I generally like things to be interesting, but now that it is our third day camping in the Burnaby rain without finding a place to live, I think I’m ready for something nice to come our way.

We arrived to B.C. on Wednesday afternoon around 14:30PST after a 3-day car trip that took us through the United Sates. We had great weather for the majority of the trip and were greeted by beautiful land formations and wildlife once we hit North Dakota (where we woke up to Buffalo in the parking lot) and lasted through Montana, Washington, and, now, British Columbia.

Once we reached the BC border (in Surrey), we parked in a residential area to steal some wifi, got an address to an internet cafe and then started our house-searching. Since then it has rained constantly everyday (well, we got a bit of sun later this afternoon) and we have been camping at an RV park temporarily while we continue to look for a place to rent. The park is quite nice, however, with free wifi, a lounge with TV, hot showers, and clean grounds.

It has been pretty stressful not knowing when we’ll find a place to stay for the summer, but as my mom puts it: “hopefully it is just the storm before the calm” :-p. We are at a disadvantage as far as renting goes since we are i) a couple rather than a singe tenant and ii) are looking for short rather than long-term occupancy.

Anyway, things are not so bad. We have a couple places to look at tomorrow and the weather network calls for sunny periods. And, also, we got to shop at the Mountain Equipment Co-op today and I purchased a new backpack–something Rita calls “retail therapy.” Well, I’ll keep you posted with our happenings this weekend!

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