Dusty Trails Wagon Train: Day 21: Oh, Canada!

First thing this morning Kasey had to work on some paperwork for Umpqua Watersheds AmeriCorps program. He didn't seem too happy about it. A bright spot occurred when our hosts at Twinholm Lane brought coffee. I am not sure what we did to please the gods but the coffee was heavenly. Tim Horton Coffee is a favorite in these parts and we can see why. The rain stopped a bit so we wondered around enjoying the views and our coffee.

Then it was time for a walk with the dogs around the property. The trail leads through the woods behind the pond and around the soybean fields. It seemed as if we were deep in a forest. The dogs sure enjoyed it.

The weather was cool and overcast; a perfect time to focus on indoor tasks. We then settled into the motorhome to take care of more UW business and we made great progress getting most of our tasks completed.

We then went into Rockwood to the Farmers Market and purchased some local food items. We may have overdone it. There was some really yummy items. Driving in Canada, one must realize that the speed limit signs are in km per hour. Our American cars have miles per hour in bigger numbers than the km per hour on the speedometer. Maybe the newer cars just automatically switch the digital speed when you enter Canada from mph to kph. I don't know. Maybe nephew Chris knows. The US has only been lukewarm about the metrics system. There are some things that we have in metric, but others are firmly entrenched in the Imperial System. In 1975, the United States passed the Metric Conversion Act. The legislation was meant to slowly transition its units of measurement from feet and pounds to meters and kilograms, bringing the US up to speed with the rest of the world. There was only one issue: the law was completely voluntary. Many businesses in the US have thwarted the conversion to the metric system. Some say that Americans wanted not to be perceived as a follower. Most Americans just don't want to change. For me, the metric system is simpler, all based on 10. What is a foot anyway. But, I digress.

We returned from the farmers market successfully with me doing the calculations in my head. Turn left in 1.6 km is about a mile.

Back at Twinholm Lane, we finished up a few zoom meetings and went to join our hosts for conversation and sharing stories. Ross will be going to Oregon in the near future so we shared our secret Oregon camping and adventure spots.

Ross has a new telescope and that reminded us to go look at the super moon.

The clouds parted but the moisture in the air made the moon have a twin. We also caught Saturn in the upper right of the moon.