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!

Beautiful Weather

Today was a beautiful sunny day with a light breeze, just perfect for a long weekend! Other than that the day was pretty much a non event. Sitting outside reading and taking a long nap made up my day until later this afternoon when my husband said he thought he had a fever. We took his temperature and he did have a mild fever so since he's not been feeling well and still has a sore throat after five days, he decided he needed to go to Emergency.

Two and a half hours and a prescription for antibiotics later we headed for the pharmacy and then home! The doctor thinks it's a mild case of bronchitis and gave him the antibiotics just to be on the safe side.

No photos today. Nothing much to take photos of other than what I've already photographed!

Relapse!

Here's the store and office for the campground

My nose ran all night and I got up this morning feeling worse than yesterday. Is it because I was walking in the wet grass yesterday morning or because I sat outside letting my hair dry? So, today I sat outside and read again but my hair was dry. The campground is full, busy, and noisy! All the sites are full and the riverfront is also full of tents as you can see below.

Betty called this morning and I told her we wouldn't be able to go to the corn roast tonight and probably not to the Fair that we had talked about for tomorrow. Sure hope this cold/flu goes away soon. I'm tired of this!

I did manage to take a walk around this afternoon but didn't go far and didn't stay out long. There were a lot of boats on the Scugog River this afternoon!

On the Upswing?

These sunflowers caught my eye this morning while I was out walking

Well, I'm happy to say that I feel somewhat better today. I can talk although my voice is still gravelly and my cough seems to be better. My head is still stuffed up but not as bad as it was yesterday. Unfortunately my husband now has it which was inevitable living in this small space.

For the first time in over a month, I went for a walk around the campground and a little ways on the road this morning. I took my camera as I wasn't planning on doing any power walking and was able to get some nice photos of the mist on the Scugog River.

This morning and part of the afternoon I sat outside and finished my Stephen White book, Dry Ice. Another good book by Stephen White. He's one of the authors that I like. It was a beautiful sunny day with no humidity at all and temperature around 24C (75F).

It seems when I'm sitting down my head gets stuffed up so I decided to go into town and pick up some groceries so I spent a couple of hours wandering around stores in Lindsay which increased our total spent for this month. This is the first month since we've been in Ontario that we've come even close to $3000 for the month. While that isn't a fixed budget, I'd like it to be. September will be much worse as we will have prescriptions to buy for 6 months as well as travel medical insurance.

August Expenses

Campground - $596.10
Groceries/Wine - $473.31
Laundry - $29.75
Entertainment/Parking/Restaurants - $73.67
Truck Fuel - $194.11
Propane - $0.00
Repairs& Misc RV/Truck - $928.30
Internet/TV/Cell/Insurance (Fixed Exp) - $379.33
Medical/Dental - $146.26
Gifts & Misc. - $417.61

Totals - $3238.44

Considering the amount we spent on the RV this month getting the new sewer hose system and having the head of the bed raised I think our overall total isn't all that bad. We also had a couple of computer purchases, one being the XP software for my new MacBook and a new battery for Gordon's computer. Other than those items it wasn't a bad month!

More of the Same

I do have some voice today and my cough has loosened up so I guess that's progress!

I called Betty in Toronto this morning to let her know that I wasn't up to shopping with her today. I have to feel pretty lousy to not want to go shopping! She stopped in on her way back to Lindsay to see how I was doing but didn't stay long.

I haven't done any laundry in some time so this afternoon I went to the campground laundry and took care of that. Now I feel lousy again. Seems it doesn't pay to exert yourself with whatever this is!

Now I Have Laryngitis!

Although I'm still stuffed up a bit at times the worst problem today was a sore throat and laryngitis. Whether this is from my cold or from reflux disease is questionable. My throat doesn't look red so my guess is that it's from reflux.

I did manage to drive myself into town today to pick up some wine for my husband and get a few groceries that we were out of. I don't actually feel all that bad today except for the sore throat.

Gordon was also ill last night. We're not sure if it was a reaction to something or just a flu bug.

Anyway, we're still here and will hopefully be getting better soon!

Photos of Lunar Eclipse

My husband was diligent in taking photos of the lunar eclipse this morning as you can see below.

Other than feeling somewhat worse today than yesterday thus going in to town to get some more drugs including cough syrup, nothing happened today. Luckily my sister dropped by on her way to Toronto and brought me more books so I started and finished "The Overlook by Michael Connelly". It was a good book and an easy read. I then started "Invisible Prey by John Sandford" so I'm getting lots of reading in!

Third Day of Being a Sickie!

I can't tell you how tired I am of this. From acid reflux to colds. I'm supposed to be having a good time, I'm retired!

Anyway, I did sit outside this morning reading The Nanny Diaries. It's a pretty good book.

Thanks to Susan for sending me a get well gift on Facebook. Susan is an RVer who is giving up the lifestyle to go back to the working life. In her defense, she is a lot younger than I am. Hopefully some day, she'll be back traveling again!

That's all folks!

A Cold Update

Today was more of the same, staying in bed trying to get rid of my cold. I got an email from my sister in Ottawa today. Danica now has it and she has a scratchy throat. I haven't talked to Becky so don't know if she has it too. My husband is fighting it as well so I won't bore anyone with any more 'cold' details.

Here are some photos I took at the cottage on the weekend.

This garter snake had a frog in its mouth that was still alive and making all kinds of 'save me' sounds

These two bluejays were getting their fill on the bird feeders. These are two techniques that I tried in iphoto called vignette and matte.

Nothing Happening Today

This is an early morning photo taken by my husband

This is the first cold I've had in over two years! A couple of days last week when I was having particularly bad reflux I neglected to take my Vitamin C so this is the result! Consequently I spent a lot of the day sleeping, only getting up just after 3 p.m. to have a shower and get some things done.

We were supposed to have breakfast with my sister and her husband at a restuarant in the little tourist town of Bobcaygeon but I called and begged off. My sister has a cold as well and she actually went to Emergency on Wednesday with a fever but it's only a virus so will go away eventually on its own.

We have two RVs behind us. Each has two little boys ages probably 6-11. They have spent the day running through other people's campsites including ours and the park model next door to us. Don't parents teach their kids camground rules? I don't mind well-behaved kids but these have been fighting and yelling all day!

Looking forward to the 55+ parks in Arizona!

A Summer Cold & A Bit of History

I slept really well last night with the head of the bed raised, no acid reflux at all. I didn't wake up except for the thunderstorm that we got along with heavy rains so I had to get up and close the bedroom windows.

I can't believe I've been in Lindsay for three weeks and haven't been in to any of the stores except for groceries so today I went in to town and went to the mall. I had a photo of the family from our cottage weekend that I wanted to print for Betty and since I was going in to town had it done at Black's Photography. It's a lot cheaper than doing it at home on our printer with photo paper. Turned out quite well. There are quite a few new stores in the mall that have gone in to the expansion that they built a couple of years ago. I wasn't in the market to buy much though. We've been spending too much money lately!

After that I stopped to get groceries and came home as I feel like I'm getting a cold. I took an Airborne this morning as well as a Contac and an extra Vitamin C but it doesn't seem to have helped. I probably overdid the medication and they're canceling each other out!

Today was quite warm and humid with quite a breeze so I did sit outside for a while. I'm reading a book that Danica got for Betty called "All Mortall Things". It's by an author called Maggie Wheeler and it takes place in the area of Eastern Ontario where I'm from. She has written a couple of earlier books as well and they are all about The Lost Villages that were put underwater when the St. Lawrence Seaway Project went through from 1954 to 1957 and of course there's murder and ghosts involved. They are all quite good, easy-reading books especially if you know the area. Some of the buildings were taken from the lost villages and helped to create Upper Canada Village. The links above will tell you something of the history of the area. I'm originally from the Morrisburg, Ontario area and my grandfather ran the locks in Morrisburg prior to the seaway project. This allowed the ships to get through the canal at Morrisburg and provided electricity to the town. I was only 10 years old when the project finalized so I remember part of the old town. It's an interesting bit of history and probably the only history I am interested in!

Birthdays, Anniversaries and Bed Renovations

First of all, Happy Birthday to my younger sister, Margie who turned 40 something today. It was also an anniversary for us. Three years ago today we took delivery of our fifth wheel and drove it from Stittsville, Ontario to Carleton Place, Ontario so we are officially on the road for three years!

I was up at 6:00 a.m. today having been awakened at 4:30 a.m. by a thunderstorm and heavy rain. It hasn't rained here for a long time and wouldn't you know that the day we're scheduled to take the RV into Peterborough to have our bed adjusted it would rain. Lucky for us the rain quit while we were doing our outside stuff, it rained a bit on the way to Peterborough and was foggy, hazy and humid. We arrived there well before 8:00 a.m. and our appointment wasn't till 8:30 a.m.

After unhooking the truck we left to find a place to have breakfast. We wound up at what we know - the Zellers Diner and had a great breakfast. After that we ran a few errands, including Walmart where I saw this very colorful car and even though it wasn't a very nice day we decided to go to the zoo.



Peterborough Riverview Park and Zoo is a small zoo but it's free! Below are a few animals that posed for us. We stopped at Taco Bell so Gordon could have some lunch. I wasn't particularly hungry so picked at his french fries which I probably shouldn't have eaten.



We wound up back at Peterborough RV around 1:30 p.m. and waited there for them to finish. They completed the job just before 4:00 p.m. but they hadn't put anything at the bottom of the mattress so it wouldn't go forward off the bed so by the time that was rectified it was well after 4:00 p.m. By the time we got back to the RV park at Lindsay it was 5:00 p.m. but we were set up quite quickly so now we're here hopefully until our scheduled leave date of September 20th.

As far as the bed renovations, they did a very good job. The lift storage still works. It remains to be seen whether it will help. Sure hope so!

Is This a Class A or a Class C

This is called a Haulmark Motorcoach but is it classed as an A or a C? Who knows? But it's one huge RV, whatever it is....and not only that but they tow this trailer behind it. It has a SmartCar in it and not sure what else but it's almost the same size as the RV!

For those of you that don't know what a SmartCar is, here's a picture:

They are really cute little cars but made mostly for in city driving. I don't think I'd want to be driving one on I-75 in the U.S. with all the transports passing me.

Not much happened today. We started getting the RV ready to take it in to have the bed adjustment made tomorrow. We've got about a 45 minute drive from the campground and we have to be there by 8:30 a.m. so we'll be up at the crack of dawn in order to get there on time!

Shopping Around the Lake

Today my sister picked me up at the RV park and we headed out to Fenelon Falls, Ontario, our first stop on our shopping trip. Fenelon Falls is a little town that is just across Sturgeon Lake from their cottage. We walked around the shops, mostly looking. I made a big purchase of some garbage bags for the kitchen. We stopped for lunch at a little restaurant in town called the Central Cafe. Since we were going to Betty & Garth's for dinner, I had a lunch of poached eggs on toast. I used to eat this for breakfast every morning when I was younger and it was a treat for me as I hate making poached eggs!

After lunch we continued on to Bobcaygeon another little tourist town in the area and again didn't buy much but enjoyed looking in the stores. We picked up a barbecued chicken for dinner, stopped at the library in Dunsford, another little town close to the cottage then got some eggs and vegetables from one of the Mennonite farms close to them arriving back at the cottage around 4:30 p.m. to find their whole back yard dug up. They are having a stone walkway put in and the guy putting in the walkway had brought in a little backhoe to dig it up so it was quite a mess!

My husband joined us at the cottage for dinner. Here's a photo of our host and hostess!

A Very Quiet Monday

Today we didn't do much of anything. The only thing I accomplished was cleaning out the storage area under the bed as it has to be empty when we go in to have the head of the bed raised on Thursday.

Other than that, I read a lot, cleaned off my old computer and ran defrag to get it ready for my niece. I think it's ready for her now.

I took a short walk this afternoon and I must say my breathing is better today but I have a little tickling cough that is probably related to my reflux disease as well. Seems every day it's something different. I cured the acid last night by taking some apple cider vinegar in water. That seems to work really well!

I didn't take any photos today so I'm posting one I took of Nick and Becky yesterday just before they lef the cottage.

Our Last Family Day at the Cottage

Left to right-front-Sandra, Becky, Danica, Margie holding Jasper
Left to right-back-Gordon, Nick, John, Garth

Today we arrived at the cottage just before noon. The little church in the cottage area was just letting out and we passed Betty, Garth, Nick and Becky on our way.

We waited a while to get lunch ready as we were eating on the back deck and it was still in full sun so we ate around 1:00 p.m. I had brought a tuna sandwich as hot dogs are not on my list for reflux disease and since I woke up last night with acid coming up into my throat, I wasn't taking any chances. After lunch and clean up we sat around for a while on the back deck, then went down to the dock. Nick and Becky took the canoe out for a while.

Everyone leaving to return to Ottawa packed up around 3:30 p.m. We took our yearly family photo and then everyone was off. Gordon and I left right after the others and returned to the RV as I felt like I needed a nap.

I did read for a while and had a nap. I feel a little better. Our appointment to have the head of the bed raised is confirmed for Thursday and I'm hoping that it will make a difference in how I'm feeling!