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October 2009 |
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| Place |
Date |
Weather |
Activities |
| Okanagan Valley |
Thursday, 01.10.2009 |
 15°C |
Kirsten gets a hair cut. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Friday, 02.10.2009 |
12°C |
Helen sorts through 544 second hand books and takes over 30 for us. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Saturday, 03.10.2009 |
 10°C |
Cold morning. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Sunday, 04.10.2009 |
 15°C |
Turnips for evening meal. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Monday, 05.10.2009 |
 15°C |
Winnie gets a pressure test and engine seems to be fine. But a big hole is in the exhaust pipe. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Tuesday, 06.10.2009 |
15°C |
Pizza night. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Wednesday, 07.10.2009 |
15°C |
Laundry day. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Thursday, 08.10.2009 |
12°C |
We stock up on peppers. Temperatures drop to -5°C during the night. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Friday, 09.10.2009 |
15°C |
Brrrr ... |
| Okanagan Valley |
Saturday, 10.10.2009 |
10°C |
Icicles and frozen puddles. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Sunday, 11.10.2009 |
8°C |
Fruit and veggies are freezing over night. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Monday, 12.10.2009 |
8°C |
Coldest Thanksgiving day for 60 years - minus 7°C at night. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Tuesday, 13.10.2009 |
 8°C |
Helen is buying her xmas presents. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Wednesday, 14.10.2009 |
10°C |
Winnie gets new muffler plus tailpipe, new seal, new spark plugs, oil change, new gas filter, holes behind
the back tires are filled and covered ... one thing leads to the next. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Thursday, 15.10.2009 |
15°C |
Helen books flight to England and Helen´s Dad is really happy. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Friday, 16.10.2009 |
15°C |
Final repairs on Winnie: header pipe is beeing welded. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Saturday, 17.10.2009 |
15°C |
We are waiting for our post and worked on the website. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Sunday, 18.10.2009 |
20°C |
Filled up our nearly empty back batterie. |
| Okanagan Valley |
Monday, 19.10.2009 |
20°C |
Still waiting for our post but at least the website is finished. Got website finally up to date. |
Okanagan Valley -
Lenore Lake (WA) |
Tuesday, 20.10.2009 |
20°C |
Border crossing took only 25 minutes! |
Lenore Lake (USA) -
John Day (OR) |
Wednesday, 21.10.2009 |
 15°C |
Continual petrol problems. |
John Day (OR) -
Goose Lake NRA |
Thursday, 22.10.2009 |
18°C |
Below freezing overnight. |
Goose Lake NRA -
Reno |
Friday, 23.10.2009 |
20°C |
Another driving day. |
Reno -
Auburn (CA) |
Saturday, 24.10.2009 |
20°C |
Wore shorts for first time in ages! |
| Auburn (CA) |
Sunday, 25.10.2009 |
20°C |
Day off. |
Auburn (CA) -
Gardnerville (NV) |
Monday, 26.10.2009 |
24°C |
Scraped through smog test! |
Gardnerville (NV) -
Lone Pine (CA) |
Tuesday, 27.10.2009 |
5°C |
Snow and bitterly cold. |
Alabama Hills
(Lone Pine) |
Wednesday, 28.10.2009 |
3°C |
Broad imagination required to spot formations. |
Alabama Hills
(Lone Pine) |
Thursday, 29.10.2009 |
7°C |
Various arches. Meet the Synnatschke's! |
Alabama Hills -
Death Valley |
Friday, 30.10.2009 |
19°C |
Winnie nearly overheats, Rhyolite ghost town. |
Death Valley -
Las Vegas |
Saturday, 31.10.2009 |
21°C |
Sunrise at Zabritski Point. |
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