s buy a trailer and go to the East coast camping. Well…
The week before we left we had to spend $1500 unexpectedly to bring the van to a safe level to tow the trailer…okay this is not looking like an inexpensive way to travel. Anyway off we went dragging Stephanie kicking and screaming about the lack of malls, shopping and girl friends at camp grounds.
First day we made it to Long Sieux, the smoke alarm started beeping at 2:00 am Brock was sure it was the Carbon Monoxide/gas detector because he saw the light flashing yellow. Brock disconnected the gas but the beeping continued. I finally got up and figured out that the beeping was indeed coming from the other side of the trailer; the smoke detector. A change in batteries fixed that problem but why was the light still flashing. We decided to get some sleep and figure it out in the morning. By the way the girls slept right through it all. In the morning I realized that Brock’s somewhat compromised colour vision was the problem…the light flashes green all the time to indicate safe operation. Breakfast of pancakes and Lauren burned her arm on the stove guard…she has recovered nicely but looked like a battered child for the whole trip with her usual crop of bruises on her legs and her whole forearm bandaged. Way to go Mom.
Day Two: Riviere du Loup. We arrived at around midnight and the heavens opened up shortly after we made the wise decision to get a hotel room. Was our luck changing…not on your life.
Day Three, Four, Five: RAIN in Bay of Fundy National Park. Stephanie was soooo impressed. Night Four the dishpan was left out and it was completely full by morning. I was sure we would float away.
Day Six and Seven: Some nice days in Kouchibouquac National Park NB. We saw a black bear, a moose, a raccoon, and 5 or 6 rabbits in the space of about 10 minutes. Night Seven another storm from hell. Brock was sure we would be hit by lightning but he felt reassured to know that I was the one sleeping next to the metal pole…Yeah I love him too!
Day Eight: A nice day finally in Nova Scotia; New Brunswick obviously did not like the Hendersons.
Day Nine: Visiting with Brock’s Aunt and Uncle who have never had children and were never exposed to tween girls or two year olds or the interesting combination of both. The house was about 100 degrees and the windows were not opened until we retired to our antique beds. Not an ocean breeze to be found. Sarah and I laid all night with our eyes tightly closed, terrified that some previous inhabitants of the home might come for a nighttime visit…yeah I know flakey.
Day Ten: Evelyn was anxious for us to get home so we took the night time ferry across from Digby to Saint John and yes it started to storm just as we got half way across the Bay. We drove through the storm until we almost hit a deer and decided that the dive in Fredericton was better than a moose print on our front bumper. (oh yeah and Brock had an eye infection while all this late night driving was going on.
Day Eleven: WE WANT TO GET HOME!!!!! 12 hours of driving made it through Montreal at 1:00 am and it was still stop and go traffic. What a nice city to drive through. (sarcasm). Another night in Cornwall and home again, home again jiggity jig.
We had a lovely time and Stephanie just can’t wait to go camping again. (more sarcasm)
I hope you get a little smile from our story, smiles can certainly ease a lot of heart ache.
We love you all and we are keeping the prayer lines open for you. I have some very special angels who I know I can rely upon to speed my prayers.
God Bless
Ramona, Brock, Stephanie, Sarah and Lauren
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