Saturday, October 18, 2014

Earthquake hits Banff!; Coyotes avoid Hailey

A new plan this year!  I have actually had really good luck the last few years either avoiding gas pumps in the US that want a zip code, or I have usually been successful with the ‘00000’ code.  But in an attempt to avoid the surcharges plus exchange on credit card purchases, I decided to open a US bank acct and try using a debit card attached to it.  It all sounded so easy on my TD Bank website.  Just ‘click here’ and you’ll have a US acct.  NOT!  There were many hoops to jump through, and many ‘chicken and egg’ situations to deal with.  “You cannot access your account online till there is cash in the account”, but I can’t transfer money into it till I have access!!  Just waiting for the debit card to arrive in the mail, but even now, I will not be able to transfer funds with a click of the mouse, I will have to phone them and go through the song and dance over and over again.

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Weather has been lovely around home most of the time, so the urge to migrate has not yet reached a turning point.

The rig has been winterized as a precaution, as frost at night is becoming a regular occurrence.

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Don & Donna came down for a quick visit on Thanksgiving weekend, but they likely won’t be able to join me on a beach in Nevada till sometime in the spring ;-(

Visited some other friends recently in the Rocky Mountain foothills, and took the opportunity to get the helicopter airborne for some photos of their place.

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We went for a short ride along the river …IMG_1489

then watched the horses enjoy a good roll.IMG_1494IMG_1495

Went for a drive out to the east boundary of Banff National Park, and a short hike into the park.

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Speaking of Banff, they had a 2.7 earthquake hit a few days ago, but all reports indicate that the town will survive!

Back at home, Hailey was hunting high,

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low,

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and in between,

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keeping the local wildlife wild.

The coyotes had to keep a sharp eye out to avoid her attacks!

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Many of the leaves have fallen, but there is still some good colour remaining in some areas.

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The birds are finally finding my feeder popular.

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I tried to sneak up on some geese …

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Glad to see that the Bayfield Bunch have completed another successful voyage back to their place in Congress, AZ.  Hope to see them somewhere on the road this winter.IMG_5989

Haven’t seen John & Brenda’s tail lights headed south yet, but I suspect they’ll be loading horses and heading out soon.

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Ready to hook up and head out – at the first sign of bad weather!

4 comments:

  1. We have our accounts with the RBC and have no issues doing transfers back and forth across the border. In fact in the early days they gave us a direct line to a person who was our account representative and she was able to iron out any issues on the spot. Now it has been awhile since I last talked to her so I am not sure she is still looking out for me, but with no problems to worry about I have no need of her services.

    We are still playing the knee game around here although we have a tentative plan in place to start migrating our various and sundry modes of transportation from Dogpound North to Dogpound South.

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    1. Better hook the jeep to the back of the horse trailer!

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  2. I hope you will have a good trip South and will be looking forward to your reports. Good luck with your debit card.

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