A Laid Back Day

Today was another slow day. We just sat around and relaxed most of the day. I went on my walk as soon as I got up this morning though.

The day turned out to be bright and sunny with clear blue skies although windy. I talked to Betty on the phone and she said that Sturgeon Lake was very choppy today. It was quite a bit cooler than yesterday but no humidity and I sat outside and read for most of the day.

Till tomorrow.....

Mostly The Lindsay Central Exhibition

Here I am with the alpacas

This morning I got the lawn mowed for the first time since we've been here. It didn't need it during the summer as it was so dry but the last couple of weeks it's really grown.

Betty & Garth picked us up at 2:00 p.m. and away we went to the Lindsay Central Exhibition. The location is very close to the campground. We could hear the truck pulling contests last night from our RV as if it was next to us.

Probably the best part was the juggler, general jack of all trades guy who rode unicycles with a kid on his shoulders, juggled all sorts of stuff, walked a tight rope while juggling. All the usual stuff. The Exhibition is in a new location this year and the stage they had for the poor guy wasn't the best with the rafters very close to the top of his head when on his unicycle. They should rethink that for next year.

We walked around the midway and through the various buildings. Being this is in a farming community there were ducks, chickens, geese and turkeys as well as cows, horses and pigs.

We sat part way through a hypnotist performance but it was pretty boring so we left to get some food and since there was nowhere to sit went back and sat and watched more of the hypnotist.

We left around 7:00 p.m. I had walked enough for one day!

This was the ending of the show - he's riding on gravel

Photos of the Bed Raising, Laundry & Not Much Else

Today was a slow day. This morning we changed the bed in preparation for laundry. While the sheets were off I took some photos as one of the moderators on the Titanium forum has asked me to post them on the photos section of the forum. I decided to post them here too for those that are interested.



Betty dropped by this afternoon and went with me to do the laundry. She stayed and chatted for about 1/2 hour and then took off to do her errands.

It was quite warm today - 29C (85F), sunny and a very nice day. When I got back from laundry I read and had a nap while Gordon went down to the office to get our propane tank filled.

Later he went over to the Lindsay Central Exhibition to take some photos. We're planning to go again tomorrow afternoon with Betty & Garth.

Back in Lindsay

After walking, breakfast and net surfing, I went into Lindsay today to run some errands. We had purchased our prescriptions while in Ottawa yesterday so I needed to get them sent into our Extended Health Care Plan for reimbursement. While I was there I got a haircut (see below), photocopies my receipts and got them mailed off and got some groceries.

When I was coming in to the RV park, I noticed the door to the office was open so since we've decided to stay here till October 14th, I went in and paid Daphne and chatted with her for a while.

After unpacking the truck, I sat outside to read for a bit but they were putting skirting on the new park model near us so there was a lot of sawing and noise going on so I walked around the park and took a few photos. See the red portion of the tree across the lake with all the other trees still mostly green. Although days of late have felt like Fall, yesterday and today have been beautiful. It was over 27C (80F) today with bright sun, blue skies and a nice breeze.


While I was at the Old Car Show on Sunday, I photographed the cars that were made in the year I was born so here's some photos of cars made in 1948:

1948 Packard

1948 Chevrolet Fleetmaster

1948 Cadillac Hearse (still being used)

Our Day in Ottawa and Return to Lindsay (Ontario)

Danica left at about 7:30 a.m. for her 8:30 a.m. class at University of Ottawa so we had said our goodbyes last night. I was up early enough to say goodbye to my sister before she left for work. We had breakfast, showered and chatted a bit with John then left for our 11:00 a.m. dental appointments. We were early so Gordon had a coffee at the shopping mall, Westgate, next door. Then he went to his dental and I went to my periodontist appointment. They are both in the same building so we made the appointments for the same time and it worked out well. We were both done by noon so made a few stops including picking up six months' worth of prescriptions, had lunch at the Food Court at the Bayshore Mall and left for Lindsay at 1:30 p.m.

We had a book on DVD yesterday on our way down but we left them with Danica as Gordon had put them all on his ipod (which he forgot to bring) so we listened to a Ray Stevens CD and a couple of Elvis Presley CDs on our return trip but it did seem to take forever. We stopped at a park at Silver Lake on Hwy 7 and took a few photos and then took a little detour on our way back just to see some different scenery. We arrived back around 5:30 p.m., unpacked and are now sitting at our computers as we're suffering from computer withdrawl!

Here's a photo that I took at the cottage on Sunday of a couple of ducks on the dock and one I took today at the park at Silver Lake.

Our Trip to Ottawa (Ontario)

My apologies for not posting yesterday. We had family night at my sister's last night with Margie & John, Danica and Nicholas. Becky was sick so Nick came on his own.

We left Lindsay just before 9:00 a.m. and arrived in Ottawa (Ontario) at 12:30 p.m. or so in lots of time for the 3:00 doctor's appointment. So we stopped by Vos Trailers where we bought our fifth wheel to pick up some fluroescent light bulbs and some insert thingies for the water hose. Then I stopped at the bank to get something notarized that I've been trying to do all summer. Since we were so early we dropped in at our chiropractor's office and he was able to take both of us right away. A short drop in to Walmart and then we were still early so stopped at Andrew Hayden Park and took some photos of the geese. Then off to the dermatologist where Gordon had a basal cell cancer removed from his arm.



I stopped to buy flowers pictured below for my sister and family and then went to John & Margie's arriving around 3:30 p.m. John was just on his way to meet Margie at the bus stop and then walk home with her. It's nice for her to be met and it's good for John to go out and walk and Jasper gets to go too!

They are a kind of variegated rose

Nick arrived at the same time we did. I had brought my old laptop for Danica so she spent most of the night figuring it out and deleting programs she didn't think she'd use.

We had a really good dinner of pork tenderloin, whipped potatoes, broccoli and mixed vegetables and Margie made one of my favorites for dessert - Raspberry Fluff. It's also a favorite of Nick's. After dinner, Margie put on a video for the dog, Jasper. Here he is watching TV.


Margie and I drove Nick home just before 10:00 p.m. and went to bed when we got back as Margie had to work today.

Another Birthday Today!

Happy 61st birthday to my hubbie! We had arranged to go for breakfast with Betty & Garth this morning so we met up at a local breakfast place around 11:00 a.m. Gordon still isn't feeling all that well so after breakfast he went back to the RV and I went to the Old Car Show in Bobcaygeon (Ontario) with Betty & Garth.

They had around 150 old cars there today. It was a beautiful day, warmer than yesterday and mostly sunny so it was enjoyable. Below is my favorite - a 1957 Thunderbird. It's really classy looking!





I took a lot of photos but unfortunately I don't have a lot of time tonight to go through them. Gordon came back to the cottage for dinner and we were late getting home. We have to go to Ottawa tomorrow for a couple of days so I had to get things packed up so we can head out early. We have some appointments in the afternoon and then more on Tuesday. We hope to return on Tuesday late afternoon.

So if I don't post tomorrow night, it's because I couldn't find wifi. My sister doesn't have wifi in her computer. We'll be staying at my younger sister, Margie's place in Ottawa.

A Cold Windy Day

I went for a couple of walks today, dressed appropriately for the cold. I even had my gloves on! Our high today was 12C (53F). It only got to 20C (68F) inside the rig but we didn't have the furnace on, only the electric heater.

I spent my day on Facebook.com, surfing, trying to get the answer to this month's Conde Nast Where Are You contest that my sister and I do every month, reading and trying to keep warm! I want to be in Arizona-NOW!!

Here are some Fall photos I took today:

A Fall sky

Fall flowers

Fall leaves

I Love Days Like This Minus the Weather that Came in This Afternoon!

Today was just a beautiful bright sunny day. The temperature reached 27C (81F). I went for my walk this morning and managed a brief run again then returned to the RV. After breakfast I sat outside in the sun and read for a while.

After lunch I went into Lindsay to pick up a few groceries, then drove around a bit, down a couple of side roads. I didn't see much worth photographing though.

I sat outside again when I got back and started another book as I finished one this morning. It's been pretty windy all day and this afternoon was no exception so I came back in and had a nice shower. We've had low water pressure for most of the week and I knew they were working on the sewer in the campground so I thought it had something to do with that but when I was out I happened to notice that our water intake was leaking. Now that Gordon has that fixed, we have great water pressure again so I had a nice shower. Just after 4:00 p.m. the sun went away and the clouds started coming in . We're supposed to get rain and thunderstorms tonight bringing in a cold front so tomorrow's high is only supposed to get to 14C (57F). Quite a change in one day!

Shopping at Vaughn Mills Outlet Mall in Toronto, Ontario

Stuffed Animals at the Bass Outlet Store

This morning was chilly! Betty picked me up at 9:30 a.m and we drove to Vaughan Mills Outlet Mall in northern Toronto arriving around 11:15 a.m. Betty's friend, Bonnie met us at the mall. I've known Bonnie for years and we even traveled together when I was single.



We had lunch at Johnny Rockets then walked the whole shopping mall! Bonnie and I felt every inch of it! Betty is like the energizer bunny she just keeps going and going and going. Anyway we had a nice day, I didn't buy anything as there's nothing I need but Betty and Bonnie couldn't find anything they wanted either so Betty wound up buying a CD to play in the car on our return. Betty and I did have ice cream and Betty and Bonnie had a coffee and that was the extent of our day.

She dropped me off around 5:30 p.m. Whew! I'm exhausted!

A Day of Rest

It rained quite hard overnight but this morning the sun was shining brightly and the only clouds were very low on the horizon. I decided to go for a walk as it was so nice out.

The rest of the day was spent reading inside. It wasn't warm enough to sit out. I think our high for today was 18C (64F) and it was quite windy. I did have another walk this afternoon and took a few photos around the park.

Traveling Around the Small Towns of the Kawarthas (Ontario)

It rained quite hard early this morning and I thought that our day of traveling around the small towns of the Kawarthas was going to be cancelled however the sun came out later this morning and although it was cloudy when Betty picked me up around 10:30 a.m. we had a mixture of sun, cloud and rain throughout the day but we still had a great time!


The towns we visited were Oakwood, Woodville, Lorneville, Argyle, Bolsover, Gamebridge, Kirkfield, Fenelon Falls, Coboconk, Bobcaygeon, Rosedale, Dunsford and Lindsay. There's not much in most of these little towns however they are interesting to see and I hadn't been to some of them before. Gordon and I had been to Kirkfield to see the lift lock but hadn't gone into the town so that's were Betty and I had lunch today. I had breakfast instead and it was a very good breakfast while Betty had fish and chips.

Our first stop was at this little store in Lorneville. He had everything from antiques to jams, cheese and preserves.
This was a crafty type place but also a restaurant and bakery. The painting on this door is done on screen. Very pretty!

Here I am outside the store mentioned above. It's called The Argyle Store and it first opened for business in December 1880, now one of the last general stores still in operation in Ontario.

Here's Betty standing outside the Pattie House which is a legend in Coboconk. I remember we stopped there in the boat some years ago and had a drink there. It wasn't what you'd call high society!

We also stopped at a place in Dunsford locally called the Dunsford Walmart. It's a barn stocked with all sorts of things from cooking oil to picture frames. Not neatly stacked and resembles a flea market. Betty said she checked some expiry dates on some of the food and one of the things she saw had expired in 2006. So if you're going to buy anything there, you want to check expiry dates for sure. We didn't buy anything but it was interesting to see!

After that, we stopped in Lindsay to pick up a few groceries and I arrived home shortly after 5:00 p.m.

Gordon took the truck in for service to keep the warranty up to date. I think it's the first time in two weeks that he's been out in the truck except to go to the hospital last weekend. So it looks like he's feeling better. Let's hope it continues!

Housework

Today I stayed home and got the laundry done. While we were changing the bed we put the electric blanket back on. It's getting to be that time of year!

On the weekend I had bought vegetables to make a stew so I did that today. Again, Fall is coming, time for stew! With the stew, I decided to make some cornbread as my husband really likes it and it's something he can eat. I found a mix in the U.S. that doesn't have any flour in it. Sure hope I can find some more when we get there! It's quite hard to find.

Other than that, not much happened today. I did go for a walk this morning and managed to run a short distance. It's something I've got to get back into at least until the next bout of shortness of breath! Hopefully that will be a long time from now.

I'll leave you with what is supposed to be a true story:

On July 20, 1969, as commander of the Apollo 11 lunar module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. His first words after stepping on the moon "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" were televised to earth and heard by millions.

But just before he reentered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky".

Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs.

Over the years many people questioned Armstrong as to what the "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" statement meant, but Armstrong always just smiled.

On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26 year old question to Armstrong. This time he finally responded. Mr. Gorsky had died so Neil Armstrong felt he could answer his question.

In 1938 when he was a kid in a small midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit the ball, which landed in his neighbor's yard by the bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. "Sex! You want sex?! You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"

Another Birthday Down!

When I got up this morning I had 7 e-cards from my sister in Ottawa wishing me a Happy Birthday. She said that she didn't get a confirmation so thought they hadn't been sent.

My sister here in Lindsay had planned a day out for the two of us for my birthday. My husband is still not feeling well and her husband was in Toronto so I went to meet her at the cottage and we left from there to go to the little tourist town of Bobcaygeon for a late breakfast. We went to the Full Cup Cafe which is a cute 50's little place with all the chrome tables and chairs with ripped and worn plastic seats and backs. I had strawberry pancakes and they were very good! The photo to the left is me after breakfast sitting outside the cafe.

After that we went to Settler's Village as they were having a quilt display there today. Our mother and grandmother were quilters so we knew a lot of the patterns shown. People are making up their own patterns these days however so there were a lot that we didn't know as well. It was a very well done display and in a lovely setting as well. Below is a photo of Betty with one of the quilts.

Here are the two sisters outside of Settler's Village.

After we finished looking at quilts we went back into Bobcaygeon and looked through the flea market type stores but didn't buy anything. Some nice stuff, lots of junk!

This is a photo of Betty & Garth's new pathway to the cottage that they just had put in. Looks really nice!

Saw a Movie

So, here's the photo as requested on the RV-Dreams chat room last night.

Today I met Betty in Lindsay and we went to see The Nanny Diaries. It was a good movie but didn't follow the book. Then we had coffee, picked up a few groceries and back home again!

I borrowed this from a fellow RVers blog.

The Story of the Mexican Fisherman

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The Mexican replied, "only a little while."

The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish?

The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs.

The American then asked, "but what do you do with the rest of your time?"

The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life."

The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise."

The Mexican fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?"

To which the American replied, "15 - 20 years."

"But what then?" Asked the Mexican.

The American laughed and said, "That's the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!"

"Millions - then what?"

The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos."


The bumper snicker came from this weeks RV Travel:

To err is human, to moo bovine.

An Uneventful Day

Today was a non event. I sat outside and read. It was really warm today again 33C (91F) and very humid but with a pretty strong wind. Betty had wanted me to go to the cottage this afternoon but I woke up groggy and felt like staying home so I called her to let her know.

This afternoon I proceeded to color my hair. I've been putting it off for the last few days as I haven't felt up to doing it. It was either do it myself or go into town and have someone else do it. Which was more trouble? I decided to do it myself so it looks much better now.

After that, I drove into town anyway to pick up some items. It turned cloudy and windier on my way home and looked like we might have a storm. When I got home, Gordon had put the awning up because of the wind.

I unpacked the groceries and other things I purchased and sat down and read Froggi Donna's whole blog. She's a really good writer! Here's the link to her blog - http://lilypad.froggilady.com

That's it for today, nothing to photograph again!

A Birthday and a Shopping Day!

Happy Birthday Michelle! My stepdaughter is thirty something today! Her Dad was just on the phone with her when I got home so I got to talk to her for a while. She has recently been diagnosed with celiac disease (just like her father) and she's been having a rough time but she thinks she's feeling better now.

This morning my sister picked me up at 10:30 a.m. and we went in to Oshawa to go shopping. Our first stop was the Oshawa Centre, a fairly large mall where we spent most of our time and had a nice Taco Salad at Casey's. Then we went to WalMart to get a few things also stopping at Bulk Barn. I arrived home at about 5:30 p.m. and we decided to have soup for dinner. Suited me!

Here's a photo of Betty when she dropped me off tonight with her little Bumblebee mini Cooper!

Just Another Day at the Park

It rained overnight and into this morning, not heavy, just a nice light rain. The temperature hardly reached 21C (70F) today. I only went out today to walk the trash down to the trash bin. Here's a photo I took down by the river.


Gordon seems to be feeling better today although he did sleep quite a bit this afternoon.

This morning a brand new park model was delivered and set up two sites over and behind us. It's a really long model and takes up the whole site in length. It's a really nice one with lots of windows in the living area. See it below:


Other than that and finishing my latest book which was loosely based on the Steven Truscott story. The book was called The Way the Crow Flies by a Toronto writer, Ann-Marie MacDonald. I had read the original book The Steven Truscott Story some years ago and remember when this happened. I can recall even as a child wondering how on earth this 14 year old boy could be convicted solely on circumstantial evidence. He was tried in an adult court and sentenced to hang for the rape and murder of a 12 year old friend, Lynne Harper. Amazingly enough, just last week he was finally acquitted of the crime some 48 years later. He only served 10 years in prison and then was paroled and given a new name however it took all this time for him to be acquitted.

Out and About

Today wasn't a very nice day. We only reached a high of 21C (70F) and it was mostly cloudy all day. I did manage a walk around half of the park this morning.

I met Betty in Lindsay at 1:00 p.m. and we proceeded to check out the stores. She dropped me at the truck at about 4:30 p.m. and I went and got groceries getting home around 5:30 p.m.

My husband is still not well but doesn't have a fever anymore and his throat isn't as sore as it was so hopefully he's on the mend. Sure hope so! We're supposed to leave Lindsay to head west on September 20th!

End of Labour Day Weekend

Yeah! All of our camping neighbours are gone so it's quiet again! I could sit outside today without all the kid's yelling from the last couple of days. Actually the kids were quite well behaved, we're just not used to so much action going on.

I managed to get the freezer defrosted today but that about covers it!