Where Are All The Canadians?

Elizabeth, I haven't been looking at license plates yet. But we are in what used to be a sister park, if you are still in Tacna, and there have been eight Canadian couples cancel. The three parks behind us which also used to be sister parks look like a barren desert! During the summer we would see some Canadians and ask about the winter snowbirding season. Kind of mixed bag of answers. To us snowbirding is something that folks like to do but sure don't have to. Everybody has a bottom line and the limit may have hit. Not only the exchange rate, but the pricey out of country insurance rates. We do know of several that are coming for two months instead of the usual five. Funny, but we have three Ontario couples here where as last year, none, and for several seasons only one. Last season I thought I saw more Ontario plates in the Yuma area than I ever saw before. This isn't the only place. In late summer, as we usually do, we spend sometime in the Kalispell, MT. area. Normally on weekends, Lowes, Home Depot, Super Wal-Mart, Jo-Ann's Fabrics, and Costco parking lots are primarily Alberta plated vehicles. The Kalispell merchants offer weekend deals for eating, shopping and motels. Well this summer we definitely noticed the lack of Alberta plates. About that same time there was an article in the Kalispell paper about the situation. Then about a week later there was an interview in the Spokane, WA. newspaper with the manager of the Kalispell Costco and confirmed that we were seeing correctly. Also a couple of weeks ago, I saw in the Myrtle Beach, SC. newspaper that the business's there were trying to be pro-active to the possible downturn there and were busy sending coupons to the Ontario and Quebec provinces. I'm sure it will get more interesting just before and after New Years.