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Hanging around downtown Whitehorse in the Yukon. There sure are a lot of big rigs from the US pulling little cars behind but sometimes pulling a 4X4 crew cab truck. I'm a little confused because the almighty media has been telling me how gas prices are so high that folks can't drive anymore, how expensive food is and how terrible the economy is. You would never know it if you pulled over at a rest area on the Alaskan Highway and counted all them big rigs for an hour. Maybe them good folks aren't listening to the media and they are just carrying on with their lives. God Bless all those travelers on the Alaskan Highway. I remember one sign there at Watson Lake which is very famous for it's signs. That sign said:

ALASKA OR BUST!​
 
@hollydolly Nooooooooooooo! I could have gone on forever not knowing that! I'm so disappointed. She's a snooty b*tch? A snob? A pain in the como se llama? If so, I hope she gets warts and ugly toenail fungus.
 

Lee said:
OK Holly, inquiring minds want to know, you must elaborate. You must have had a run in with here eh? Is she really like what she portrays on Abbey?
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Not at all. I've never had a run-in with her.. and as I don't watch Downton Abbey I can't tell if she's the same as her character... but I've been in the same company as her off set and she is sooo snooty ...oft times when someone has little knowledge of the real world because they've spent most of their life living in the confines of showbiz.. they are not like us at all..
 
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hollydolly said:
Not at all. I've never had a run-in with her.. and as I don't watch Downton Abbey I can't tell if she's the same as her character... but I've been in the same company as her off set and she is sooo snooty ...oft times when someone has little knowledge of the real world because they've spnet most of their life living in the confines of showbiz.. they are not like us at all..
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You never watched Downton Abbey, it's a must see. Say it isn't so :ROFLMAO: I loved Maggie Smiths character on the show.
 
I baked banana chocolate chip muffins at 5 am.....cannot waste over ripe bananas. Did a little garden work, picked lettuce for a salad, now waiting for hubby's foot care nurse.

Going to straighten out the freezer so I can find what I am looking for in there. I know there is a package of pork chops in there somewhere.
 
Jules said:
@Packerjohn I just read that the sales of RVs is up from last year.
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My, my, that is interesting. I suppose this happened before the increase in the price of fuel. Perhaps also, some people couldn't fly due to all those restrictions and decided to buy an RV to tour locally. I have seen several RVs with Florida plates so I suppose that local travel for them is a trip up here to Alaska?
 
I will drive from Whitehorse in the Yukon to Skagway, Alaska. Not a bad way to celebrate the 1st day of summer and the longest day of the year. It is only a 2.5 hour drive so I think I'll stop over for a spell and check out Carcross, Yukon. I'm concered that Skagway is a cruise port so I don't fancy walking around with thousands of cruisers but hey, I believe they all leave and then it's "back to normal" after 5 pm. Anyway, never been there so I am pretty excited. Beats sitting at home and watching the ambulance come around to take another residence away to the hospital. Sorry, perhaps a bad joke!
 
Back inside. Lots got done, some weeds aren't living to see another day, lots of flowers were deadheaded. And...that darned bunny🐇 ate the blooms off my phlox, dammit :mad:

Everything has been thoroughly watered and tempting flowers🌺🌺 have been sprayed with Critter Ridder. Bunny will either starve or move on to another restaurant.

When the lawn is in shade this afternoon, it'll get mowed.

DGD went shopping yesterday afternoon for a "conservative" wardrobe for her new job. Color me surprised that she actually chose pieces that are quite nice, well made, and suitable for polite society. She shopped with Gramma's $$ and spent less than $400. Yay.

The downside? Well. DD doesn't own an iron or an ironing board. Gramma owns an iron and an ironing board. Guess who got to cut the tags off, snip open the basted pockets, and press everything? Also guess who didn't use any cuss words while pressing sleeves on the blazers without a sleeve board.
 
Pepper said:
Not surprised at all. Full of herself, hey?
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she is.. but in a different way to how you would imagine.. She doesn't talk down to the crew... but she acts like she's above everyone else... she literally is a showbiz Luvvie.. everything is Dahling Moi Moi, .. etc... and she and several other female British actresses are very close buddies... and they all ( bar one ) came out of the same Mould. they don't mix with anyone else who doesn't conform to the same type ...but don't ask me to name them on here, I don't want to get sued.. :LOL:
 
Today.. it's been 80 degrees here.. but feels hotter. I had my hair trimmed this morning for free because I wasn't happy with how they did it last Thursday... , so they were very quick to offer it for free by a more qualified stylist .
Then I went to the garden centre to pick up some things, and they were sold out , annoyingly they had these things on Saturday. Stayed for a cuppa tea and a scone..sitting out in the shaded courtyard.. very nice...

From there over to the next large town in the next county... to buy 2 pairs of Blackout curtains for my livingroom..

then got a gallon of Fence paint and brushes, gonna re-paint my fences at some point.., ...

As I drove back.. just about 90 mins after I'd arrived.. there was a HUGE traffic incident on the opposite lane going into town.. Of course the traffic my side had all slowed to rubberneck, so I counted 9 Police cars.. 5 ambulances, and 4 Fire engines... any sign of what had happened was already gone, but the emergency services had blocked the road, and the traffic on that side was backed up for miles.. . You can't help think that whatever happened, I hope the people involved survived.. it must have been a nasty accident to have all those turn up..

Just as I was getting home.. I took these pics.. even the cattle are hot as can be...

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got home and an Amazon delivery scheduled for Saturday delivery had been thrown over my rear gate... it's so annoying when they do that... it's my new leaf blower , hopefully nothing is broken..
 
Packerjohn said:
I will drive from Whitehorse in the Yukon to Skagway, Alaska. Not a bad way to celebrate the 1st day of summer and the longest day of the year. It is only a 2.5 hour drive so I think I'll stop over for a spell and check out Carcross, Yukon. I'm concered that Skagway is a cruise port so I don't fancy walking around with thousands of cruisers but hey, I believe they all leave and then it's "back to normal" after 5 pm. Anyway, never been there so I am pretty excited. Beats sitting at home and watching the ambulance come around to take another residence away to the hospital. Sorry, perhaps a bad joke!
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I admire all of the traveling you do. I travel alone, too, but usually to Europe. I don't mind driving in the US but I don't think I could do a long road trip by myself. But who knows? Maybe I will someday in the future.

Please continue to keep us posted on your adventures!
 
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