tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321971173529639202024-03-15T21:10:13.619-04:00Helen's Home WorldHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.comBlogger601125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-7988495471670209652024-03-03T11:39:00.001-05:002024-03-03T13:26:30.319-05:00Come On Summer<p>Yesterday we booked our first camping trip of the season. Starting with one night at Balsam Lake provincial park on 19 May because it's just too far for me to drive to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awenda_Provincial_Park">Awenda Provincial Park</a> in one day.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPrtv9-zxUydC4BDkDv0yYIPTZT0fIL9PepqS5eUeqoOzrYDsMlVpcn961TP-QKL0pOa-zxMdjtyj6hCGGSfXI6h-cDNn7Qyjg0zV32dOPLlHff7tDl_mfo_Yi2viBT0BmBOIyYmbPq_D7npeNqmb3sq1I-8n1PIRzPdg5Dul0S2nh9Q7SyBtHfPqo1I/s4032/20220606_144248.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPrtv9-zxUydC4BDkDv0yYIPTZT0fIL9PepqS5eUeqoOzrYDsMlVpcn961TP-QKL0pOa-zxMdjtyj6hCGGSfXI6h-cDNn7Qyjg0zV32dOPLlHff7tDl_mfo_Yi2viBT0BmBOIyYmbPq_D7npeNqmb3sq1I-8n1PIRzPdg5Dul0S2nh9Q7SyBtHfPqo1I/s320/20220606_144248.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Podrick at Emily Provincial Park, Summer 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The sites we have at Balsam Lake are crap but they're pull-thru and near the bathrooms, so they'll do for one night. Since they're pull-thru I won't have to worry about when my sister and her husband arrive. We have four nights at Awenda starting on 20 May, the holiday Monday, hopefully most people with kids will be heading home. Awenda is located on Georgian Bay, only 10 minutes' drive from Penetanguishene and 20 minutes' drive from Midland, Ontario. The park has four beaches, one designated as a dog beach and 30 kilometers of trails. </p><p>It's supposed to be a gorgeous park. When I was still tent camping, I lived quite close to this park but never had the opportunity to go; it was always filled up in the summer months. Hopefully we'll have nice weather and will be able to do some hiking, if not swimming, although I would expect in May that the water would still be very cold, so maybe wading. There are historical locations to see, if we have rainy or cooler days. <a href="https://discoveryharbour.on.ca/">Discovery Harbour</a> in Penetanguishene and <a href="https://saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/">Sainte Marie Among the Hurons </a>in Midland. Both of these attractions are dog friendly although I would assume like Upper Canada Village the dogs can't go in the buildings. </p><p>We'll stop in Emily Provincial Park on the way home for two nights to break up the journey. Emily was the first park we stopped at on our trip West. It poured rain one day that we were there, so we didn't see much of the park. The second day we were there we drove to Peterbourgh to see the lift lock and were lucky enough to see it in action. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cBB8aBZBYulyEYq_SMKG0TzSGbpIOT7rGu6vzdLsJr2ICytdrlH6Ts_kCzueVOhKPR00yJcAiczW7obJGEi3gDenzJJY13rSHwxMiMf4-sbm_CmJi4fjLdjju4y4ZRHN6mwprhh39QnGSIX4yju9Rta1CBzVygzBeNMOFyXvpv5aJDMHzNubUY3SZ9M/s4032/20220607_142003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cBB8aBZBYulyEYq_SMKG0TzSGbpIOT7rGu6vzdLsJr2ICytdrlH6Ts_kCzueVOhKPR00yJcAiczW7obJGEi3gDenzJJY13rSHwxMiMf4-sbm_CmJi4fjLdjju4y4ZRHN6mwprhh39QnGSIX4yju9Rta1CBzVygzBeNMOFyXvpv5aJDMHzNubUY3SZ9M/s320/20220607_142003.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lift Lock in Peterbourgh, Summer 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I'm still planning on going east this summer. I had thought to go through the States but there doesn't seem to be a good East/West route, most highways seem to run North/South. There's also very few State Parks in New York with campsites with electricity and none in Vermont. So perhaps going through Canada like I did in 2019 is the best idea. I'll have to get moving on those bookings soon too. </p><p>We also booked the flights for our trip to Scotland this week. Things are getting real.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>COME ON SUMMER!</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-80988311994907060582024-02-19T11:35:00.000-05:002024-02-19T11:35:53.714-05:00Downs and Ups<p>I think I've posted before that Liam has an eyesight issue that makes it hard for him to judge his take off point for jumps. It's believed that either the dog is near sighted or has a depth perception issue. I think Liam is near sighted. </p><p>When we first started competing in agility he always tried to go to the back side of a jump. I think because then he was close to the jump and could now see it clearly. With time and letting him figure out what worked best for him he became better at doing the jumps from the correct side. In Dec, we were at a trial, and he reverted to going to the backside of most jumps. Needless to say, I was very discouraged, he tries so hard, and he does love to play, but I decided we needed a little break, and I didn't register for the January trial. I made up my mind if he did the same thing at this past weekend's trial we wouldn't register for any more indoor trials.</p><p>Yesterday, Liam did very well. He did all his contacts although his two on two off wasn't really there, he did his weaves, got the entries and didn't pop out and, for the most part, took the correct side of the jumps. In his first event, an Advanced Standard, he took down the bar on the last jump but other than that it was a very nice run for him. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwyRz_d6n7CLTWrNsKu-t1dYvwLqaY3L0YsIJYXR4iYL9DRPIvZYiypVZl-7m4NnWlPZraLh8-H23FBXJUHFw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p>The next Standard wasn't as good. Liam got a refusal on a tunnel and an off course for taking the backside of a jump when he should have taken the front side. He still had nice contacts and didn't hesitate on the scary teeter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwkGqLGzi5fcGuwFMAshlwWksPnNxXO3EFk1vcbuo0Vi7jYlMSfXmMGRLef4v7MZnG3WeQZwnVUUYdm82ohqQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p>Our last event was a Starter Snooker, since there was no teeter and no weaves, I knew Liam should be able to do this if he could only keep the bars up. Snooker is a game where you have to successfully take a red jump before taking another obstacle, you have to do this three times using a different red each time and then you run the numbered obstacles 2 through 7, and at Starters you have to accumulate 37 points in 60 seconds or less to qualify. We did red, then the A-Frame, obstacle 6, then red, then tunnel obstacle 7 then a red and the tunnel again before beginning the close. My only worry was getting Liam by the frame and to tunnel numbered 2. But he was a very good boy, he came with me and kept all the bars up. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/LFRbUbzLeTo"><span style="font-size: large;">Liam - Starter Snooker Video</span></a><br /></p><p>We got a qualifying score with 50 points. Liam now only needs one more Snooker for his Starter Games title. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamQDA6XoPD3PKFv2CJ6Vs5GfFkKLVlXMbyIKsliO8E1OUmm0i0kJyRyvobzYrkhAMgwOtz2v27YiW6boQYqHiOUejbhkBHNWFQ5DGHJu24PfmALcYv6xVFTnJ5ZHdnU2ykhTvl77pljVFuxu_MvkN-i5GRvcPKoMPamLiwmxQzJRDkvu12sJ-vLAPuS0/s4000/20240218_160752.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamQDA6XoPD3PKFv2CJ6Vs5GfFkKLVlXMbyIKsliO8E1OUmm0i0kJyRyvobzYrkhAMgwOtz2v27YiW6boQYqHiOUejbhkBHNWFQ5DGHJu24PfmALcYv6xVFTnJ5ZHdnU2ykhTvl77pljVFuxu_MvkN-i5GRvcPKoMPamLiwmxQzJRDkvu12sJ-vLAPuS0/s320/20240218_160752.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>So, it was a shame about the one bar down but good news about all the bars he kept up. Liam and I will keep trying and having fun playing agility, although we are thinking about giving Hoopers a try. </p><p><br /></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-82289521757366206462024-02-12T13:39:00.001-05:002024-02-12T13:39:11.140-05:00Nothing!<p> Well, we're in that blah period with Christmas season over and it's not yet Easter with no real sign of Spring. We're having sort of a non-winter here though, there were some record high temperatures this past week, but we're bound to get some more winter before Spring really arrives.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqdyHLU_XsnORuwoKIz6wbJ0jWgk602muibepVpR6Av58qSrGNhhb_Raf_IawSR5GZrRF0VM0kmAR01sk-Tfe7mLmHh4bWw5_5Z2w2JGoLdMoi9IJsEDor-GZCkYPLsahNSBmomRIELE2h7_-KCtVMNESJ3NxEm0ZPvuixc7rwYjdktd3EJayJISmy4g/s4000/20240210_100628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqdyHLU_XsnORuwoKIz6wbJ0jWgk602muibepVpR6Av58qSrGNhhb_Raf_IawSR5GZrRF0VM0kmAR01sk-Tfe7mLmHh4bWw5_5Z2w2JGoLdMoi9IJsEDor-GZCkYPLsahNSBmomRIELE2h7_-KCtVMNESJ3NxEm0ZPvuixc7rwYjdktd3EJayJISmy4g/s320/20240210_100628.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Liam and I are in agility classes, and we go to practices on some Sundays, but we haven't been to a trial since Dec. We do have one coming up this weekend. Teddy isn't in any classes at the moment, so he only gets our walks and some scent work in the basement.</p><p>By this time the past two years we'd been making camping plans and reservations. There was a sudden death in one of my brother-in-law's families and they're waiting to hear when the memorial service will be so they're holding off on making reservations. I've made suggestions to my youngest sister, and she seems agreeable but so far, we haven't booked anything. When entries open for the Spring agility trials, I'll have to make a decision on what to do, last year our camping trips were planned around my agility.</p><p>We've made the booking for this year's big trip. We'll be going to Scotland at the end of Aug. The same sister that I share a cabin with on the river cruises is going but it's another sister and her husband that are joining us. It's a self-driving vacation and we'll start and end in Edinburgh. We haven't booked the flights yet but are watching the prices if they start to go up, we'll book those. It seems we'll have to prebook most of the castles and things we want to visit so I've been doing a travel plan; haven't got much input from my sisters on that. </p><p>I took down all the Christmas decor both inside and outside so there's nothing, no snowman outside to decorate for Valentine's, St Patrick's and Easter. I hung the hearts I bought to decorate the snowman and bought a new garden flag and a heart that stands, so there's something out there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLQyyJxnceu8dWwOI7iWlJxikk6zVVTZWNMjGoVxmaxB5Jl-5xl-qfwAUAplbJN7Jk2x3W3J15nb26tZvv-OM6XqlfevpnVZtlSb7y4iOP2FS5yq5XRzttUroohM8L7UPkDvtYpUpkMY3vCN-V_fdldq0IdcDt4Lhq2pPiwt4xUOuxqqiWpofdeshM7U/s4000/20240208_140151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLQyyJxnceu8dWwOI7iWlJxikk6zVVTZWNMjGoVxmaxB5Jl-5xl-qfwAUAplbJN7Jk2x3W3J15nb26tZvv-OM6XqlfevpnVZtlSb7y4iOP2FS5yq5XRzttUroohM8L7UPkDvtYpUpkMY3vCN-V_fdldq0IdcDt4Lhq2pPiwt4xUOuxqqiWpofdeshM7U/s320/20240208_140151.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Perhaps next time I write there'll be something to really write about. Tata for now.</p><p><br /></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-129646391594423892024-01-25T17:04:00.002-05:002024-01-25T17:04:47.094-05:00Wordless Wednesday - Happy Burns Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBS7LAfH9_l3_Z65SGHRVU3LaONcgwfeU4mFhR_NUNTL_resR9vSEhiYIXq5NwLoNAIgPzdxRY7CC70JxNPoH7JwX8cVZ_FjCGCLSv13tUQUgYuXZ-tzAFJ7ADJD3NcKn0LHYNHH0Aiv2EcFA31DXxGAlDmYBowgz2OSL4_2KnYMLhpShb0k9TyNqQZcg/s1024/_6c6f4d06-009e-4c90-bdf1-0cecc2a1d34f.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBS7LAfH9_l3_Z65SGHRVU3LaONcgwfeU4mFhR_NUNTL_resR9vSEhiYIXq5NwLoNAIgPzdxRY7CC70JxNPoH7JwX8cVZ_FjCGCLSv13tUQUgYuXZ-tzAFJ7ADJD3NcKn0LHYNHH0Aiv2EcFA31DXxGAlDmYBowgz2OSL4_2KnYMLhpShb0k9TyNqQZcg/s320/_6c6f4d06-009e-4c90-bdf1-0cecc2a1d34f.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgX4PZNM_52N0KcYmfJn15YoTgzq4fh0DLFnixBW9ippmmmHCtnaSCWNKd6O9fyKY4Fe7LFuP9G4pmyvtV-KsJfozh0Lciedaj2mZj2ZwH2AKaJrZ6cRnbVW-ywsDSLBmBPG63ryZAFdufXLS2CtVII6rgLGyiEDDz3Rl-mpxS4uEQu49vWLq6p3Z_aCQ/s1024/_dad8207b-3c85-48a9-a891-9f6eb7102d24.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgX4PZNM_52N0KcYmfJn15YoTgzq4fh0DLFnixBW9ippmmmHCtnaSCWNKd6O9fyKY4Fe7LFuP9G4pmyvtV-KsJfozh0Lciedaj2mZj2ZwH2AKaJrZ6cRnbVW-ywsDSLBmBPG63ryZAFdufXLS2CtVII6rgLGyiEDDz3Rl-mpxS4uEQu49vWLq6p3Z_aCQ/s320/_dad8207b-3c85-48a9-a891-9f6eb7102d24.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uO-Ax-yoXhcwGPi_efSATj-meHDcTACu8MDhbSo9YZTC7pN66qipkcdUTJ8jBN_vpZtf1Jop5A1TV-OxWy7Ctp22DNj0Y6fOzRbHD_5jEEr6cGMTqKUzZ9Z2wWPKnUJC8a3Zfe-3JQpebwViSub26N_un0t9x_tUJut6gfVnlnbeUWpcoKgT11d-Iso/s474/OIP.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="474" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uO-Ax-yoXhcwGPi_efSATj-meHDcTACu8MDhbSo9YZTC7pN66qipkcdUTJ8jBN_vpZtf1Jop5A1TV-OxWy7Ctp22DNj0Y6fOzRbHD_5jEEr6cGMTqKUzZ9Z2wWPKnUJC8a3Zfe-3JQpebwViSub26N_un0t9x_tUJut6gfVnlnbeUWpcoKgT11d-Iso/s320/OIP.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><br /> <p></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-6293579485601983862024-01-19T16:01:00.003-05:002024-01-19T16:05:20.017-05:00Albert <p>So, another Christmas has come and gone, but I have to do one last post about the season and that's about my tree, Albert. He didn't particularly grab my attention. I always look for a tree with a nice top and a fairly thick trunk. I try to find one that also has a relatively straight trunk, which Albert doesn't have. He has a bend in his trunk which meant that getting him to look like he was standing straight could be tough. But having looked at most of the other trees on the lot, I decided on Albert, although he wasn't Albert then.</p><p>Last year for the first time, I named my Christmas tree. Last year, one of the friends that helped decorate came up with the name, Gaston. All this past year, I thought this year's tree would be Friedrich; but somehow that didn't seem to suit this tree. I was out running errands one day after bringing him home when the name came to me, Albert. And so, Albert he became, and it suited him. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7fepwiiolPf4oZVgX84xuMBCQF4pe8MkvCRjUgC0uBanmQCYC45EsE1Z5e3TgMiZhkCiMbwRgihRRG6WjB2juHCvZBFCkebdlm8MNLTfDy-7Xmq-NKPLAs5yEomWFFjgtaaiS257isbq4RF-xBTZk9ToUEL9ndBIv-HrdYPKyiZUgStHP3QfiNGFRtw/s4000/20231208_135645.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7fepwiiolPf4oZVgX84xuMBCQF4pe8MkvCRjUgC0uBanmQCYC45EsE1Z5e3TgMiZhkCiMbwRgihRRG6WjB2juHCvZBFCkebdlm8MNLTfDy-7Xmq-NKPLAs5yEomWFFjgtaaiS257isbq4RF-xBTZk9ToUEL9ndBIv-HrdYPKyiZUgStHP3QfiNGFRtw/s320/20231208_135645.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>As you can see in this picture, Albert leans somewhat but I assure you, he is standing straight in the tree stand. The slight bend to the left is at the bottom of his trunk just above the stand. You can also see that he has a bit of a bare spot to one side too but since the tree goes into a corner that's sometimes an advantage. Standing in the corner, Albert stood straight and tall but viewed from the dining room, you can see that he leans into his work.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbbCgXPOmfRpx8x7KL6bfAzFHM5ILd-VAdX2iLGprjd9FoZeQfOJDLRLHZf3uP-MGtQ-cCW30oE4-VisKj4ZA1AzgGujmlYXx0YJs7H2Lqr5QNWu6jh0XagrRqG4yNaiaQp3ZOb1b1yixz9nLuFLK-OegdjuM_pme-6Bq2aw73EsuIh3Y39rLKRhSijw/s4000/20231209_120027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbbCgXPOmfRpx8x7KL6bfAzFHM5ILd-VAdX2iLGprjd9FoZeQfOJDLRLHZf3uP-MGtQ-cCW30oE4-VisKj4ZA1AzgGujmlYXx0YJs7H2Lqr5QNWu6jh0XagrRqG4yNaiaQp3ZOb1b1yixz9nLuFLK-OegdjuM_pme-6Bq2aw73EsuIh3Y39rLKRhSijw/s320/20231209_120027.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2SQbKFx3Vv7Ybi-PuJyGsb9-g5q9AVrrPybUgEEFNEb6W5JPZfMKg8RgaDXDfIWrYlU3aO_YtwqxmMB7L02iKtUi5Dgifz2YvqerFkCVqek9deLffDx7I1qowN1vh0-ny2n6UXrawdzUUiJ35oJIXiH81RiWOTNCp1h3ojt3FNao8wZbSG3X75hAjSE/s4000/20231209_172623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2SQbKFx3Vv7Ybi-PuJyGsb9-g5q9AVrrPybUgEEFNEb6W5JPZfMKg8RgaDXDfIWrYlU3aO_YtwqxmMB7L02iKtUi5Dgifz2YvqerFkCVqek9deLffDx7I1qowN1vh0-ny2n6UXrawdzUUiJ35oJIXiH81RiWOTNCp1h3ojt3FNao8wZbSG3X75hAjSE/s320/20231209_172623.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Again, this year, I had friends come over to decorate; it makes things go so much quicker. I love to reminisce about the decorations. I have ones my parents gave to me, ones from family and friends, ones from places I've traveled to, ones for each of my dogs and some I gave to my parents that have now returned to me. <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhLP_L9JS-SrMM8PGBdJOyVjQX3G0nc-E8SyAEU3jaxDgTVqod-jBoDCSdTss76OQAMFiWPbctF0eF60qdkpVSAjEHYfZ0x63GLL8g40KWEpyNrfV-vASAjF3Xoq2n1pTcx6hw6qkt-1cIeNvFY8dQ9A3-sSk2L7RdrnUcDrMtR7qSo_hJzzDfJWcdWA/s4000/20231219_110507.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhLP_L9JS-SrMM8PGBdJOyVjQX3G0nc-E8SyAEU3jaxDgTVqod-jBoDCSdTss76OQAMFiWPbctF0eF60qdkpVSAjEHYfZ0x63GLL8g40KWEpyNrfV-vASAjF3Xoq2n1pTcx6hw6qkt-1cIeNvFY8dQ9A3-sSk2L7RdrnUcDrMtR7qSo_hJzzDfJWcdWA/s320/20231219_110507.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To Mom with Love</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLe2meWK5WIWwbhzxdXusVDrVifh0DvflF829k-Biw_RXHbldhEAsHtHkUnAHeTQ7Dy3AYlASzJs0zR7p8F9zg03Tm5ZGt0OfnwWIolXNDSkCtCGw2TmlHcNTlcgDwqsCmupQ9kx7yHku3tJlgLyvXd3onC0dOji6TerFqmVRyfRHm3wq4HhilqsVGbc/s2893/20231219_114526.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2893" data-original-width="2188" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLe2meWK5WIWwbhzxdXusVDrVifh0DvflF829k-Biw_RXHbldhEAsHtHkUnAHeTQ7Dy3AYlASzJs0zR7p8F9zg03Tm5ZGt0OfnwWIolXNDSkCtCGw2TmlHcNTlcgDwqsCmupQ9kx7yHku3tJlgLyvXd3onC0dOji6TerFqmVRyfRHm3wq4HhilqsVGbc/s320/20231219_114526.jpg" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very Special Dad</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/uc9GL6Aq14c"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"><b>Ode to Albert</b></span></a><br /></p><p>The best place in the house to see the tree is sitting on the stairs. I often put music on before going to bed and just sit and watch the lights. It brings back lots of Christmas memories. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIt2KrrDJDrH9gYBjKM7_xHCfq57Sgr-aGjoWp5AnLgiKeTxFHMTQMoTW-dAyVRjUQdBomjKxDyiLNzKAJ-c7X6ry5MiNtM5rtbWEFY2GPCCWZYPpl4mFd3NCsgLOULCgCrqgPzd3auk9tDRGe9m87zLyP3t4zNM5O3Hktf1zlKhmdHtM3xYqHMf8TTmQ/s4000/20240105_223305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIt2KrrDJDrH9gYBjKM7_xHCfq57Sgr-aGjoWp5AnLgiKeTxFHMTQMoTW-dAyVRjUQdBomjKxDyiLNzKAJ-c7X6ry5MiNtM5rtbWEFY2GPCCWZYPpl4mFd3NCsgLOULCgCrqgPzd3auk9tDRGe9m87zLyP3t4zNM5O3Hktf1zlKhmdHtM3xYqHMf8TTmQ/s320/20240105_223305.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyFM0ubx_zWLNbjKCmv10i9UyJ3jEPTwWuxIomCBUcE6dbs2wBQVkT2bPe3TGnxF1epXWpxmWowKwonT-Pjxg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>Despite his imperfections, or maybe because of them, Albert was a beautiful Christmas tree. It's always hard to take down the ornaments and put the tree outside. Albert got to stick around for a while as he missed his ride the first time, so he hung out by the porch for a week.</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWAdVEyDpHwkXPqSFEHAuRIM5_YYSxVtFK_95SILmQiKuFof5GGURTBLPpB23rORAvqZsz0QU6mtS-QRm6KDlHDmaNbOI1JAxcnUWzGFdJwbvs-OwXROfpgV35lUJ84Mj-dYJWplnoSsuVpOvSjojmIdSSjaBfbttCP_TyLr4QbYnGzWq-_mOhp4GU74/s4000/20240108_122621.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWAdVEyDpHwkXPqSFEHAuRIM5_YYSxVtFK_95SILmQiKuFof5GGURTBLPpB23rORAvqZsz0QU6mtS-QRm6KDlHDmaNbOI1JAxcnUWzGFdJwbvs-OwXROfpgV35lUJ84Mj-dYJWplnoSsuVpOvSjojmIdSSjaBfbttCP_TyLr4QbYnGzWq-_mOhp4GU74/s320/20240108_122621.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the porch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbs_YLJvjfTOwJu2rlCFtddFm1QWmZd4BExDjbDM9eKneRZ6EGkElXMvG98DbWAEYWIagBYLxyH28gwpYc-QC5NHizauGE-PVCgvJZGE5lAWoUbepj7opmJAx6opEBB7iXyes1vEA9fjdIDfN_XCkbuoJ4ZO3cXgivBzwblGmWpVR54m8cK_DxABrK9U/s4000/20240108_162455.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbs_YLJvjfTOwJu2rlCFtddFm1QWmZd4BExDjbDM9eKneRZ6EGkElXMvG98DbWAEYWIagBYLxyH28gwpYc-QC5NHizauGE-PVCgvJZGE5lAWoUbepj7opmJAx6opEBB7iXyes1vEA9fjdIDfN_XCkbuoJ4ZO3cXgivBzwblGmWpVR54m8cK_DxABrK9U/s320/20240108_162455.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for a lift<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You were a wonderful Christmas tree, Albert. Thanks for the memories! You were a work of art!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5n28pN8Wzsv9YPC2D5rd7s7fg0riYswpmu_sU1-hCAh5vcd-vRGJYH3lfO6FLvcm9ZLSkg0BoE7ZSJhe1AjWU5rhAdq0RwMidAiyIxfeZ89A0tvjjzGWp2aUuunxvokQLjfDLlYzN_FFtq5h5vVOeS0IpxKQdjB4ZTVbQbdAoNeymEDH61S6YcbSndk/s4000/20240106_183710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5n28pN8Wzsv9YPC2D5rd7s7fg0riYswpmu_sU1-hCAh5vcd-vRGJYH3lfO6FLvcm9ZLSkg0BoE7ZSJhe1AjWU5rhAdq0RwMidAiyIxfeZ89A0tvjjzGWp2aUuunxvokQLjfDLlYzN_FFtq5h5vVOeS0IpxKQdjB4ZTVbQbdAoNeymEDH61S6YcbSndk/s320/20240106_183710.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br /><p><br /></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-43434720823188438292023-12-24T15:10:00.004-05:002023-12-24T15:10:37.371-05:00Silent Sunday - Merry Christmas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNEZgVaAqlEqvQGFc4K16d2Lzf_5SEDPOJhrmDByyKOjE1kNcerXPbYbKKwwRTVIOsXwIBw0dQfvJyfn-Uowhf865pgvfPMTZE73TnEfcwS14jZbI7hp-R4lg2MYdNjldieiSkVi5_75CyETEI558Ov3p0jd6xPuhm-cODmfKNVPKGx4cyIVMlxpP2Iw/s2048/412560034_10160092623497632_8675497883415653272_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNEZgVaAqlEqvQGFc4K16d2Lzf_5SEDPOJhrmDByyKOjE1kNcerXPbYbKKwwRTVIOsXwIBw0dQfvJyfn-Uowhf865pgvfPMTZE73TnEfcwS14jZbI7hp-R4lg2MYdNjldieiSkVi5_75CyETEI558Ov3p0jd6xPuhm-cODmfKNVPKGx4cyIVMlxpP2Iw/s320/412560034_10160092623497632_8675497883415653272_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_tm-th5ZQAUaKe2h8DSoz_4veEy82LD-C83RVPwyD09xvEkT1e7KcR8bmwJVw5QrBeiJozyMuUs1jgvqvPEc28w7tzj5FicTDZ6gS5pnwh8vanhG0Tp0IuFLOU38_EWBaR-U_xQspsA_mZtshagy9ZHcRhuwQc3QiEP5fAgAFNb_qHowLyijuPdw5zc/s2048/411671395_10160092624107632_8211092727757744943_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_tm-th5ZQAUaKe2h8DSoz_4veEy82LD-C83RVPwyD09xvEkT1e7KcR8bmwJVw5QrBeiJozyMuUs1jgvqvPEc28w7tzj5FicTDZ6gS5pnwh8vanhG0Tp0IuFLOU38_EWBaR-U_xQspsA_mZtshagy9ZHcRhuwQc3QiEP5fAgAFNb_qHowLyijuPdw5zc/s320/411671395_10160092624107632_8211092727757744943_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cumberland Heritage Village Museum</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-67394010258506449992023-12-19T12:13:00.003-05:002023-12-28T21:02:32.448-05:00Christmas Memories<p>I suppose it is the memories of Christmas past that make us either happy or sad at this time of year. I know for me, they make me both happy and sad, well maybe not sad but nostalgic. </p><p>One of the memories I have of Christmas is of my mother baking Christmas sweets to enjoy. I don't know how she did it, with six kids and, for a lot of the time, she was also working. There was always plenty of sweets to eat at Christmas time, shortbread, fruit cake, sugar cookies, cherry nut loaf, date and nut loaf, and of course, mincemeat pie. I don't know where she found the time; baking one batch of cookies takes me all afternoon. This year I did make shortbread cookies, an orange cranberry loaf and a cherry nut loaf.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcblyZ-JG5ksYmuluPpjPpM46CZIF0Li9AzI764iY9YkUBsa40Zw8VAKgzpibNTw1k2ftbXUJm9K-RmNS7JAlZ5iC7YykoyWUFz0GTSyAgGZ0sphk37JsphyphenhyphenAU8G8iQqIDeW1NJWmlpPwEs0RKsueEqK-L0GD_NFEW-UlcX_3FkCY9dQ-M_sd-l9DUslI/s4000/20231121_160652%5B1%5D.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcblyZ-JG5ksYmuluPpjPpM46CZIF0Li9AzI764iY9YkUBsa40Zw8VAKgzpibNTw1k2ftbXUJm9K-RmNS7JAlZ5iC7YykoyWUFz0GTSyAgGZ0sphk37JsphyphenhyphenAU8G8iQqIDeW1NJWmlpPwEs0RKsueEqK-L0GD_NFEW-UlcX_3FkCY9dQ-M_sd-l9DUslI/s320/20231121_160652%5B1%5D.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shortbread cookies</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qR6cQH30OO_oNXZbW-RALujfhy7a-LLJgDYZpX877N3VWV9TR6yH7RI1oBXkqTcCJfOQxpM1MjteOCVx4b9ipyuzudA9eUIx8YfuqO1WKZfyvN5yFGzaqZxnGNqw793qAaz5DGZ0ZfUttDWrRGtoR_3Be0fgZcUbZkJsDwn6qFYcmsMG9wb2GjDetec/s4000/20231126_152821%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qR6cQH30OO_oNXZbW-RALujfhy7a-LLJgDYZpX877N3VWV9TR6yH7RI1oBXkqTcCJfOQxpM1MjteOCVx4b9ipyuzudA9eUIx8YfuqO1WKZfyvN5yFGzaqZxnGNqw793qAaz5DGZ0ZfUttDWrRGtoR_3Be0fgZcUbZkJsDwn6qFYcmsMG9wb2GjDetec/s320/20231126_152821%5B1%5D.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orange Cranberry loaf</td></tr></tbody></table><p>My parents also used to make Acadian meat pies every Christmas. I did a blog post about Christmas meat pies last year. We grew up calling them tourtieres. Meat pies always bring back memories of going to Midnight Mass then coming home to have meat pie, some sweets and opening one gift before heading to bed, as a child that was such a magical time. I made meat pies again this year. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiM6OcnXstiBZ7EBKC-Sw9UWjk1weUkTTrMrmlUtsTQnDduPLnWWjk3p9VtkVrFVKT4Ofuhv-os-Za3BWRnVLjAVw_jtxfGFjp4NrP2CpzI178BEQ0-e2-M5HbVn39pv-ERVm1fvKyatr1KgjWkr-ZE5tC8EO9kB4gR-QJphJvr72xnUZdoCyqx8DsguY/s4000/20231115_132844%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiM6OcnXstiBZ7EBKC-Sw9UWjk1weUkTTrMrmlUtsTQnDduPLnWWjk3p9VtkVrFVKT4Ofuhv-os-Za3BWRnVLjAVw_jtxfGFjp4NrP2CpzI178BEQ0-e2-M5HbVn39pv-ERVm1fvKyatr1KgjWkr-ZE5tC8EO9kB4gR-QJphJvr72xnUZdoCyqx8DsguY/s320/20231115_132844%5B1%5D.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Acadian Meat Pie</td></tr></tbody></table>But I think the most Christmas memories come when I decorate my Christmas tree; this year I called him Albert. I see pictures of other people's tree and they look stunning like they should be in a magazine. Some people I know even occasionally change the theme of their tree, so I don't know if their tree holds as many memories. Many of the ornaments on my tree hold special memories for me and even though it may not look like a tree from a fashion magazine, it is still beautiful. There are ornaments my parents gave to me. One from the US Air Force Academy; it is an ornament depicting the Academy Chapel. I had drawn that chapel as part of a grade school math project so when they traveled out west many years later, it was souvenir they thought to buy for me.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1RbpFitkSPOBanWdv69zbCzBnxNj3PjLuZgmKqxrlJlFuahoo3aWifaG3TEKhyphenhyphenI6tKy4rGNxmXhrwBG2dgbATlkC34VXMwQbeKS5rF5hEUIDEUcS5YsT_RzloMuNwWDMKeeDkyAw9uZkqgG38cfdVWSyVidHlxCoKDq1k7pYbwJ_2dJ-5zxPAM_GlLM/s4000/20231219_114451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1RbpFitkSPOBanWdv69zbCzBnxNj3PjLuZgmKqxrlJlFuahoo3aWifaG3TEKhyphenhyphenI6tKy4rGNxmXhrwBG2dgbATlkC34VXMwQbeKS5rF5hEUIDEUcS5YsT_RzloMuNwWDMKeeDkyAw9uZkqgG38cfdVWSyVidHlxCoKDq1k7pYbwJ_2dJ-5zxPAM_GlLM/s320/20231219_114451.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>I have ornaments that I bought for my parents that with their passing have returned to me. They make me a little sad but also bring my parents closer to me.</div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUz0iBBZD5TmIS_NgGwS-91t3WH4fi1-yB5MwSEGsEndtHxfA4tTwYzctAWwqZAdJ-Xef6H2Kq3Ex40nGVHr3b9s7KmcsTV3Cd-2ECw_Omor01kPIbVOHaKgQL-u31ZMVLljrGlrn_Nyv0D7RK1VSah483V24LM9ego6Z0lS_jBs0QJGNiyZLCAFjYI6k/s4000/20231219_110507.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUz0iBBZD5TmIS_NgGwS-91t3WH4fi1-yB5MwSEGsEndtHxfA4tTwYzctAWwqZAdJ-Xef6H2Kq3Ex40nGVHr3b9s7KmcsTV3Cd-2ECw_Omor01kPIbVOHaKgQL-u31ZMVLljrGlrn_Nyv0D7RK1VSah483V24LM9ego6Z0lS_jBs0QJGNiyZLCAFjYI6k/s320/20231219_110507.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To Mom with Love</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhixCZU0kAXDMM7mJQBtrtpYOoy_1nulD8lCLRhtUPOWAyZzq3-HKtoFtFWGUB9szQwK1YKx8aWwgpmNe3bh190jwrWyOoJ5HAY1uOLF8FJnFffmh3lmdKVi_FpK0ksHC5N3_NkEnsnv5kE_KRBCR7Omr4UE79A2anQCAz6YuSp-XmKTt34EMJjJopCSg/s2893/20231219_114526.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2893" data-original-width="2188" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhixCZU0kAXDMM7mJQBtrtpYOoy_1nulD8lCLRhtUPOWAyZzq3-HKtoFtFWGUB9szQwK1YKx8aWwgpmNe3bh190jwrWyOoJ5HAY1uOLF8FJnFffmh3lmdKVi_FpK0ksHC5N3_NkEnsnv5kE_KRBCR7Omr4UE79A2anQCAz6YuSp-XmKTt34EMJjJopCSg/s320/20231219_114526.jpg" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very Special Dad</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div>I have many ornaments that were given to me by family and friends, some handmade and others I'm sure were chosen especially with me in mind. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyeLgqnSW3HITDe6Udz5pKIErRp8LmhQ8JkWYuYQTF5AZZAg26KV4__fVbhEkjaREj_AKuQ7QA-BWRPxzuIEy7w3LBomRvLx0KxewnXZQaKAPIJ2A83ylkABivuul34n5b0pHHnIV9cY1ZRrdSWNOzecH1zbcvXyf5SVCJL0Q3bB7X1uM6E2WulAdsJs/s4000/20231219_114650.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyeLgqnSW3HITDe6Udz5pKIErRp8LmhQ8JkWYuYQTF5AZZAg26KV4__fVbhEkjaREj_AKuQ7QA-BWRPxzuIEy7w3LBomRvLx0KxewnXZQaKAPIJ2A83ylkABivuul34n5b0pHHnIV9cY1ZRrdSWNOzecH1zbcvXyf5SVCJL0Q3bB7X1uM6E2WulAdsJs/s320/20231219_114650.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From my youngest sister and her husband</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3OxSsfD0ZjdioqlnbseZvsGReQMWoFg1Hx_yzwYaqSg88ale0QKxQLKVjJ2lGlfsguehAUiDEfHwn50HEw6jUP0GUBO04SRxVWrCAWSijbKGDD_SSh-yBaYePjLY-Ph8x8WQgRMHiL4KXjorhyoeDleSPmc3thwLm6bEdKR1OrU87oDCzM0TV8fF39E/s4000/20231219_114639.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3OxSsfD0ZjdioqlnbseZvsGReQMWoFg1Hx_yzwYaqSg88ale0QKxQLKVjJ2lGlfsguehAUiDEfHwn50HEw6jUP0GUBO04SRxVWrCAWSijbKGDD_SSh-yBaYePjLY-Ph8x8WQgRMHiL4KXjorhyoeDleSPmc3thwLm6bEdKR1OrU87oDCzM0TV8fF39E/s320/20231219_114639.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stained glass made by my brother-in-law.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzHGijx5aMsO3BaAi7SDsgjhyphenhyphen7VYghnrzD6yV8-zto_ZJz4z15G0Ax1mP4_wtG9Iu8EVSgSKkLQWTTcBouY8IgN8ESWSExp5GcXDtBwOB-egtU9mQhPMAAQzNd-bp6uXn_N-lfBLZ27kQtkoOt9-CESYQSi0bHh2YHVQRuKX3VLAU0Lgc-nIOuZ3a9Rs/s4000/20231219_110948.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzHGijx5aMsO3BaAi7SDsgjhyphenhyphen7VYghnrzD6yV8-zto_ZJz4z15G0Ax1mP4_wtG9Iu8EVSgSKkLQWTTcBouY8IgN8ESWSExp5GcXDtBwOB-egtU9mQhPMAAQzNd-bp6uXn_N-lfBLZ27kQtkoOt9-CESYQSi0bHh2YHVQRuKX3VLAU0Lgc-nIOuZ3a9Rs/s320/20231219_110948.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From a friend on Keltic's passing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ubs5XEGY5ZtQFDU6Z5dHs-LvjHRWS2kwSW-OLmw4eV16t7ANXKjaova2LXJBMMcUUZO3oyWQ7G7IiaE9MB9SNCC_QbMjvjk7xeoi6NjGtRacp6IwqBd7L1pTQ2Ism_ysHoFLwUrhsY9NmXgsf_hB9IRF53ph5j8TmfGKfzeqlq_1RukvSUsOUYfa0hQ/s4000/20231219_110900.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ubs5XEGY5ZtQFDU6Z5dHs-LvjHRWS2kwSW-OLmw4eV16t7ANXKjaova2LXJBMMcUUZO3oyWQ7G7IiaE9MB9SNCC_QbMjvjk7xeoi6NjGtRacp6IwqBd7L1pTQ2Ism_ysHoFLwUrhsY9NmXgsf_hB9IRF53ph5j8TmfGKfzeqlq_1RukvSUsOUYfa0hQ/s320/20231219_110900.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Made by my sister and her daughter.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBveX52tlnTadkys-HChyrByvFkCEJDBx1vjWTBJKG7rdy-V1ymtI_VMLNcZ6iCzCB2BubYZCSQSB3Ci_WH7JmcUjcPJMmZ2JePiYoz1cPhNEypCT11BmJJp3BDQDkw_KOhtJkDWK_XSGzsfGs8OMsrc0Bu2D3h-cCUbI8dR12GneTfNvwKHSkEApZ3Y/s4000/20231219_110804.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBveX52tlnTadkys-HChyrByvFkCEJDBx1vjWTBJKG7rdy-V1ymtI_VMLNcZ6iCzCB2BubYZCSQSB3Ci_WH7JmcUjcPJMmZ2JePiYoz1cPhNEypCT11BmJJp3BDQDkw_KOhtJkDWK_XSGzsfGs8OMsrc0Bu2D3h-cCUbI8dR12GneTfNvwKHSkEApZ3Y/s320/20231219_110804.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From my nephew and his wife</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H3cuKueMCsQDc7jYLy_TR30xtFN9JHEFgGw96Ce2JCT0rljAKznZfzF6IDlWi8hJsfmgH4LZJcxhiAp3poQryQCwxnlETIaMv8I4gv9Un9GA-2A1jcAAs7e20wwPjZHVuDcPuLLWP4zIvCYCTI3T00qtpUmIaJax_Ke0047Ba4MkMU2xcsd-PWuDNGM/s4000/20231219_110747.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H3cuKueMCsQDc7jYLy_TR30xtFN9JHEFgGw96Ce2JCT0rljAKznZfzF6IDlWi8hJsfmgH4LZJcxhiAp3poQryQCwxnlETIaMv8I4gv9Un9GA-2A1jcAAs7e20wwPjZHVuDcPuLLWP4zIvCYCTI3T00qtpUmIaJax_Ke0047Ba4MkMU2xcsd-PWuDNGM/s320/20231219_110747.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted by my sister</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePcLaugDwLoMEls66NY67LQ_9zRO1W2sTYeJ_CgTLPAfISnxzMlaqDCYs0Fv4gnNxx51Nz1ntKXJJZj1hXTYBgjRvMY9T_0DLlqaKdfORXzX_wfvS1fjuDSbDmxOKukNxEh_qOLNQ-j7S8WXPDPntpZxcW4W3hXwbDQdoUmwXdbVD-60eKrSVPFdBPoA/s4000/20231219_110732.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePcLaugDwLoMEls66NY67LQ_9zRO1W2sTYeJ_CgTLPAfISnxzMlaqDCYs0Fv4gnNxx51Nz1ntKXJJZj1hXTYBgjRvMY9T_0DLlqaKdfORXzX_wfvS1fjuDSbDmxOKukNxEh_qOLNQ-j7S8WXPDPntpZxcW4W3hXwbDQdoUmwXdbVD-60eKrSVPFdBPoA/s320/20231219_110732.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Made by my niece and I still have the handmade box they came in. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nQUtKY2rVR2TSr14ER7l35TYYDVpQuZNWey-uBAHe23IgCcrncUKh79aHBnpqYWnPUUARk7aEH1wTILWrwo75roVA8CxhIWRj5H0k0_kV0Z6ilBX5msvON7h6TLtfGJkdP8HdQY68nTyvcaOZdhGc_vi4ARgKiqZuplyTEQtl5rH7LLWwTUQnTx56UQ/s4000/20231219_110449.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nQUtKY2rVR2TSr14ER7l35TYYDVpQuZNWey-uBAHe23IgCcrncUKh79aHBnpqYWnPUUARk7aEH1wTILWrwo75roVA8CxhIWRj5H0k0_kV0Z6ilBX5msvON7h6TLtfGJkdP8HdQY68nTyvcaOZdhGc_vi4ARgKiqZuplyTEQtl5rH7LLWwTUQnTx56UQ/s320/20231219_110449.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From a close friend and neighbour</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>I'm sure other people have ornaments in their tree that bring back many happy memories as many of mine do, so here's to all the memories!</div><div><br /></div><div>And Merry Christmas to all and we'll see you in the New Year!</div><div><br /></div></div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-87251591809223700072023-11-29T16:18:00.001-05:002023-11-29T16:18:24.715-05:00Wordless Wednesday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Rail service in Europe is quite good, we had booked tickets on a nonstop train. We arrived in Prague in the early evening. We walked from the train station to our hotel: I was glad it wasn't too far as wheeling luggage over cobble stones isn't always easy. The street our hotel was on was a little dreary, but the hotel was nice, and we were right off of Wenceslas Square and very close to the Old Town. After checking into the hotel, we walked back to the square and found a nice place for dinner. My sister and I shared a jumbo kebob with chicken, beef, zucchini, corn and red pepper washed down with a Pilsner beer for which Czechia is famous.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD63hQkDvKyIzlWjeszdJjZYh7zXU1uWgUzhKDCfpO33awh4AJNLxAm_ST-DBfjyIyl4t7SIi7YCEcEBuU7WSI26thL6tlywRKgqJjytOYwROMD5MNr1HDJAbFR8dkmMixtJeZJNlPM-zUAxpLjVCJLD5tgIAtPPbprFYJalsIqUwt8eAcpj3NEW2JwC0/s4000/20230920_204203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD63hQkDvKyIzlWjeszdJjZYh7zXU1uWgUzhKDCfpO33awh4AJNLxAm_ST-DBfjyIyl4t7SIi7YCEcEBuU7WSI26thL6tlywRKgqJjytOYwROMD5MNr1HDJAbFR8dkmMixtJeZJNlPM-zUAxpLjVCJLD5tgIAtPPbprFYJalsIqUwt8eAcpj3NEW2JwC0/s320/20230920_204203.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGrVoWpRc8AaWqJYmu9fgbc1QBGfef-EJEYdAQUEjru0yuKRvQ7bAqcfjBYQcw7mkk7SqhJvbEQo0pYMg-LaA6h5zNys8pq-a7FlURMo5QbZCTAIfpY52lmTMg12CIFOfvHN8AGAI0DY0tS9maoXvcv3zs0ckJFZKfARpmSRH90p6cV-lSYzNO75MwOg/s2048/Kebob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1153" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGrVoWpRc8AaWqJYmu9fgbc1QBGfef-EJEYdAQUEjru0yuKRvQ7bAqcfjBYQcw7mkk7SqhJvbEQo0pYMg-LaA6h5zNys8pq-a7FlURMo5QbZCTAIfpY52lmTMg12CIFOfvHN8AGAI0DY0tS9maoXvcv3zs0ckJFZKfARpmSRH90p6cV-lSYzNO75MwOg/s320/Kebob.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmbwaTzjvlE9y0lVmSH5NBt6HJqVcls4Ah1Zlw7sMXjmgVq_NBjCZVEWSn-4Y1aFKIq4cc5EPyIqIIsUxJolA_eW5qDHRcZ6iKb_9MhJm6y_Q7b9swOz9tZlpobtUDKikVhGxt5XcIC1mqsjpcJmPXOPoEoFEGSamaN-GjVSvVBH4Gm3q5MYb0PLzttU/s4000/20230920_203326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmbwaTzjvlE9y0lVmSH5NBt6HJqVcls4Ah1Zlw7sMXjmgVq_NBjCZVEWSn-4Y1aFKIq4cc5EPyIqIIsUxJolA_eW5qDHRcZ6iKb_9MhJm6y_Q7b9swOz9tZlpobtUDKikVhGxt5XcIC1mqsjpcJmPXOPoEoFEGSamaN-GjVSvVBH4Gm3q5MYb0PLzttU/s320/20230920_203326.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKz42elagSeTmX0gr7zxFwj2yAKLL_MtcIsW7CovI8v__yG3BxpbCl5D9zQG63ovnjCtMhvEpcdCT9bb_jKcPtrLgnhldQSMlbGzpnFHPWSkoyJGwZu1sWc2i3REGkesMEBAbvCtUOm0soHYofnccNEaLf7XjXo0vVpijMx0BCcq1kRPg-dByEHHtgjAI/s4000/20230920_201945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKz42elagSeTmX0gr7zxFwj2yAKLL_MtcIsW7CovI8v__yG3BxpbCl5D9zQG63ovnjCtMhvEpcdCT9bb_jKcPtrLgnhldQSMlbGzpnFHPWSkoyJGwZu1sWc2i3REGkesMEBAbvCtUOm0soHYofnccNEaLf7XjXo0vVpijMx0BCcq1kRPg-dByEHHtgjAI/s320/20230920_201945.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>The next day we toured the Old Town. The Old Town in Prague is quite extensive, and you could easily spend two full days there exploring all the little side streets. We saw the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock">astronomical clock</a> on the Old Town Hall, walked to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bridge">Charles Bridge</a> and all the way down to the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_House"> Dancing House</a> where we stopped for iced coffees. We also did a river cruise in the evening. It was nice not to have to meet a schedule. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHnR-8xaz-aPtAlP9vooK9o_JnjxQtUZI-X3U0ndDk_J5dWyL_4aXsqeuR-lOEj-DRUx2fZXrEq2v75yXsIxDHfiyy-_IwtnWXvVk6nIDLkRpeHIb_BiJCcuvKkPDEZz0UrVOlKpmUdOV5YmFBSiLLNsu9PiZy5-DF2RoXged9TdYnP38dGwiztGzb-U/s4000/20230921_095618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHnR-8xaz-aPtAlP9vooK9o_JnjxQtUZI-X3U0ndDk_J5dWyL_4aXsqeuR-lOEj-DRUx2fZXrEq2v75yXsIxDHfiyy-_IwtnWXvVk6nIDLkRpeHIb_BiJCcuvKkPDEZz0UrVOlKpmUdOV5YmFBSiLLNsu9PiZy5-DF2RoXged9TdYnP38dGwiztGzb-U/s320/20230921_095618.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cL1YNm0Qbfz6qVAlR9vtrmrrpL_1bVSA6j__4CWurAdMhv2Z-87k1HhPFUOQ41RVwy707oemLJYF3tyN0jEYeSnTykpbJjRs_hEZnXgOdouQiwtlImOwMmA2eSGc27K1L4bNCll_xqVqrE88uX19aFOfAiZqK8GiCiMIUZz9YGuRAcJRA8VpMDLduyA/s4000/20230921_095629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Little did I know that there would be many stairs to walk up to get to the castle. There are quite a few places to explore in the Prague Castle, the palace, the church and the Golden Lane depending on which ticket you buy will determine what buildings you can tour in the castle complex. We didn't do any of the towers, I didn't mind as I wasn't up for more stairs. 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There was no one there when we got there which was nice because the group of people who showed up a little later seemed to be making fun of the memorial.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MDvUs8jEF5bCxzkx4Uwg4eLZ6kCYImD5Wzuk2hrMX9NiQc8h_-eFcpWlhqs7BP1GxojpjhPF8rAEQ6qlRzuNd-0m4YQRIPfkSkvh63hSV_n8KRmI7OSFooWLANjiBQiP61wF1H1i_IVp9Q3KwuhtUJHko-X-k4vZLYKvRh38_c6Z1YNhkUTYIQ8egrQ/s4000/20230922_135511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MDvUs8jEF5bCxzkx4Uwg4eLZ6kCYImD5Wzuk2hrMX9NiQc8h_-eFcpWlhqs7BP1GxojpjhPF8rAEQ6qlRzuNd-0m4YQRIPfkSkvh63hSV_n8KRmI7OSFooWLANjiBQiP61wF1H1i_IVp9Q3KwuhtUJHko-X-k4vZLYKvRh38_c6Z1YNhkUTYIQ8egrQ/s320/20230922_135511.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfFj5OfX0kHwLP26djW0Fz5QOZo2rmthWBzzCduPBhs73Su-fF80hQatcftie5jC9zOGopuphRhuOcf6vIzuRYC-i2m_SC_JqTPD9zahoosS3ti4khNVdZp9SI_VkpznOi8WxJCV3Gt8zgpaRoyjO-MqAE0ebDjw4zi8ebcOY6YYqzuFDxyPG2tO_Eck/s4000/20230922_135557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfFj5OfX0kHwLP26djW0Fz5QOZo2rmthWBzzCduPBhs73Su-fF80hQatcftie5jC9zOGopuphRhuOcf6vIzuRYC-i2m_SC_JqTPD9zahoosS3ti4khNVdZp9SI_VkpznOi8WxJCV3Gt8zgpaRoyjO-MqAE0ebDjw4zi8ebcOY6YYqzuFDxyPG2tO_Eck/s320/20230922_135557.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br />On the first day as we were walking around the Old Town, we noticed a tour guide pointing up to show a group of people a statue and we found out in Prague you have to look up or you'll miss some things. 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There is so much to see just walking the streets. I certainly wouldn't mind going back to Prague. </div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-35141330017338638532023-11-01T16:24:00.000-04:002023-11-01T16:24:52.211-04:00Kith and Kin<p>Today, 1 November is also the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead">Day of the Dead</a>. It is a joyful celebration to remember family members and friends who have passed away. </p><p>This year we lost a number of family members but two were both kith and kin. In May, we lost my mother's older brother, <a href="https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/coleharbour/obituaries/terence-joseph-pineau/104017.html">Terence Pineau</a>. My father, Danny, met Terence in the Royal Candian Air Force, I think, when they were both posted to Beaverbank, Nova Scotia. So, my uncle Terence was my dad's friend before they were brothers-in-law. It was Terence who brought my dad home to visit his family in Halifax, where he met my mother, Anne. As for my uncle Terence's wife Helen, she was my mother's friend before Terence and Helen began dating. My mother was Helen's Maid of Honour at their wedding and a year later Helen was my mother's Maid of Honour. So, for both my parents, their friends became family. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchYweTnzrWCTOdbC4IVElo-eyDraHDhHNmvYcgE9j5iSLuLGUBLlyuj-wKjdKaMRanEfN8Bwc-1c-hi42JQjCvCL3N_sEzJMShqNK0Q0sZSQmUZfl-IR0x90zt7vY_2SVV3_BQpQ66VXsIAnuLQ69B9UY2GOnSzsUUSf0MySQY_ru4CT8VApXRzwgv_s/s2074/Helen%20and%20Terence%20wedding%20party,%2024%20May%201956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="2074" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchYweTnzrWCTOdbC4IVElo-eyDraHDhHNmvYcgE9j5iSLuLGUBLlyuj-wKjdKaMRanEfN8Bwc-1c-hi42JQjCvCL3N_sEzJMShqNK0Q0sZSQmUZfl-IR0x90zt7vY_2SVV3_BQpQ66VXsIAnuLQ69B9UY2GOnSzsUUSf0MySQY_ru4CT8VApXRzwgv_s/s320/Helen%20and%20Terence%20wedding%20party,%2024%20May%201956.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helen and Terence's wedding</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjd069faJ6G39CnI1ef5o4VG6S4WNFAGETFRfR0-V1ZaVfI35k8vfJzE_j2qbxcf9Sq2Isqx-ZWEX7HGXquLqKNQX4vGN0U0DFbYJUkMb41Gip4skJARfeEGdat3Xt3qM6FmoB-hr01yR3K7INULmf228tLhVBbfVzqacV6ZI99j5tBo1pLz4gJ4f88bI/s1950/Wedding%20Party.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="1950" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjd069faJ6G39CnI1ef5o4VG6S4WNFAGETFRfR0-V1ZaVfI35k8vfJzE_j2qbxcf9Sq2Isqx-ZWEX7HGXquLqKNQX4vGN0U0DFbYJUkMb41Gip4skJARfeEGdat3Xt3qM6FmoB-hr01yR3K7INULmf228tLhVBbfVzqacV6ZI99j5tBo1pLz4gJ4f88bI/s320/Wedding%20Party.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anne and Danny's wedding</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>We also recently lost a cousin of my mother's, <a href="https://www.frenettefuneralhome.com/obituaries/173362">Ivan Arsenault</a>. Ivan was a second cousin. I'm not really sure of their relationship. Ivan was about three years younger than my mother, so it's unlikely that they met on Prince Edward Island before my mother's family moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia. We were living in Alsask, Saskatchewan, a small radar station of the Pinetree line, when one night my father called from the Junior Ranks Club. He told my mother that there was an Arsenault from the Island and they were probably related. As the story goes, my mother said: "Don't be ridiculous not every Arsenault from the Island is related". Well, it turns out if you're an Arsenault from PEI, you probably are. Anyway, they hung up, but later in the evening, my dad called back and said: "You have some of the same uncles, I'm bringing him home". And that's how we met Ivan Arsenault. In Saskatchewan, we were a long way from any family, Ivan is the first relative I remember meeting. My mum's parents and their youngest children had visited us in Foymount, Ontario, our previous posting but I don't recall that visit at all and my dad's mother had visited us in Alsask but I only vaguely remember that visit. My mother and Ivan probably met as children on PEI during the summers as Ivan used to help his father or grandfather with deliveries. But it was way out in western Canada that we all became both family and friends.</p><p>Ivan and Terence were good friends of my father and all three served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as Air Defence Technicians or Air Weapons Controllers. Our families would be posted together at 21 Radar Squadron in St Margaret's New Brunswick.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Efd8EqEdqkr7CK2U_11HFz15YPQXew8Q4MxWHpPEWmZC3u8UUFwt6xgSLWtrrNTrOXmhnitLZxrJRtaQVvelcyPhPY-Uqp22_cQ3dkHS68bVogw0Iuc4UJ2ALnGzjBQjqjvmFOK7NWKQ3gszRQj2M7nw5MM_GdB0TJ5rwbIcfcqnUHWZWg_CYyD3zoI/s960/Ivan%20Arsenault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="957" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Efd8EqEdqkr7CK2U_11HFz15YPQXew8Q4MxWHpPEWmZC3u8UUFwt6xgSLWtrrNTrOXmhnitLZxrJRtaQVvelcyPhPY-Uqp22_cQ3dkHS68bVogw0Iuc4UJ2ALnGzjBQjqjvmFOK7NWKQ3gszRQj2M7nw5MM_GdB0TJ5rwbIcfcqnUHWZWg_CYyD3zoI/s320/Ivan%20Arsenault.jpg" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ivan Arsenault</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKErzDSmR5BB_1ahCsxFirg598ssEiKaJXkVAFyvZ1ie3POyZ03SDnYNLR4qVYA6tispSF3MUDmlRel631E-S0rVlzXmmpom9FzrohmhVkAaUZ5piOLSrv-Ku3PCQjAB2f9SZtcxEIBYNImZMPZFfE7tTLKTNGBDkSdKBmUyO0j4ER1lotxnaYv3GMtEI/s1623/Airman%20Pineau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1623" data-original-width="1091" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKErzDSmR5BB_1ahCsxFirg598ssEiKaJXkVAFyvZ1ie3POyZ03SDnYNLR4qVYA6tispSF3MUDmlRel631E-S0rVlzXmmpom9FzrohmhVkAaUZ5piOLSrv-Ku3PCQjAB2f9SZtcxEIBYNImZMPZFfE7tTLKTNGBDkSdKBmUyO0j4ER1lotxnaYv3GMtEI/s320/Airman%20Pineau.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="215" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terence Pineau</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KgV63OlLCkL22qNjHROKBtyvYfmhGUx-K0H5SnfU5_Ge0wjtr9eH9KWs3yT53QRRQ9O62IUXI7GdNy1g6VQmoFrBOfT_w6hYVsLx1z4mMjFfw6sgMvpHBiG4WFlDeXxn86kMNsvTtYgNGCy7_sJmVMutIwfLzAttD2dqqtaeaPg83cvh31SraS4CZXo/s909/Cpl%20Stewart.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="517" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KgV63OlLCkL22qNjHROKBtyvYfmhGUx-K0H5SnfU5_Ge0wjtr9eH9KWs3yT53QRRQ9O62IUXI7GdNy1g6VQmoFrBOfT_w6hYVsLx1z4mMjFfw6sgMvpHBiG4WFlDeXxn86kMNsvTtYgNGCy7_sJmVMutIwfLzAttD2dqqtaeaPg83cvh31SraS4CZXo/s320/Cpl%20Stewart.JPG" width="182" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Danny Stewart</td></tr></tbody></table>So, in this month of Remembrance and on this Day of the Dead, we will remember them. I've read once before that as long as we are remembered we will never truly die. <div><br /></div><div>Remember your family and friends, both kith and kin, they are part of your story. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZLpgfKoB5pl0ConNaeZ7Ov8ON9IFQtxpY087k4DEL6uo2XwETE6VbLhic46SXJ8-evcjBJear24OFR8JMYjEyeUHA90GezvYvvEImxWoLb_VuoR0SrR0Pje31F4xlc2YTvPJlKvec6_STNg_bkucioguX4zcFoerRytRPbYwRSxYjKh_wqbk12ZhTnA/s564/Family%20tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="564" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZLpgfKoB5pl0ConNaeZ7Ov8ON9IFQtxpY087k4DEL6uo2XwETE6VbLhic46SXJ8-evcjBJear24OFR8JMYjEyeUHA90GezvYvvEImxWoLb_VuoR0SrR0Pje31F4xlc2YTvPJlKvec6_STNg_bkucioguX4zcFoerRytRPbYwRSxYjKh_wqbk12ZhTnA/s320/Family%20tree.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgp7t8_jctTDYoKJ6HKUGEFahfxQ-yN0iapGQAI_TmeAHcuPGI3uFRZa0eE7Pvh8eyKwP_MXiK6dWi92NE4DJdczARmHzfZf84AkIqTBZPo0ypvsiPQXzUF0o9P2RwiLKm7HFhlxU-9AXj-DZZQb4O0sik1UW7MipytR7Te5hDExe5L7PLOkIdHJ3baSI/s1367/walking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1367" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgp7t8_jctTDYoKJ6HKUGEFahfxQ-yN0iapGQAI_TmeAHcuPGI3uFRZa0eE7Pvh8eyKwP_MXiK6dWi92NE4DJdczARmHzfZf84AkIqTBZPo0ypvsiPQXzUF0o9P2RwiLKm7HFhlxU-9AXj-DZZQb4O0sik1UW7MipytR7Te5hDExe5L7PLOkIdHJ3baSI/s320/walking.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div></div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-78988694319377309122023-10-30T19:18:00.000-04:002023-10-30T19:18:38.240-04:00Walktober<p>On Sunday, we joined a Sheltie Walk organized by local members of the FB group Sheltie Lovers of Ontario. It's the third time that local area Sheltie owners have had a walk, but this was the first time I could join them.</p><p>I worried about what Teddy would do as he is reactive to other dogs on our normal walks, but he has been good at agility trials. Well, I needn't have worried he was just fine even with all the over excited young dogs and puppies. </p><p>Liam wasn't the only big Sheltie in the group. There was a blue merle named Wilbur, who I think might have been a bit taller. Liam and Wilbur had a good game of chase when we let them off leash. </p><p>Since it was so close to Halloween, most dogs had costumes on. I forgot Liam's devil horns, but he fit in well with three bi black Sheltie Draculas. Teddy went as a wizard. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcdE9ANRofPQu5iInmSZxlznAYW-dCrQ8trfi7k-80rCJzwB9N3nSgGx1E2iGA98rtJ4qqHuEN8pkLJ-8VKa9htI9lYbxpjA0E9Vd6tWP-InhKvaV3PLXI0epoq33bj4TXRRO6o-uXY8IipSwznAbbTMEmCMPfOdMJagtmaxMuR3SLY7SSxE4Ehv1Uhk/s4000/20231029_141019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcdE9ANRofPQu5iInmSZxlznAYW-dCrQ8trfi7k-80rCJzwB9N3nSgGx1E2iGA98rtJ4qqHuEN8pkLJ-8VKa9htI9lYbxpjA0E9Vd6tWP-InhKvaV3PLXI0epoq33bj4TXRRO6o-uXY8IipSwznAbbTMEmCMPfOdMJagtmaxMuR3SLY7SSxE4Ehv1Uhk/s320/20231029_141019.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OJ6xE_Sty8k6NS7z5JD9oOl24q8Ubqep6ghyhwXtwxF8J4FksXJyuvoZN83PGWzmC4nmJlJRjis6plO5St-ymC2578m95lwBiO9OOA43BltNHeTkHDKFN8iBpt1XKeJYBw7r0m5eNXTGOnFonLOEjovw_S6wpMlFkqtqmdJruUAxwbqP0myAnJZLQjA/s2048/Teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Lots of sables, quite a few bi blacks and merles but only one tri colour Sheltie. I hope there's another walk over the winter, perhaps a little closer to home. This was a 50-minute drive to the west end of Ottawa. </p><p>It was fun to meet people and their dogs that you've only seen on Facebook.</p><p><br /></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-15098692974308314102023-10-26T14:49:00.002-04:002023-10-26T14:53:06.273-04:00Post Cruise - Vienna<p>Another reason for this cruise was that the post cruise extension was in Vienna, a place that I have always wanted to go to, largely because of the Spanish Riding School and the Lipizzaner Stallions. </p><p>Following the tour of Budapest, it was a bus ride to our hotel in Vienna. What a spectacular hotel! We stayed at the Palais Hansen Kempinski. Amawaterways always uses 4- or 5-star hotels. Some are very American but some are truly unique. It was late in the afternoon when we arrived so after settling in at the hotel, we asked our cruise director for some tips on where to eat nearby. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlZM4bTLZQum2KQerA4zxIoaAmazmGuZr9DhRqaNd8NYpOWk1XzuXp11KsnRRYsCDIqWSVw_DBrNzRbAllZ9PmgVfIgWbghmgVgk9kYrkSmTFC7AdBG8dJaTzLgKt6xavKB3OmyM9XIuF61y-Hy5WjbOFGnTEEGGpF0JL5lN347-QGJPrDsvo0-QC5I4/s4000/20230919_083141.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlZM4bTLZQum2KQerA4zxIoaAmazmGuZr9DhRqaNd8NYpOWk1XzuXp11KsnRRYsCDIqWSVw_DBrNzRbAllZ9PmgVfIgWbghmgVgk9kYrkSmTFC7AdBG8dJaTzLgKt6xavKB3OmyM9XIuF61y-Hy5WjbOFGnTEEGGpF0JL5lN347-QGJPrDsvo0-QC5I4/s320/20230919_083141.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light switches - high tech hotel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqSQ5hpJZ7j1z-sUx4PZnE26xPz8w1t1SkSZKJGaNfod5B_NZGrO_7A7rNQyGMJyILKYGQhR8KI6tSZmBMBqrxKvXglY2piXvGCkQHSDfFS4yFuV0VGz4ne_wnTAjSQSVfKfrRMHJSCStTQ1gLq3uqwDLhTU_AE-J2wiReIdhUaplTMzAykHRnjl9QfM/s4000/20230918_170518.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqSQ5hpJZ7j1z-sUx4PZnE26xPz8w1t1SkSZKJGaNfod5B_NZGrO_7A7rNQyGMJyILKYGQhR8KI6tSZmBMBqrxKvXglY2piXvGCkQHSDfFS4yFuV0VGz4ne_wnTAjSQSVfKfrRMHJSCStTQ1gLq3uqwDLhTU_AE-J2wiReIdhUaplTMzAykHRnjl9QfM/s320/20230918_170518.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lobby</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBMveQdoNYcTcEskQV_bIjnm7enacBJSDDPn290v6HuUEAy3_Xn5abp1WGDadHXcUK5L6MS3VACizqDhD2ntRNyFlFY-gxJKPfn7XxWERhsiCbdTuOCXGvC8JWAOy9wRuKDkQKwF6T36PXzsHQ2YIVEFuQdqeeLz3b8lCyq_qbyal-DFn89IR4GCQKXQ/s4000/20230918_171158.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBMveQdoNYcTcEskQV_bIjnm7enacBJSDDPn290v6HuUEAy3_Xn5abp1WGDadHXcUK5L6MS3VACizqDhD2ntRNyFlFY-gxJKPfn7XxWERhsiCbdTuOCXGvC8JWAOy9wRuKDkQKwF6T36PXzsHQ2YIVEFuQdqeeLz3b8lCyq_qbyal-DFn89IR4GCQKXQ/s320/20230918_171158.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our room</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy25mQ70EXGVH94fN_IMdmceklNz8V4NQdhx32NL1l3wJz7_3Obg-LzDTyYGQ_khNxyp9kiWk9dvNpJGSyhBjWVyFgzPE7lZFD-P874jhz8Uhem0C2Z4yUDYPjDtWC9wCbu_nmC3fuF3gQ5OyIDLyLKnTTvgdpsXN8PC1As77n8r2Qh1pBC6IlxNOZUM0/s4000/20230918_171247.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy25mQ70EXGVH94fN_IMdmceklNz8V4NQdhx32NL1l3wJz7_3Obg-LzDTyYGQ_khNxyp9kiWk9dvNpJGSyhBjWVyFgzPE7lZFD-P874jhz8Uhem0C2Z4yUDYPjDtWC9wCbu_nmC3fuF3gQ5OyIDLyLKnTTvgdpsXN8PC1As77n8r2Qh1pBC6IlxNOZUM0/s320/20230918_171247.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bathroom</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Our cruise manger recommended a beer garden at a restaurant close by. We actually walked by it because it looked so small, but we turned around after not finding anything else. We found out that you went through the restaurant into an inner courtyard. We had a delightful meal.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht48Zmugoy5qGy5RlGWe_hLTB1rYBEOHbX57z-nEVqTyPvfJc4dGFk03KjZFQdrcxuL56GNJwBikJKvwRVQx9fPj9dt3H8qosgDoIwpFGlQ5gTRN4U9iLL9DFd7bVxbQ3ER45MQjOr3gVtwsNu42qnibTQaULbZOsGLvxEhunSuHTDh0RGu36Und56tok/s4000/20230918_183216.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht48Zmugoy5qGy5RlGWe_hLTB1rYBEOHbX57z-nEVqTyPvfJc4dGFk03KjZFQdrcxuL56GNJwBikJKvwRVQx9fPj9dt3H8qosgDoIwpFGlQ5gTRN4U9iLL9DFd7bVxbQ3ER45MQjOr3gVtwsNu42qnibTQaULbZOsGLvxEhunSuHTDh0RGu36Und56tok/s320/20230918_183216.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtyard garden</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXOiwTsTwuDsBIALpb6IcDrXW1F8bK7vaDTPdPVahhEYo_-6s3wwS2TsV8w8TmcLGz6w8JRvhH6dntdGetSX1DsdKAbv-Hp6Rr600FBsqKo79jd1N1SrC6KLQCDTzVf8OLdlsEUObqOlwJSfz_z5mQXafi1BF9ipFc3GT5_wJEk9UaLT_iGzssTrVzXY/s4000/20230918_184508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXOiwTsTwuDsBIALpb6IcDrXW1F8bK7vaDTPdPVahhEYo_-6s3wwS2TsV8w8TmcLGz6w8JRvhH6dntdGetSX1DsdKAbv-Hp6Rr600FBsqKo79jd1N1SrC6KLQCDTzVf8OLdlsEUObqOlwJSfz_z5mQXafi1BF9ipFc3GT5_wJEk9UaLT_iGzssTrVzXY/s320/20230918_184508.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>The next day in the morning there was a bus and walking tour of Vienna. Again, like many of the tours on this trip things seemed a bit rushed. It was still an interesting tour. We visited a garden dedicated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria">Empress Elizabeth of Austria</a> and<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Cathedral,_Vienna"> St Stephan's cathedral</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSJ-0cRbgpKgseDXcW_DO-UOzfKJoR64IGMf-QaBLCR7TDvburFXiOweejglWI4jdll3osO1JKDwVY5I56jKX9aEy0RR2pYUKjvaOD9TCdeAzI_v9PUO-3lRNZ8ofKzpBwBTZenYLEv4Rsh4Okrfpwp7N7MsWviww2zYE2niNHJm_0P9CJm3h8sJngnw/s4000/20230919_112930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSJ-0cRbgpKgseDXcW_DO-UOzfKJoR64IGMf-QaBLCR7TDvburFXiOweejglWI4jdll3osO1JKDwVY5I56jKX9aEy0RR2pYUKjvaOD9TCdeAzI_v9PUO-3lRNZ8ofKzpBwBTZenYLEv4Rsh4Okrfpwp7N7MsWviww2zYE2niNHJm_0P9CJm3h8sJngnw/s320/20230919_112930.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This was an optional excursion arranged by Amawaterways. We had decided not to go to the concert so we had the afternoon and evening on our own to explore. We took the transit out to<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6nbrunn_Palace"> Schönbrunn Palace</a>. Once we arrived, we found a place to have lunch at the edge of the Palace grounds. We ate outside on the patio. The interior of this restaurant was amazing but except for one group there was no one inside. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsX9Vol9wjlBxeFZxH4FHQOS7HMl95f2h2jJ8APiAFC1HHol79oyMStumZmeJymsn5cccHooFv5-KB8GA4q3A_0nzY9iZ6_u2WpVbajkzvXSqY_WTz_NRfAQeItZT6lkBfVV5112g98DfDGEA9ihYKDqpZxLQiNa9lSHTBLSAc1yS8AjDyto9Hvq7q5cU/s4000/20230919_133511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsX9Vol9wjlBxeFZxH4FHQOS7HMl95f2h2jJ8APiAFC1HHol79oyMStumZmeJymsn5cccHooFv5-KB8GA4q3A_0nzY9iZ6_u2WpVbajkzvXSqY_WTz_NRfAQeItZT6lkBfVV5112g98DfDGEA9ihYKDqpZxLQiNa9lSHTBLSAc1yS8AjDyto9Hvq7q5cU/s320/20230919_133511.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-3XbRu2AJ8zzaLmHao8g-8tO83eRdQs-KQUpZLvm9N1T_D4gL99it2CcCwSPUrpXDz9r1Pl_9e07sUq8Tv4MrUbXPRz5thwXlBzBYrAvd7r6iepLXQ-KYgQzo7yfNqeCFhbM4OZjktL3bbaPvtsGGT1kFL8YT9pBGbEmLIYd5D1IBPsfMTWw4-uBN3Y/s4000/20230919_142558.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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The grounds are free but you have to pay to go into the palace. The main gardens were very nice and we walked all the way to the top of the hill to get the view of the palace. 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Most places were just a couple tables right on the street. We finally found a place where most of us decided to have a Viennese coffee, at least that's what the waitress called it. It was so good. We probably should have gone back to this restaurant for dinner. Instead, after going back to the hotel for a while we walked back to see Stephanplatz at night. After having so many great meals, the restaurant Cafe Europe where we ate dinner that evening was quite a letdown. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PKJT5tyTzGR0vQ9k7-7we4gvl1x3svwr_pdpjTCGy5KoANhyafeAcQo_Ohipi9gDYOQWLEgpF0T4qXfrXkl1bEz327Sio6Uzlg1lUtDSLNnKyBh6DRx7JFw5F8qGjVZHVN7_3rD150WRjyy7QUMzqjFsn9vI9xJYxmaIhJzOBNaoKXDgVhAjkCkVtco/s4000/20230919_172429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PKJT5tyTzGR0vQ9k7-7we4gvl1x3svwr_pdpjTCGy5KoANhyafeAcQo_Ohipi9gDYOQWLEgpF0T4qXfrXkl1bEz327Sio6Uzlg1lUtDSLNnKyBh6DRx7JFw5F8qGjVZHVN7_3rD150WRjyy7QUMzqjFsn9vI9xJYxmaIhJzOBNaoKXDgVhAjkCkVtco/s320/20230919_172429.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Pk6HTmNG677eRUdUahmSRx_mTYEFVjdwcUCD7KUaF0jK6GINNn6Ww6WpHLQi30mmbl6bjOL1fOaymR-2HJGv3lcZAlkzHi8qRjMi6qH4kofC61Khqwzcn4g2sgJU1b0ZViE1VWm6K0wYFcEIZVPFdeGs1N5Y-zbEOSi2mxP-qpVDrvxsF6lr5cKhaAc/s4000/20230919_200737.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We had booked train tickets to Prague on a train that left Vienna at 3:10 in the afternoon. This was so I could cross off my bucket list a visit to the Spanish Riding School to see the Lipizzaner Stallions. Ever since I saw the Disney movie Miracle of the White Stallions, I've always wanted to see them. Performances are only on Saturday and Sundays but there are training sessions on weekdays that you can go and watch. I had purchased tickets online before we even left for the trip. I'm certainly glad I did as mostly it is standing room; we had tickets for seats along the side of the menage. You're not allowed to take pictures or video once the riders and horses enter so all I have is the memory. I hope someday to go back to Vienna and see a performance and to have a piece of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachertorte">sachertorte</a>.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXtmpqYs-xmhEBlDzzu_-xz55L72E6iBDeydOItTz404xaoDVyZOOUshthyphenhyphenuVJ2kgSANTgJEwxF5duMBXX4cIKg23tGl7CPIbulUe3BhAIYpHRwbJbT08ZIA6P8XvmBZ-sT1Kf-roOd7CGIunlYwL_T7xZURelxd1s53EBQYHoMMryYtK7OgloqJ0YUA/s4000/20230920_092420.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXtmpqYs-xmhEBlDzzu_-xz55L72E6iBDeydOItTz404xaoDVyZOOUshthyphenhyphenuVJ2kgSANTgJEwxF5duMBXX4cIKg23tGl7CPIbulUe3BhAIYpHRwbJbT08ZIA6P8XvmBZ-sT1Kf-roOd7CGIunlYwL_T7xZURelxd1s53EBQYHoMMryYtK7OgloqJ0YUA/s320/20230920_092420.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Next post will be about our visit to Prague.</div><div><br /></div></div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-48243255113846252542023-10-21T14:52:00.001-04:002023-10-21T14:54:51.547-04:00Cruising Life - on the Blue Danube?<p>I had planned to do a post about each place we visited on our cruise but decided in the end that could be pretty boring so I'm going to do a recap and let you all know a little about life onboard. This was our second cruise with Amawaterways. I think the first time we went with them it was because they were affiliated with CAA/AAA so we got a discount and because they have small pools on their ships; many other river cruise companies don't. Last time we cruised the Rhine River, this time we did the lower Danube River. </p><p>This itinerary, Gems of Southeastern Europe, would see us visit locations in five countries in addition to Romania, we had stops in Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Hungary. The Lower Danube is not as populated along the shoreline as the Rhine so this meant we often had long bus rides for the excursions, as a result, the cruise sometimes felt a little rushed. On our Rhine cruise, we sometimes got back in time to enjoy tea before dinner, that never happened on this cruise. </p><p>Our first two stops were in Bulgaria where we visited <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo">Veliko Tarnovo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidin">Vidin</a>. Amawaterways always has multiple excursions. Some for more active passengers include hikes and bike rides but usually there are walking tours that are divided by mobility, active, regular and gentle walkers. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncv5M3GkMrBt_Xk0Dvz8QmXqsp62dFNZwhvz0uHf3QfToIfRDlwcqZZCZz1zOK9AiN3RL97vxo_G6Zd2qukgQ9mbSXtgM8H2kco9W6nDdUHITI9yYcrx85HNw9WlrVoQfmg4TgrHBteXllG06UoHwBvU6FFN3aniZ25pU4wWjewjPh7eF98mUZ4jdEbA/s4000/20230913_154717.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncv5M3GkMrBt_Xk0Dvz8QmXqsp62dFNZwhvz0uHf3QfToIfRDlwcqZZCZz1zOK9AiN3RL97vxo_G6Zd2qukgQ9mbSXtgM8H2kco9W6nDdUHITI9yYcrx85HNw9WlrVoQfmg4TgrHBteXllG06UoHwBvU6FFN3aniZ25pU4wWjewjPh7eF98mUZ4jdEbA/s320/20230913_154717.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baba Vida Fortress</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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On this cruise we sailed through an area called the Iron Gates between the Balkan and Carpathian Mountains, we ended the day in Serbia at the Golubac Fortress. Unfortunately, this was the only chilly, rainy day we had on the cruise so sitting on deck with a cocktail was not really in the cards. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRZXA7bGCpqKibw_UBDKSI_1mcSIKZqtoIjKsAYY3DDNU6tb27QkVTLlL3jMRwO6A65jz_FDY_m4wMf84zhlInKNR78JuS8YYwjgFUYVZZ2pLU0X4yqlSqBioe7GFuM0nyj8lIBLZqXQTxMEdfVqc4U6AZdPO_tXqD2Eq2WF-xoAWLxT-cIQaFmEZudg/s4000/20230914_084702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRZXA7bGCpqKibw_UBDKSI_1mcSIKZqtoIjKsAYY3DDNU6tb27QkVTLlL3jMRwO6A65jz_FDY_m4wMf84zhlInKNR78JuS8YYwjgFUYVZZ2pLU0X4yqlSqBioe7GFuM0nyj8lIBLZqXQTxMEdfVqc4U6AZdPO_tXqD2Eq2WF-xoAWLxT-cIQaFmEZudg/s320/20230914_084702.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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The European Unition spent 8.5 million Euros to restore the fortress including rerouting the highway that use to run right through the ruins.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next day we would be in Belgrade, Serbia. Amawaterways also offers cultural excursions. Here in addition to our walking tour, we visited the Nikola Tesla Musuem and went to a Serbian Brandy tasting.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKixsUPOddO90YRJUjevZs56eAz0Xb2T-UESE9gwuYKuqi0XndqCFZFykd5ly30X2SkTvQl0R3f4SrWGlJf7wmbQniNlstrxkzQ81KYJpt2imwad9aHao2N3O-9MeIJoR9OhHDc0A85InA80O63BSErL2DKCvbJOLJuJBMwHTL3dNUOHO8B0K8KOAr78/s4000/20230915_091318.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKixsUPOddO90YRJUjevZs56eAz0Xb2T-UESE9gwuYKuqi0XndqCFZFykd5ly30X2SkTvQl0R3f4SrWGlJf7wmbQniNlstrxkzQ81KYJpt2imwad9aHao2N3O-9MeIJoR9OhHDc0A85InA80O63BSErL2DKCvbJOLJuJBMwHTL3dNUOHO8B0K8KOAr78/s320/20230915_091318.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Sava">Church of St Sava</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Some specialty drinks, a different selection each night, are included for free as are the wine and beer at meals. They also have what is known as the Chef's Table. It is a small restaurant, where a set wine pairing menu is served; you can book one evening dinner here. If there is availability, you might get a chance to go twice but it is the same menu throughout the cruise. Following dinner, there are often entertainers brought onboard, usually folk groups, dancers, musicians or singers. There is also a piano player onboard to keep things lively in the evening. 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dynisQIc3a1f31s0H32t7h3-lWkrPdfByQUQFghOJ69bRIddsrV5aKPuGC3Tdg6-f5kvTdREGiabmTdWYqJ6Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>The next day, we went on a tour of Novi Sad, Serbia and in the case of my sister and I to a Croatian wine tasting. The others in our group went on the tour of Novi Sad, Serbia and then on a tour of Vukovar, Croatia. In Novi Sad, the guide explained to us that all the bridges were relatively new. All the bridges had been bombed in 1999 by NATO during the Yugoslav war. NATO bombed this city without the concurrence of the UN Security Council, not that they needed it, but it was the first time that had happened. I was in the military then, how quickly we forget our history.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazW3jVbM2qYdsUwpwtLMp096UHhhkCv3BFBp_6J9NcrS3xBpvKd4p5jqB7wTYiJUO047diGZkW4Dd3yxkvetCVg_kduhPszV8Q6ydR2tHaub7wBr1E4hYv_cMpWjVujOcL8lQX3U0uPCCsW6eaeOGS1liZ1ZOtuSMzSo4nm_rFWktH21NiruMjb8PnfI/s4000/20230916_085732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazW3jVbM2qYdsUwpwtLMp096UHhhkCv3BFBp_6J9NcrS3xBpvKd4p5jqB7wTYiJUO047diGZkW4Dd3yxkvetCVg_kduhPszV8Q6ydR2tHaub7wBr1E4hYv_cMpWjVujOcL8lQX3U0uPCCsW6eaeOGS1liZ1ZOtuSMzSo4nm_rFWktH21NiruMjb8PnfI/s320/20230916_085732.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IjMTBR8-2qGT31_pMLaDaLKlL8XKCYWn29pbJDlz1xj3cysc8PaDaB3xxS9KxualywiqNas9XzICJm6yGnaQor61Vje34xlIBoECXw_ZExChxFydim018Z6yGP8DSfNWJi9vH_Z3O0Vb2Iw8Skvg-ws3RTMEnbKc3CLYL-cvreanfUJHqbIxrEJb9ws/s4000/20230916_085857.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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We visited Pecs (pronounced Pesh) a city founded by the Romans nearly 2000 years ago, where we saw St Peter's Basilica and the Christian catacombs. This was one of two occasions where the ship docked to drop us off on our excursions and then sailed to another location to pick is up.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOm2NJdEjtH7asnB7ydBrz64AZfKQG-uNPA4cP09ihleNP2rbesVQyZKH5Q-z6phXi4x09LMHts0XupfD9lEfTR6-l8LLFgACy9NwsNqydztg_YhVhZ6IBStJC-f0l4YKwdsCC5prgodyC2-1fUVNxSEWFBtgdLk-AFErt8TJieCnsKwCEUUULENBZdY/s4000/20230917_100325.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOm2NJdEjtH7asnB7ydBrz64AZfKQG-uNPA4cP09ihleNP2rbesVQyZKH5Q-z6phXi4x09LMHts0XupfD9lEfTR6-l8LLFgACy9NwsNqydztg_YhVhZ6IBStJC-f0l4YKwdsCC5prgodyC2-1fUVNxSEWFBtgdLk-AFErt8TJieCnsKwCEUUULENBZdY/s320/20230917_100325.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St Peter's</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There's a Captain's Farewell Dinner on the last night, where they introduce all the staff and crew. 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I would love to go back to Belgrade as there was a beautiful waterfront and to Budapest as really, we only had a few hours there and there was so much to see. Next up, our post cruise in Vienna. <br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-59757951022604702882023-10-15T14:46:00.003-04:002023-10-15T19:35:53.752-04:00Let Me Drink Your Blood<p>One of the reasons I wanted to do this river cruise itinerary was because it went to Transylvania and Bran Castle, also known as Dracula's Castle. I knew that Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler was very different from Dracula but it was very interesting to hear the real history and how perhaps Bram Stoker came up with the idea for the blood sucking vampire. </p><p>Since we started late and hit a lot of traffic our schedule for the day was revised. We were to visit Peles Castle and have a walking tour of Old Town Brasov on our arrival in Brasov but as we were so late arriving in Brasov the walking tour was rescheduled for the next morning. Amawaterways is very good at resolving any issue that comes up. </p><p>Peles Castle was the summer home of King Carol I of Romania. On the way, we stopped for lunch in the lovely town of Sinaia. We had a nice pizza lunch and spent our free time walking the main street, then it was back on the bus to finish the journey to the castle.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuqWHj6hExeXZ0lRa_0y3tMejJ8MUN3OAzxejikayw7JXE-20nPCIPVJsLyuRsnWwcDk2gBzybHyZ7hqbYWTIISGFQ6QD9Wi4uKKoxrZK-3vIm-nKuF5WyvJvOo-6OW-5OzSf8nFf9WtsEBUiNa-lufwlfIAOn2SnrJs6eUQqMpGLZKDXblggAumK4JI/s4000/20230909_140958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuqWHj6hExeXZ0lRa_0y3tMejJ8MUN3OAzxejikayw7JXE-20nPCIPVJsLyuRsnWwcDk2gBzybHyZ7hqbYWTIISGFQ6QD9Wi4uKKoxrZK-3vIm-nKuF5WyvJvOo-6OW-5OzSf8nFf9WtsEBUiNa-lufwlfIAOn2SnrJs6eUQqMpGLZKDXblggAumK4JI/s320/20230909_140958.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit81bnrZ_evsXGkKuIkRPQpHG4Q7rd9k63OUfwqSdjXwqedBAq4-YecheCjUrmL0smrHlGCbIdaBmyS0yvnI_N84KKgqVA6CGoRAE5SKV1zjC8FgVsG9B0fSaijw-7CMg4FkfrE8iVPFC051GEy5IWMIyM45ui0Q6Epod0-W8nbTmAdne_nDc3YCfMHik/s4000/20230909_140659.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit81bnrZ_evsXGkKuIkRPQpHG4Q7rd9k63OUfwqSdjXwqedBAq4-YecheCjUrmL0smrHlGCbIdaBmyS0yvnI_N84KKgqVA6CGoRAE5SKV1zjC8FgVsG9B0fSaijw-7CMg4FkfrE8iVPFC051GEy5IWMIyM45ui0Q6Epod0-W8nbTmAdne_nDc3YCfMHik/s320/20230909_140659.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sinaia Town Hall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_ptwY5fNhkLleYkmrybjQtUx1X6GnrTdzSZwOKmer5j5CCAqmrdx8CiQfAvE_KlxBwc8yQjBykO8vlBtxkGQAmJNMiXCBwqYjf6kl3IjsSn-HyNRsGqZu_b2tigCksjOqDX9F-YM1WOtqeV3H7pgKdAmbh-zEZRAQKB_oPTlLQ9KsNwKc4FadyEzazU/s4000/20230909_134206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_ptwY5fNhkLleYkmrybjQtUx1X6GnrTdzSZwOKmer5j5CCAqmrdx8CiQfAvE_KlxBwc8yQjBykO8vlBtxkGQAmJNMiXCBwqYjf6kl3IjsSn-HyNRsGqZu_b2tigCksjOqDX9F-YM1WOtqeV3H7pgKdAmbh-zEZRAQKB_oPTlLQ9KsNwKc4FadyEzazU/s320/20230909_134206.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phone Box Defibrillator</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1VlUeivlM_KIcc_JEZjR4Aalg0jigWJzhGHE_OXU4WzCSOBz0uhBKxWhFsxRJIQUgEPEA4a3c2YU13a7wuRC0KoN54CWJ7cSR8KjMjARD-dMksLgjFOekh_QhlJYKSOAvEvI7Egu8SPGsYmHiZbFzstFa-xBtvADRt0u10RaCtSmk9YecQF6zoGX9Og/s4000/20230909_134101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1VlUeivlM_KIcc_JEZjR4Aalg0jigWJzhGHE_OXU4WzCSOBz0uhBKxWhFsxRJIQUgEPEA4a3c2YU13a7wuRC0KoN54CWJ7cSR8KjMjARD-dMksLgjFOekh_QhlJYKSOAvEvI7Egu8SPGsYmHiZbFzstFa-xBtvADRt0u10RaCtSmk9YecQF6zoGX9Og/s320/20230909_134101.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSj4dH29AMqPKZ5tIRWNWcNpp5HcVpKJ8o8HkZmG8RC-n71rG77uIdb_ZoTxjnO_haJHNyPV0XQUh6prKN4QQngqfzCUwfKxTf-AdoeFTvBhkYzGDphkvcTQT2IAdvDyx9t4n_aplkYGsmdyelKpmNw0JkSmQpzr2vpiOeOYqjpDV1VOKTiA_QSVVSu4/s4000/20230909_133658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSj4dH29AMqPKZ5tIRWNWcNpp5HcVpKJ8o8HkZmG8RC-n71rG77uIdb_ZoTxjnO_haJHNyPV0XQUh6prKN4QQngqfzCUwfKxTf-AdoeFTvBhkYzGDphkvcTQT2IAdvDyx9t4n_aplkYGsmdyelKpmNw0JkSmQpzr2vpiOeOYqjpDV1VOKTiA_QSVVSu4/s320/20230909_133658.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele%C8%99_Castle">Peles Castle</a> was taken from the Romanian Royal Family when the Communists took over and it was made into a museum. 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As we arrived late, the hotel kindly opened all their dining rooms so that we could have dinner there. There were almost 80 people on this pre cruise. We stayed at the Kronwell Hotel in Brasov which is out by the main train station.<p></p><p>The next morning, we did a walking tour of the Old Town in Brasov before heading to the walled fortress town of Sighisoara. Another reason, our walking tour was delayed was that there was a weekend music festival being held in the town square.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbFL8elITP6Bv3-xG4yuCV93iWaQlD0E_BpP2oGGcstXAEQZPTCnVXRuJpPjBtWAyzD9XK_A_1DnbnQVkN6YORt1ZZ17OO8XY_UK00yQQjviWtVC8DkEB65yRBjwVHhZHgEXiPDyMeTRkkuQXOHzbzjzWa00Ndvyn_NhZC07-H4tpiM1Q00Ugcb2-b7w/s4000/20230910_093404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbFL8elITP6Bv3-xG4yuCV93iWaQlD0E_BpP2oGGcstXAEQZPTCnVXRuJpPjBtWAyzD9XK_A_1DnbnQVkN6YORt1ZZ17OO8XY_UK00yQQjviWtVC8DkEB65yRBjwVHhZHgEXiPDyMeTRkkuQXOHzbzjzWa00Ndvyn_NhZC07-H4tpiM1Q00Ugcb2-b7w/s320/20230910_093404.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSFLWVzNuczcXp6gktv7qJ-1VcoGwK-_MbAbh-xrQHap4810m_KvX4dhPczdMiliO3xkpxaZGBTdcntPk5J27fTbFCUFFENkjvT7HZltEzP7aSoVz0-DojhCRDpgj0VngwK-3PlwTIuHjEb2PwCv0tqPHvsfGzrLxcsC3KIf0wVRa_FZYJ7Lg4TFRjWw/s4000/20230910_092956.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSFLWVzNuczcXp6gktv7qJ-1VcoGwK-_MbAbh-xrQHap4810m_KvX4dhPczdMiliO3xkpxaZGBTdcntPk5J27fTbFCUFFENkjvT7HZltEzP7aSoVz0-DojhCRDpgj0VngwK-3PlwTIuHjEb2PwCv0tqPHvsfGzrLxcsC3KIf0wVRa_FZYJ7Lg4TFRjWw/s320/20230910_092956.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetYsF_PHL_oPYgN1zF5rUi8E0nvZgqTN30Ys-34Bt2tTKATlTsPw0OJx3Rdplifs0hbbsNhyphenhyphen9mLaprQw7yrculWJgdulWg4eDVKeHv6-TyCbCMBKziOCT3EepNDFZljkGC6b1U3QrY4YE3jmIpfChDm5xcAwsS9KzVQsPvJ0gYixFrapNz_XDkN3u744/s4000/20230910_092816.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetYsF_PHL_oPYgN1zF5rUi8E0nvZgqTN30Ys-34Bt2tTKATlTsPw0OJx3Rdplifs0hbbsNhyphenhyphen9mLaprQw7yrculWJgdulWg4eDVKeHv6-TyCbCMBKziOCT3EepNDFZljkGC6b1U3QrY4YE3jmIpfChDm5xcAwsS9KzVQsPvJ0gYixFrapNz_XDkN3u744/s320/20230910_092816.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Statue of the mason's apprentice, who, legend has it was pushed from the roof of the church.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8w8JEzqpP4zQP_jgGCM1YMYxDO_VRN16E1wKQ_2Ejw3rvKkjft4igDVp7VUEwenes5pST9euWok9BfLjcMzL-eR2WZwf5PWpTMXN9nnCcq_MYR46821dII_4rV0Py_1lBuG8dPo5gPrYrd52zJWC5IlLHRwscjo4BTi4C1hx3WXd3_wrddpqh7KRX8I/s4000/20230910_092202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8w8JEzqpP4zQP_jgGCM1YMYxDO_VRN16E1wKQ_2Ejw3rvKkjft4igDVp7VUEwenes5pST9euWok9BfLjcMzL-eR2WZwf5PWpTMXN9nnCcq_MYR46821dII_4rV0Py_1lBuG8dPo5gPrYrd52zJWC5IlLHRwscjo4BTi4C1hx3WXd3_wrddpqh7KRX8I/s320/20230910_092202.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgjDQFqh-xQGLUyLJ1vWdVktnIQMeunOJyfPNrpo4GSJsZPNvHSyq7T5vRGf8WKqHcVsBDq4-vruyuLunQVIk9hTOQttcrInMOYIpIya6qAhP0ibFtz_o2brFh3O14q3y4T1oG6K6q5v1BNxeesLyaLch_1QYnuQnZWkWzR9QYOYxscMhWAP8Sg5-LeY/s4000/20230910_085720.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgjDQFqh-xQGLUyLJ1vWdVktnIQMeunOJyfPNrpo4GSJsZPNvHSyq7T5vRGf8WKqHcVsBDq4-vruyuLunQVIk9hTOQttcrInMOYIpIya6qAhP0ibFtz_o2brFh3O14q3y4T1oG6K6q5v1BNxeesLyaLch_1QYnuQnZWkWzR9QYOYxscMhWAP8Sg5-LeY/s320/20230910_085720.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sighi%C8%99oara">Sighisoara </a>is a UNESCO World Heritage site and it is the birthplace of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler">Vlad Tepes</a>. The house that he was born in is now a restaurant. They do have a sign outside but if you want to go in you need to either pay or eat at the restaurant. Vlad's father and grandfather were members of the Order of the Dragon (or Dracul in medieval Romanian). Vald's father was known as Vlad Dracul. 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We got back to Brasov mid afternoon and were offered the opportunity to be dropped off in the Old Town for some free time or to go directly back to the hotel. Only a few of us opted to stay in town. I think the others missed out as we had a wonderful time exploring the Old Town on our own. One of the places we went back to was the smallest street in Brasov. It had been crowded with tourists during our walking tour.</p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_u1fmH5iiNZxLTi_vif7AgjablJtYJfmC_FGPgAwfp6uEFZFbjddm4ZsHxfEAlkmKHHHlGc_7oV3k_uN8HH-9xNIpx4J9xiBHxJy4gHFrEKi4F1orL8c4eGP9ie8P5-S8724HcWXM0ZWhmeZiK8vxRLHf4dTkEG_OHevK3PERUSMo90GbV9TpTjDxWvs/s4000/20230910_180625.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_u1fmH5iiNZxLTi_vif7AgjablJtYJfmC_FGPgAwfp6uEFZFbjddm4ZsHxfEAlkmKHHHlGc_7oV3k_uN8HH-9xNIpx4J9xiBHxJy4gHFrEKi4F1orL8c4eGP9ie8P5-S8724HcWXM0ZWhmeZiK8vxRLHf4dTkEG_OHevK3PERUSMo90GbV9TpTjDxWvs/s320/20230910_180625.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pedestrian Mall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BLriHBvefI_fS7dPbDeDjtCtGtMXkqXHvUr9z1yGVd1mgIZAIeZGesvoC82WEHRjX-8WWawP4YpSnbLHaItU1MtLmj4ED2or3w6HQs9JRC_ncwa6iL1T8lKGQ2MnoB2WLKbxLVUKyTs8eFnBgVv33Ucgqor_VVqk50n6USiqKOnBhwoWyP8TetseVYQ/s4000/20230911_182757.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BLriHBvefI_fS7dPbDeDjtCtGtMXkqXHvUr9z1yGVd1mgIZAIeZGesvoC82WEHRjX-8WWawP4YpSnbLHaItU1MtLmj4ED2or3w6HQs9JRC_ncwa6iL1T8lKGQ2MnoB2WLKbxLVUKyTs8eFnBgVv33Ucgqor_VVqk50n6USiqKOnBhwoWyP8TetseVYQ/s320/20230911_182757.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our stateroom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div></div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-34096948738557076602023-10-11T15:29:00.002-04:002023-10-11T16:02:53.216-04:00On the road again!<p>We were off on our long-awaited trip to Europe this past September. It was our first international flights since COVID. I have to say though I was more worried about losing our luggage and the possibility of delayed or cancelled flights than I was about COVID, although it too was a worry. </p><p>We flew from Ottawa to Toronto and our sister flying in from Calgary met us there, then it was on to Bucharest through Frankfurt. We had to clear customs in Frankfurt and worried about making our flight, but we needn't have worried as the automated customs clearance worked well and because the next gate was close by, and the flight was delayed in any case. We arrived in Bucharest midafternoon; the checked bags for about 20 people on the flight were missing, including three of us. The staff in Bucharest spoke very little English and the Wifi in the airport was extremely poor. Luckly, my sister had purchased a European SIM card so once she enabled the card, we were able to file our report with Lufthansa. Lufthansa had already sent an email to let us know that the bags had been left in Frankfurt and would be on the next flight that evening to Bucharest. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-iUh0GtEe-bplCcvPsV49yuHiXHj4sd0BxvWnR9iWHGYd2glOFhLEkHQ2Jk21LMClCrxC9MpyPKynu9PLyix0cY7dmMtn_dC42UyrYB3QOqykkawxGfLUoXYAsgt3HWYFptW3UYtzUNVc3MArmLecuRSoCGBvCICbI21u1VZ4xVRygOxJ9AdAwb0VCc/s4000/20230906_144352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-iUh0GtEe-bplCcvPsV49yuHiXHj4sd0BxvWnR9iWHGYd2glOFhLEkHQ2Jk21LMClCrxC9MpyPKynu9PLyix0cY7dmMtn_dC42UyrYB3QOqykkawxGfLUoXYAsgt3HWYFptW3UYtzUNVc3MArmLecuRSoCGBvCICbI21u1VZ4xVRygOxJ9AdAwb0VCc/s320/20230906_144352.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Our bags did arrive the next day but after we had already checked out of our hotel to go to the pre-cruise hotel that Amawaterways was using. It was the hotel that let us know the bags had arrived. Lufthansa never sent an updated email and the contact information that they had for the courier company was out of date.</p><p>We had a four-day pre-cruise, two nights in Bucharest and two nights in Brasov. I had wanted to do this itinerary because it included Bran Castle that is also known as Dracula's Castle. So, our first day in Bucharest was just an evening walk after checking into our first hotel. We were able to locate the Amawaterways hotel and have dinner at a <a href="https://www.carucubere.ro/en/">restaurant </a>I had found online. We walked down to the Parliament Buildings; it's the second largest administration building in the world, only the Pentagon is larger. And we also located the fountains at Piata Unirii, we would go back to the fountains another evening to see a multimedia light show.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKTZ9PLEd2AjgUPnW1vI2WxGlQtZWQbEZMeAc_JZ7Vr73di3xU4fyWpO2ImnTq5sVf7czusGYu0WURrrjtrGjNV4gSnb1bn7eGAkG1_tkyFVD_8fs2K8ZdLFDmW-LLqP7wFrrw9NaP60LsBSb2u73cKkgvnRpAcZXLCaK_n2FbjhQ39PQ4IrwmoMNUoE/s3648/20230906_172535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKTZ9PLEd2AjgUPnW1vI2WxGlQtZWQbEZMeAc_JZ7Vr73di3xU4fyWpO2ImnTq5sVf7czusGYu0WURrrjtrGjNV4gSnb1bn7eGAkG1_tkyFVD_8fs2K8ZdLFDmW-LLqP7wFrrw9NaP60LsBSb2u73cKkgvnRpAcZXLCaK_n2FbjhQ39PQ4IrwmoMNUoE/s320/20230906_172535.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Just after we arrived at the second hotel my BIL got an email to say our bags had been delivered to the first hotel so he went to pick them up. There are no excursions on the first day of a pre-cruise, only a reception in the evening to let you know what would happen on the pre-cruise. We walked down to a nearby park and shopping district.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaA9QPyrB6mU914bn73BpbeEkP1Y0Yx874vddEmKlF0GSfBSp2VJPLZB5fgtlpCEDozUeKY-ej9gT8BXGSLny3dr7jR1dnpx3KPP15Uw6p3YQlJgb1vUksuh5HzJwCncIdNkVx-OTf7H4CpanZvABKB5KCniwVdrolCSXaPyliBKK4UIxT5Zm5RI_ndcY/s4000/20230907_112918.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaA9QPyrB6mU914bn73BpbeEkP1Y0Yx874vddEmKlF0GSfBSp2VJPLZB5fgtlpCEDozUeKY-ej9gT8BXGSLny3dr7jR1dnpx3KPP15Uw6p3YQlJgb1vUksuh5HzJwCncIdNkVx-OTf7H4CpanZvABKB5KCniwVdrolCSXaPyliBKK4UIxT5Zm5RI_ndcY/s320/20230907_112918.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/carture-ti-carusel-bookstore">Book store</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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My pictures show a very vibrant city but many buildings were still vacant or under renovation. The next day we had a walking tour with a guide that would be with our group throughout the pre-cruise. Walter, our guide, was quite funny and kept us entertained with stories and jokes during the tour and on the bus trips. After the walking tour, we split up, my sister and I to have a spa afternoon and my other sister, BIL and some friends who had joined with us went to an outdoor museum of Romanian life.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7BfMoZyQx2lWriX8F-wljH6sW_4r55Tzz9nkn4wG71oLsUXZ9l02o59QHA_3J234ZqNPbPH2lj_oDYEs83g-siKWr-rJdolJv1i812JvL98RBEVeJh_QolBGZqHdWSTJOc4xkIfOIi2tVBu1IdpzhxIKNkAEEfmWBINLi4qWmcoTlZ2turAz4XzerrM/s3670/20230908_100447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2704" data-original-width="3670" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7BfMoZyQx2lWriX8F-wljH6sW_4r55Tzz9nkn4wG71oLsUXZ9l02o59QHA_3J234ZqNPbPH2lj_oDYEs83g-siKWr-rJdolJv1i812JvL98RBEVeJh_QolBGZqHdWSTJOc4xkIfOIi2tVBu1IdpzhxIKNkAEEfmWBINLi4qWmcoTlZ2turAz4XzerrM/s320/20230908_100447.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was nice but once you turned on the fountains or water jets it made the pool area very noisy, not spa like at all. So, we just took some time to relax in the pool and then in the dry sauna. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPlwrQWOK5btw3bvV4S1uQwm7uyhriSzgQGxv5AZSZd81PgyOnV4rRKltXqOeWczq-owb2ILI4SXgCVhLFjr_H9CmXXYTROXKpqTaU7sxpEZ8LUogZ7AYGsFX_9Ej0G4PJBHvWxYhGjPyd8yFDWSy3ITfxer2Hq12gZHEucZL1DVaVpfeQc20y_eJvDc/s4000/20230908_143400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPlwrQWOK5btw3bvV4S1uQwm7uyhriSzgQGxv5AZSZd81PgyOnV4rRKltXqOeWczq-owb2ILI4SXgCVhLFjr_H9CmXXYTROXKpqTaU7sxpEZ8LUogZ7AYGsFX_9Ej0G4PJBHvWxYhGjPyd8yFDWSy3ITfxer2Hq12gZHEucZL1DVaVpfeQc20y_eJvDc/s320/20230908_143400.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrxJiINrcBgDYkyAZVWe9b8IyZrYR3OkhelR46PPKcuFy-tYkH8-SWCsvAAv_v4Woqf4vqgqdUeBdSHDzGvykFIuUzKuhtYDF2RxOsnnCLpa0Z6BQAmU0Fa3f56Hp42zxW8FAGhJeXMcRtrYLk-rreE7QEeB5m6Otffo18AZ9Of435jGnP5s2qpy18s4/s4000/20230908_140316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrxJiINrcBgDYkyAZVWe9b8IyZrYR3OkhelR46PPKcuFy-tYkH8-SWCsvAAv_v4Woqf4vqgqdUeBdSHDzGvykFIuUzKuhtYDF2RxOsnnCLpa0Z6BQAmU0Fa3f56Hp42zxW8FAGhJeXMcRtrYLk-rreE7QEeB5m6Otffo18AZ9Of435jGnP5s2qpy18s4/s320/20230908_140316.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjGDPfty88rgInmdYHqu3ZObs7VGhw0OXRhPLcHPRNlKD7Unry5wdb2_2xx7Zfn8b7kf41BlCwZsf0k2YTq9-1Ms-hbbdzIlaKlot708VyJZiinAcfb6BVLhRIPpqyLSbbwMFfH_JoYqrxVstsYYKkvic2jxeGiEELCUrLBQLJcBv_qipcKyR2-iVWQA/s4000/20230908_134403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjGDPfty88rgInmdYHqu3ZObs7VGhw0OXRhPLcHPRNlKD7Unry5wdb2_2xx7Zfn8b7kf41BlCwZsf0k2YTq9-1Ms-hbbdzIlaKlot708VyJZiinAcfb6BVLhRIPpqyLSbbwMFfH_JoYqrxVstsYYKkvic2jxeGiEELCUrLBQLJcBv_qipcKyR2-iVWQA/s320/20230908_134403.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>Not having heard from the others yet the two of us went to dinner. We did meet up with them to go see the show at the fountains. They do a multimedia show in the summer on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. Luckily our last night in Bucharest was on Friday or we would have missed seeing this show. They shut down traffic on this boulevard during the show; but if you're too close to the fountains you will get wet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX95fgBoAhUmJB9MoqA7uueG008x9CgaOxHLI9GF5twq-Mx6Q9OETE0FoMDxYGyk1GKlj1ZPoimUs1Lu_Ioc_4fhbZ4FFD3MtzQuFfDtVR_8vi4oPX-6Sy0bXV-CuqmSrlS0JG9Nf4X_ODZCrZVJTXcbAUs9asrZOEVrAL2sgk8nqlri0WFcm-eAVVC04/s2944/20230908_200549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX95fgBoAhUmJB9MoqA7uueG008x9CgaOxHLI9GF5twq-Mx6Q9OETE0FoMDxYGyk1GKlj1ZPoimUs1Lu_Ioc_4fhbZ4FFD3MtzQuFfDtVR_8vi4oPX-6Sy0bXV-CuqmSrlS0JG9Nf4X_ODZCrZVJTXcbAUs9asrZOEVrAL2sgk8nqlri0WFcm-eAVVC04/s320/20230908_200549.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8oorRWjEzsYjkCqwUNQJQtRTUvmIdrtc1uA4WEKXa_Qtjq1eIeSqB7D7M2TA-MZCc9HOtGFGZvz5KnFVatKgK5NuRdoYkS9boQjSS2Mc5FFPNGWSffKme_2nohi0O4y1c0v9-EWhUG4RT-I8aOS7-1cScFZQ5pHaYdiztyrk3b0aoKIhxGyJs12zRdQ/s4000/20230908_200826.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignlI5N-G3PaDeJjVOi40RR8YxrU14RCHWGKLTgEjdOs5SdD6vxS9cDVL-9z56Bg8kWZn3B0KHFrKhoA1eOLpO9365bTNK0Go5Kr3StMcNRl6addxhxDK-y_dXoO8bbRd2Z53KQ1mHXwo4qrvi5BMZOaC2pjH4KIIDArEcRdc5OyTHdgUEi8I8rMx9b6w/s4000/20230908_215735.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignlI5N-G3PaDeJjVOi40RR8YxrU14RCHWGKLTgEjdOs5SdD6vxS9cDVL-9z56Bg8kWZn3B0KHFrKhoA1eOLpO9365bTNK0Go5Kr3StMcNRl6addxhxDK-y_dXoO8bbRd2Z53KQ1mHXwo4qrvi5BMZOaC2pjH4KIIDArEcRdc5OyTHdgUEi8I8rMx9b6w/s320/20230908_215735.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We had to have our bags out early the next morning for the bus trip to Brasov. We ended up being delayed leaving as there was a large summit being held at the Parliament and many of the officials were at our hotel. We even heard our Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau was staying at the same hotel. As a result, the buses weren't allowed to come up to the hotel until some of the officials had left.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMg3ObcL6DZWzrPkvPvA9bGUi87Fkqf2QgBDAyJWOFx5tXkhkf06FufLtATKNKYS5iZSnTkNLpdVQXhGOuJU6E3ibNY1o3Vnh1t4DdytSPENwI1gVHvRthTo2-3UC3v1XwtlTtqLAuvDEkB3sAlT34pmMxlTm7KeIQeSI6j1E32z71kuPamSEkVngEJHc/s4000/20230907_122930.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMg3ObcL6DZWzrPkvPvA9bGUi87Fkqf2QgBDAyJWOFx5tXkhkf06FufLtATKNKYS5iZSnTkNLpdVQXhGOuJU6E3ibNY1o3Vnh1t4DdytSPENwI1gVHvRthTo2-3UC3v1XwtlTtqLAuvDEkB3sAlT34pmMxlTm7KeIQeSI6j1E32z71kuPamSEkVngEJHc/s320/20230907_122930.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main Lobby</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Zow1Tf8Cahr2XRw0zRBTvkY05zZqS0jSo1lMwZiLlDElN8-9-gBy9l46Tq72jtcs9TvTMoN-KZSxhtoCRtMyC1vSsybGHT5bmJL6-AEk7vydwl3MSAhO782Lsi54tl7jT24Ee5TFYnEE4a9e1Z6H49BoGAj3GC2xP6xIvgy1-y9j-7aMBKfCDvbhaLc/s4000/20230907_172140.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Zow1Tf8Cahr2XRw0zRBTvkY05zZqS0jSo1lMwZiLlDElN8-9-gBy9l46Tq72jtcs9TvTMoN-KZSxhtoCRtMyC1vSsybGHT5bmJL6-AEk7vydwl3MSAhO782Lsi54tl7jT24Ee5TFYnEE4a9e1Z6H49BoGAj3GC2xP6xIvgy1-y9j-7aMBKfCDvbhaLc/s320/20230907_172140.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our room at the Marmorosch</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I'll leave off here and do another post for the second part of our pre-cruise. </p><p></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-43149255742018905872023-10-02T13:50:00.003-04:002023-10-02T21:47:38.602-04:00Tunnel, Tunnel, Tunnel<p>Well, I got home from my river cruise last week, but more about that trip later, this post is about the our last outdoor agility trial of the season. I entered Liam in three events, a Starter Gamblers, and two Advanced Standards. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDn_qeF3vmfnFKINTYrdvO1zcB3n_BzlfASTeM8gfT4DF5BgtyFII_aylvK99QTuv3D7T3zpUs8JHeYMSAuQrQFNzRg89FET0le5v0glAU_Qbq_ntH-7pemJMcuvCdzQiI5oGPqWkU_JSS7cVurJcV8_JN0ACn_LYjQgxyJk2_16Sukg4aXmw9eGYrAI/s1397/Starter%20Gamblers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDn_qeF3vmfnFKINTYrdvO1zcB3n_BzlfASTeM8gfT4DF5BgtyFII_aylvK99QTuv3D7T3zpUs8JHeYMSAuQrQFNzRg89FET0le5v0glAU_Qbq_ntH-7pemJMcuvCdzQiI5oGPqWkU_JSS7cVurJcV8_JN0ACn_LYjQgxyJk2_16Sukg4aXmw9eGYrAI/w309-h400/Starter%20Gamblers.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starter Gamblers</td></tr></tbody></table><p>When I saw the main Gamble, I knew Liam could do this one. For those that don't know, Liam has an eyesight issue that makes it hard for him to judge his take off point for jumps. As a result, he stutter-steps or comes to a complete halt before jumping. This, of course, uses up valuable time which in the main gamble is really limited. </p><p>We started with the progressive mini gamble, the tire, the dog walk and the tunnel. I thought Liam had missed the dog walk contact but knew that even if he only did the tunnel with me behind the line that would be 8 points just for the tunnel. As Liam came out of the tunnel, I heard the judge call 18, so he must have had a toenail in the yellow contact zone. I tried to get him back in the tunnel from behind the line but had to cross the line to get him in the tunnel for another 4 points. I then went up the middle doing the jump, A-frame and the jump before tunnel 3 of the main gamble. I had planned to do tunnel 3 twice going back to the jump before the A-frame but during the judge's briefing, a question from another competitor reminded me that we could do the main gamble obstacles backwards, so I decided to do the tunnels in reverse order. We did the panel jump after tunnel 1 and I was trying to get Liam into the weaves when the buzzer sounded. I put him back into the tunnels and just kept running and shouting tunnel, tunnel, tunnel. We had 18 seconds to do the main gamble, we did it in under 12 seconds. A 35 point opening for our second Starter Gamblers qualifying score. Liam now moves to Advanced Gamblers and now needs two Starter Snooker Q's for his Starter Games title. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7JM2HxP0fc_iHqyZ1_ehuNbOCsEj0OrDDsYEetBTkeJEqueXoGzo3NoTDZR_x7JQMW1fsxwsdJNAaqaLd-2vVlaFW5htNVEzMvB2_EdYOc_YKrVLRE5R945rGp20C3NewmZacthafa0CDpOI9z14_UnUujGopvKjupJWE_tqTRT9tofrmV8VnwuhPoA/s4000/20231002_125728%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7JM2HxP0fc_iHqyZ1_ehuNbOCsEj0OrDDsYEetBTkeJEqueXoGzo3NoTDZR_x7JQMW1fsxwsdJNAaqaLd-2vVlaFW5htNVEzMvB2_EdYOc_YKrVLRE5R945rGp20C3NewmZacthafa0CDpOI9z14_UnUujGopvKjupJWE_tqTRT9tofrmV8VnwuhPoA/s320/20231002_125728%5B1%5D.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>His next two events were his first Advanced events. Liam ran really well, although it helped that there was no long line of jumps on the courses and in some cases, we were doing the backsides of jumps which helps Liam figure out his take off point. In our first Advanced event, we missed our weave entry and Liam bailed off the dog walk, perhaps thinking it was the teeter, but his run was nice, and we were nearly 12 seconds under the standard course time. In our second Standard run, I thought Liam might bail on the teeter, but he did all of his contacts nicely; his only fault was missing again the weave entry. Independent weave entries are in the cards for our practices now. Liam still ran well and was nearly 10 seconds under the course time. Liam won't ever be the fastest dog on course but if he can keep the bars up and listen as well as he did this past weekend we should do fine with agility. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9e0wFIRgjbEdQ8rBmrXiNgMUKe6RcWEIHXxT442YSkzdGmeyZtcCmT4xy5QJD6uLFoKp2E1_FYvg2tJzXhJ_NZlLHwe194rWg6uL5Uo6C9lMgpYA52GxuPanEI3z3CDixL2noIKlSTaR3lePUxRCIxrVinhEJOXAN6_0PgnYELewm_8xZ-dP7LYTzDg/s1024/Top%20Skill%20Adv%20Std%201%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="791" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9e0wFIRgjbEdQ8rBmrXiNgMUKe6RcWEIHXxT442YSkzdGmeyZtcCmT4xy5QJD6uLFoKp2E1_FYvg2tJzXhJ_NZlLHwe194rWg6uL5Uo6C9lMgpYA52GxuPanEI3z3CDixL2noIKlSTaR3lePUxRCIxrVinhEJOXAN6_0PgnYELewm_8xZ-dP7LYTzDg/w309-h400/Top%20Skill%20Adv%20Std%201%20.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advanced Standard 1</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-g_D09KBtX8aF9fnX-m-AjKIojahyphenhyphengJ2Cm5Y_CtXePaJAu5_nMpldFqmsCk0YZvEWlBBRMWL3qSk48LxbykjAxU1pkikOdRnKlgRZdrGXi12_d5KGYAqGIj9Hol1NEC6jAH1skZ-lN0tbxkSu6wCs3Dx8H-BJ9jm04CKMqpafBOkPOrifEsJPfqvS0A/s3300/Top%20Skill%20Adv%20Std%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2549" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-g_D09KBtX8aF9fnX-m-AjKIojahyphenhyphengJ2Cm5Y_CtXePaJAu5_nMpldFqmsCk0YZvEWlBBRMWL3qSk48LxbykjAxU1pkikOdRnKlgRZdrGXi12_d5KGYAqGIj9Hol1NEC6jAH1skZ-lN0tbxkSu6wCs3Dx8H-BJ9jm04CKMqpafBOkPOrifEsJPfqvS0A/w309-h400/Top%20Skill%20Adv%20Std%202.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advanced Standard 2</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Our next trial will be indoors in Nov. I registered Liam for two Advanced Standards and one Starter Snooker. Hopefully we'll have another good day of agility.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-29888989198354452022023-08-15T15:05:00.001-04:002023-08-15T15:05:53.752-04:00Last RPod Adventure for this Summer<p>Last week, we went to Robert Moses State Park, just the other side of the St Lawrence River from Cornwall, Ontario. It was quite an easy drive despite the long detour I had to make because of a bridge being replaced. I arrived before my sister and brother-in-law and since my site was pretty wide and there was a nice grass verge alongside the road, I decided to try and park Podrick myself. I did pretty well, only had to jockey back and forth about three times. I would have liked it further over in the campsite but where it was, it was pretty level, so that's where he stayed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwy0FK6auvmz45R8VpSyg3fJumaXteeoOAW4T6uQEnqrPVCjguz9a7jm0N0apaXYmL_fV0XjdqH0v9Nc55B1B4LArNyZelOSKAM7y253GYwWnGnmma-nfqVbcsq35we8c7nVqPXGz_zD2nFCd2jOvUpLBri9KAp2CS_07XJasevzLZKE6tTPjbc6rrL0/s4000/20230807_151847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwy0FK6auvmz45R8VpSyg3fJumaXteeoOAW4T6uQEnqrPVCjguz9a7jm0N0apaXYmL_fV0XjdqH0v9Nc55B1B4LArNyZelOSKAM7y253GYwWnGnmma-nfqVbcsq35we8c7nVqPXGz_zD2nFCd2jOvUpLBri9KAp2CS_07XJasevzLZKE6tTPjbc6rrL0/s320/20230807_151847.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>To get to the park you have to go through a tunnel that goes under the Eisenhower lock, part of the St Lawrence Seaway. The visitors' center is being rebuilt and the new center is due to open next year so maybe another trip back will be in order. We didn't see any ships going through the lock without WiFi or cell service there wasn't a way for us to check the schedule. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_zORlvub9w10blhrSZF_cMc9qw9QuKrCgHKitGmVbl7dOnLrM7sD782qsrzw-aXVReo3EABfGZcw3wR0X2zuaOGoQmqVxE-J6-y6QZGjUYAD43_SwSmS-vvIyWlPmf03INfQM2ov6bHwMETMQ7IN3B1G2AaPcF_7zEsJ380ninJH1YGb9xjNcT47uUw/s2048/tunnel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_zORlvub9w10blhrSZF_cMc9qw9QuKrCgHKitGmVbl7dOnLrM7sD782qsrzw-aXVReo3EABfGZcw3wR0X2zuaOGoQmqVxE-J6-y6QZGjUYAD43_SwSmS-vvIyWlPmf03INfQM2ov6bHwMETMQ7IN3B1G2AaPcF_7zEsJ380ninJH1YGb9xjNcT47uUw/s320/tunnel.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo credit: Maureen</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Our first day in the park we just took a walk over to see the dam and the marina then over to the beach. On our way over, we had just mentioned that there must be deer in the island when a doe and her fawn crossed the trail ahead of us.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDjZVoZbdIrmkQa34Yc672ksT5a064ydmcJ6bqK_SVUDWFpcYVIL6tei5polr_85loVYdhLbJQ8TZSo5IwLhPuCKXkj_0PMEOzyjiUS1xfBC4e-5grXFJkgBibjwjPkrgDK5_pRF7W9gyKHdSxkNauKJw98H2S72-Gs9ir0wdc9o1Sf6T9iw7F9XvqPY/s4000/20230808_120611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDjZVoZbdIrmkQa34Yc672ksT5a064ydmcJ6bqK_SVUDWFpcYVIL6tei5polr_85loVYdhLbJQ8TZSo5IwLhPuCKXkj_0PMEOzyjiUS1xfBC4e-5grXFJkgBibjwjPkrgDK5_pRF7W9gyKHdSxkNauKJw98H2S72-Gs9ir0wdc9o1Sf6T9iw7F9XvqPY/s320/20230808_120611.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm7coVi-zsqJJHEjSGVR9JsvlfFOob01D5BL7Jah3PX8fs1O0qJ4wH1d93j5VlvHabZZGlda-Dvr2VcG0MO3PPYQYvGOR0Bin8hITNk8Wv0eK8qP5NZvmtLxon6hNuNm_SCiPQJqJHeJMjn48eF0kEldl5RnZ2Ocak-INUt4xl8BgmCSA4F4YWGlyI0w/s4000/20230808_120633.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm7coVi-zsqJJHEjSGVR9JsvlfFOob01D5BL7Jah3PX8fs1O0qJ4wH1d93j5VlvHabZZGlda-Dvr2VcG0MO3PPYQYvGOR0Bin8hITNk8Wv0eK8qP5NZvmtLxon6hNuNm_SCiPQJqJHeJMjn48eF0kEldl5RnZ2Ocak-INUt4xl8BgmCSA4F4YWGlyI0w/s320/20230808_120633.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNak_vmDEYOZlL0083vpypKELMXaGCkHzVa77amPqbsKADu2aql5elEyhLjiE1HbzEwzAkfnIepmDD4sJQqNGqhw_nAoino2GsSOfcgqd5vC4sEsH9FNGjrMQ4ptMATTeZUU8mT8gynPvbz8xFK9eS6tgGs0uBwsSgd-oET050gjKkmpQBJZImd7YdDs/s4000/20230808_122148.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNak_vmDEYOZlL0083vpypKELMXaGCkHzVa77amPqbsKADu2aql5elEyhLjiE1HbzEwzAkfnIepmDD4sJQqNGqhw_nAoino2GsSOfcgqd5vC4sEsH9FNGjrMQ4ptMATTeZUU8mT8gynPvbz8xFK9eS6tgGs0uBwsSgd-oET050gjKkmpQBJZImd7YdDs/s320/20230808_122148.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main beach - Robert Moses State Park</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The next day we took quite a drive to go to the Township 7 Brewery. It was beautiful farming country and we saw lots of Amish families in their horse drawn vehicles and working on the farms.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVbq5863NGblSdoSg4uNkjY3LAVJCKsnapJ6thS03mIsQBSDFeFk32K2atLJucN3YbGDHSVfZLeA33PwsKjeKoXcgArAiAwqnhfMRWrcfEp6CJE9urtgmm1to9xq1j9aFQ-82eMV77VUqTQfsnm8lYVk1zxUQDBJrnokgfE79VEvPmkraORBF_3d8gkE/s4000/20230809_132125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVbq5863NGblSdoSg4uNkjY3LAVJCKsnapJ6thS03mIsQBSDFeFk32K2atLJucN3YbGDHSVfZLeA33PwsKjeKoXcgArAiAwqnhfMRWrcfEp6CJE9urtgmm1to9xq1j9aFQ-82eMV77VUqTQfsnm8lYVk1zxUQDBJrnokgfE79VEvPmkraORBF_3d8gkE/s320/20230809_132125.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9rf5iyPmyOHtR2PmOUK51if0uWFEOV-VTygx-AwnToUx0upfr77Pmfgp6CkAxbWN5vvhpQiwLhHm0yOPz88HZ67JV5qedvh0DEaTnEEsY-9Wfi0pySPe1yfZTZIlp1luuaJ4OV12R3waGQpupgnYg6DRKT_CorHmB_DA6-et6kp4gNNY9diMFPHcrIo/s4000/20230809_132542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9rf5iyPmyOHtR2PmOUK51if0uWFEOV-VTygx-AwnToUx0upfr77Pmfgp6CkAxbWN5vvhpQiwLhHm0yOPz88HZ67JV5qedvh0DEaTnEEsY-9Wfi0pySPe1yfZTZIlp1luuaJ4OV12R3waGQpupgnYg6DRKT_CorHmB_DA6-et6kp4gNNY9diMFPHcrIo/s320/20230809_132542.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv54YMAHonVm1hSix_ATCrrGvr2lsRBcZbwQ7n-52Zpbi8u94Ufwhou4fbxW9vgboTd8iKPxH-dm4DR7gJFzQwZTYk0QNwoLi9J0lzPaE3IdI6UGw5ZHetUd9LqIBagk5qEB2yicihVEznculLai0aCkBJp--8RmWoTDNCd7YAPT5Tzn_4LMttiAnrDdk/s4000/20230809_142821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv54YMAHonVm1hSix_ATCrrGvr2lsRBcZbwQ7n-52Zpbi8u94Ufwhou4fbxW9vgboTd8iKPxH-dm4DR7gJFzQwZTYk0QNwoLi9J0lzPaE3IdI6UGw5ZHetUd9LqIBagk5qEB2yicihVEznculLai0aCkBJp--8RmWoTDNCd7YAPT5Tzn_4LMttiAnrDdk/s320/20230809_142821.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEQXnXPDYeFiiiMUtmRWIiLbfrqOjFA_kewpuxVl8JZh89v2ZmmSwkBflfJPptXKgMiJjcjQujKAnf0ptTQEIStr9uhz17wd5nL6mAuEJwG9vKY_IMWfzYXoMeo4I5PIpTC9dZSL58oz9t-BIEqrXTHVzPuANDVp8SrX1Cr9VbWppDCdQGV63nLlIWlg/s4000/20230809_143615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEQXnXPDYeFiiiMUtmRWIiLbfrqOjFA_kewpuxVl8JZh89v2ZmmSwkBflfJPptXKgMiJjcjQujKAnf0ptTQEIStr9uhz17wd5nL6mAuEJwG9vKY_IMWfzYXoMeo4I5PIpTC9dZSL58oz9t-BIEqrXTHVzPuANDVp8SrX1Cr9VbWppDCdQGV63nLlIWlg/s320/20230809_143615.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>After getting back to the campground, I took Teddy and Liam down to the river to cool off. There was a path from another campsite that went down to a nice private little beach. Liam was having nothing to do with coming in the water once I had his lifejacket on. Teddy loves chasing waves and wading but is not really keen on swimming.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP0YOqfQaCNFf_pZfEtWQNtBbh026qK4Cr5rtiX0wBWSFJyEof_vfm9x5c4SSvswNcvzLPpTzcc8zAUCvd7Dl4CC4X6XH23_U26YyI-WSygRm5NAtOkPbwp5-R86QOLQxHMQ9KjQjgh5SeHMQwD0dffWqlVo9uEZzT-7EH5Kb8Za2K9jM1Q71QJLdTfU/s4000/20230809_162301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP0YOqfQaCNFf_pZfEtWQNtBbh026qK4Cr5rtiX0wBWSFJyEof_vfm9x5c4SSvswNcvzLPpTzcc8zAUCvd7Dl4CC4X6XH23_U26YyI-WSygRm5NAtOkPbwp5-R86QOLQxHMQ9KjQjgh5SeHMQwD0dffWqlVo9uEZzT-7EH5Kb8Za2K9jM1Q71QJLdTfU/s320/20230809_162301.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVNTfo6nR0R6Abn8khc0nzOW2ks-7L2Pc_o9s0GsSmgNYqSE9M_BOuprZLcm0fMGEMd9jjZB4QtCxyIUZb_ZuTq4vmcNKK3PD-RcV-cjBO8YEkUCs7WXW1wbimqMIWnQGrHDvkNfOYUbuSFQV7QJJOrfW-PQhZcHIZ6UUKnHGUNrQ28NGWPe-s8X2jko/s4000/20230809_162322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVNTfo6nR0R6Abn8khc0nzOW2ks-7L2Pc_o9s0GsSmgNYqSE9M_BOuprZLcm0fMGEMd9jjZB4QtCxyIUZb_ZuTq4vmcNKK3PD-RcV-cjBO8YEkUCs7WXW1wbimqMIWnQGrHDvkNfOYUbuSFQV7QJJOrfW-PQhZcHIZ6UUKnHGUNrQ28NGWPe-s8X2jko/s320/20230809_162322.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We always eat well when camping. On this trip, we had to be flexible with our plans. The meal we had this night had been delayed from the previous evening due to rain and on our last night we ended up going out to supper again due to the rain. This peach pork tenderloin with potatoes and asparagus was my main meal contribution.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NrAx1a6spEnatnfP_x7Ejf16DHmVqqTSAuLVx6l9AVeTeYronGF9Qv0FHfJv_z3m3NWZ4OE6siZ20ydAOrh_EpAynj5NwJjFFYXw_z4K070XCBxrmp6vJ9LxKA_LasMTtn62kaWJYo1JfXrVEqr9mIY6Jon9uNBmFO_vHR3QKVXg_bQ8VCwZp-rL0jk/s4000/20230809_182430.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NrAx1a6spEnatnfP_x7Ejf16DHmVqqTSAuLVx6l9AVeTeYronGF9Qv0FHfJv_z3m3NWZ4OE6siZ20ydAOrh_EpAynj5NwJjFFYXw_z4K070XCBxrmp6vJ9LxKA_LasMTtn62kaWJYo1JfXrVEqr9mIY6Jon9uNBmFO_vHR3QKVXg_bQ8VCwZp-rL0jk/s320/20230809_182430.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7mM1Bk_ggFBh9TXa_jEP_vl0BC7MZaw2gjuli3dOGM9sGz7ruDKKIYogXmsYAMJsNg-SloSR4q84XxnEZ_o49dLDFdTBSF9kaD6dkNbN6NIcucYUcT3Z-mqSy7G-pACxGxElRyFL9X2EOagwoaPu0pocobqqbaN3LTE0nCNgpnj5foqC-VAXNEKWp_I/s4000/20230809_182605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7mM1Bk_ggFBh9TXa_jEP_vl0BC7MZaw2gjuli3dOGM9sGz7ruDKKIYogXmsYAMJsNg-SloSR4q84XxnEZ_o49dLDFdTBSF9kaD6dkNbN6NIcucYUcT3Z-mqSy7G-pACxGxElRyFL9X2EOagwoaPu0pocobqqbaN3LTE0nCNgpnj5foqC-VAXNEKWp_I/s320/20230809_182605.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Despite the rain, we had a fire each night and had some great sunsets. There was a path down to the shoreline at my campsite too. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JG4nElEFJHEO0ykqQm_OAD05v97MtnFDvX3aVHSzlrUHqwO4viVcLHeLg3KH-6bVuQ50UCEg6eVJoXfpBTUnFtkPBfHv7exnTRnAnJfPnLZ9SepDzodvIHbuI1xbSSGcAicvtv2wcqLdu3KngKiBl4U4FE0V0Oie3QJOLBZoM_V5ohyMQSEKTKlS6cI/s4000/20230809_205428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JG4nElEFJHEO0ykqQm_OAD05v97MtnFDvX3aVHSzlrUHqwO4viVcLHeLg3KH-6bVuQ50UCEg6eVJoXfpBTUnFtkPBfHv7exnTRnAnJfPnLZ9SepDzodvIHbuI1xbSSGcAicvtv2wcqLdu3KngKiBl4U4FE0V0Oie3QJOLBZoM_V5ohyMQSEKTKlS6cI/s320/20230809_205428.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUoWcQ9H26BQSepNUgsr6iWHxw-Sh-WeHDkxstCFBoumvPgKdK3zUwaqrJY_Bja6U61gsoSMhG2TtxLOcVQZemjVff9FoZtAVMb3VXr1kenOi9E9Cfn1xJdqhCugjO8g2ASo28USsWRUoEP9HXrZ7OUxEzaFp8OEGUl6nd_YFnYr8anDA5co8SL_pA2Q/s4000/20230809_194435.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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The trails are dog friendly, so after taking a short hike I put the dogs back in the car and we explored the nature center. It poured rain while we were visiting there so had to wait out the rain. Luckily, the nature center has free WiFi and comfortable seating.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEeH-DOrY9RSPhBmF4K0NaLHkyZ-2du7sb1StFY-mSl48zs9dMyobUgCZpNkcSeTeyFre5Kd0BYWycYIDCXTw9u4qcQ0iEozhPFVeA8yTb2sl2EUSDX84CuF0Pu3mflUmA5ACGpriRrylpkwUOJ43lvLohXZm8iwDgYrQFeuNlZrOJG4Z8DC89cr7zxE4/s4000/20230810_123938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEeH-DOrY9RSPhBmF4K0NaLHkyZ-2du7sb1StFY-mSl48zs9dMyobUgCZpNkcSeTeyFre5Kd0BYWycYIDCXTw9u4qcQ0iEozhPFVeA8yTb2sl2EUSDX84CuF0Pu3mflUmA5ACGpriRrylpkwUOJ43lvLohXZm8iwDgYrQFeuNlZrOJG4Z8DC89cr7zxE4/s320/20230810_123938.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPnX2Muhlkt4XphtC3DOu_VVx5Y4qyOA_A-IhsdFOXDnV7qmoV9lJoGt4sz4TBgLQ9-taEIr95J8TMVpMtdKLFj6o1cjrdRHHu1-XqweMw09y1EC1mvE62NDMDycYBOkeT_iiJwC1LHKQz1fWeay1wfBouiWqHQ8_kkca1A5qqY_owbmHotPQhlSFRtY/s4000/20230810_123524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPnX2Muhlkt4XphtC3DOu_VVx5Y4qyOA_A-IhsdFOXDnV7qmoV9lJoGt4sz4TBgLQ9-taEIr95J8TMVpMtdKLFj6o1cjrdRHHu1-XqweMw09y1EC1mvE62NDMDycYBOkeT_iiJwC1LHKQz1fWeay1wfBouiWqHQ8_kkca1A5qqY_owbmHotPQhlSFRtY/s320/20230810_123524.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAu7zXrE_VIXWcbfDi4u9_b2NsAgid3yulSNJFXdl1cODUKuCZIw9c1CGlRqYBx7_WkdmwKqP7TrsJYt4jdeQyY3e1EASXVIUp4net9fTsrEst9jsyGKDytogI9K5ZYkszV9TNbt0bFz3tBykKYQuiwVeaQTZG51S48FFekXfAATlFYBlMUozZrk0jNpU/s4000/20230810_131101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAu7zXrE_VIXWcbfDi4u9_b2NsAgid3yulSNJFXdl1cODUKuCZIw9c1CGlRqYBx7_WkdmwKqP7TrsJYt4jdeQyY3e1EASXVIUp4net9fTsrEst9jsyGKDytogI9K5ZYkszV9TNbt0bFz3tBykKYQuiwVeaQTZG51S48FFekXfAATlFYBlMUozZrk0jNpU/s320/20230810_131101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>After it cleared up, I went for a little drive. There were signs for a picnic area where I thought I'd be able to let the dogs loose, but it was gated off. Along the road though, I saw about a dozen deer, many turkeys and numerous Canada geese. And who knew, we were halfway between the equator and the North Pole.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1RTGvlWKl_OSFTY31l1IMOJC2WN4p2vJT750OCg54yeyarRKP7ki2VsGowJQDl-Va6PnxiamsE_3V6FHcFDEq4-8Z-IJ_OE7PEGMiOHMdVMY3C4vRew15EUsa3_8q9XW1HT0qQ6LHhUQLLOysK2iBvITBZbTX65due91RJBIFVovdC-wTEn4MpHfv18/s4000/20230810_140823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2552" data-original-width="4000" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1RTGvlWKl_OSFTY31l1IMOJC2WN4p2vJT750OCg54yeyarRKP7ki2VsGowJQDl-Va6PnxiamsE_3V6FHcFDEq4-8Z-IJ_OE7PEGMiOHMdVMY3C4vRew15EUsa3_8q9XW1HT0qQ6LHhUQLLOysK2iBvITBZbTX65due91RJBIFVovdC-wTEn4MpHfv18/s320/20230810_140823.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmQ_OKqKrHC3EpZYWzYs8gcWhojlTMb7nQf8noLvEt7rmSDnvYSGfW0DR8yemw-QQI4bRMyUeo30mPoUr2srScRL5k16Nb4Ialkhf12W8KurrnQCffU_8N17dC9VULk-Wi8Azj4so3yjFuWl_ThcbDDxLBqf4ScJphSODY0OhpX7C55aC1IuSkqPIZPo/s4000/20230810_141432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmQ_OKqKrHC3EpZYWzYs8gcWhojlTMb7nQf8noLvEt7rmSDnvYSGfW0DR8yemw-QQI4bRMyUeo30mPoUr2srScRL5k16Nb4Ialkhf12W8KurrnQCffU_8N17dC9VULk-Wi8Azj4so3yjFuWl_ThcbDDxLBqf4ScJphSODY0OhpX7C55aC1IuSkqPIZPo/s320/20230810_141432.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We took our time getting ready to leave on the last day since it wasn't a long drive home, and we still were able to leave the campsites by the checkout time. The drive home went well, except for a tire blow out when I was only about 30 minutes from home.. I called CAA and messaged my sister as CAA had said it could be three to four hours to get service. My BIL made it out to me and had the tire changed before CAA arrived. So now Podrick needs new shoes again. I'll probably wait until next spring to buy them. It came up in my FB memories today that he got those shoes on this day in 2019. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mGeP8aER4XmbrkCvTFCb92DSY-kRxLLTQfaagmn57eUyEUAuTJX-OyRR_1FT6cGmwFAZ745rJjL9aC-ZZae9NRNf7pPkZ69ydhS2gxfEp4kRZPdHBLa-8YHo9D9TB3owQbMMxPNVA6X-77SUBoXu0vreQ7M2tDbmvcxYHQ5O4RV2o2W3ceE2NOoX1E4/s4000/20230811_151613.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mGeP8aER4XmbrkCvTFCb92DSY-kRxLLTQfaagmn57eUyEUAuTJX-OyRR_1FT6cGmwFAZ745rJjL9aC-ZZae9NRNf7pPkZ69ydhS2gxfEp4kRZPdHBLa-8YHo9D9TB3owQbMMxPNVA6X-77SUBoXu0vreQ7M2tDbmvcxYHQ5O4RV2o2W3ceE2NOoX1E4/s320/20230811_151613.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>That's another summer of camping done. Just finished and I'm already thinking of next year. </p><p><br /></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-30223468968153574802023-07-26T05:00:00.001-04:002023-07-26T05:00:00.145-04:00Wordless Wednesday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw4wF_XvA4nca2gzTfaJBUjauZsCHUuE7nYxWfZkgYgdnnWEGaa_1Ftuk4DgNfFQYPRpPRCICw6J7Z4DkWOiw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvA8uzmbEyjt2yl-_TVm_B-dEH9iWxBxJD9N7D9IqX-5gbO5nFZLIz5JsxspawXzk9dsZZIKLFte41NMQPwmAiRV6Kz7X16ksYfHSTV40SWfDx_UiMl1s1b2u2yQgh3wf8lHFY2fWLZOPo--FmRUMGKI-0GlYhp365fEqVx48ODs_6fzbKmqoW7Uft2A/s2403/img053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2403" data-original-width="2151" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvA8uzmbEyjt2yl-_TVm_B-dEH9iWxBxJD9N7D9IqX-5gbO5nFZLIz5JsxspawXzk9dsZZIKLFte41NMQPwmAiRV6Kz7X16ksYfHSTV40SWfDx_UiMl1s1b2u2yQgh3wf8lHFY2fWLZOPo--FmRUMGKI-0GlYhp365fEqVx48ODs_6fzbKmqoW7Uft2A/s320/img053.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">K9 Kup Starter Standard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-70033666773818800722023-07-17T14:36:00.004-04:002023-07-17T15:26:44.872-04:00Bon Echo Memories<p>Last year we stopped at Bon Echo but only for one night as that was all we could get without moving to a different campsite each night. This year we booked early but still were pipped at the post for the sites we wanted. We got sites in the radio free campground that are further away from the lake; it turned out to be a much quieter campground. I arrived at the campground before my sister and brother-in-law; after missing my loop and doing a tour of the whole campground I finally found my site. It took me twice more around before I got my trailer backed into my site, but I did it. I have to say I did give some thought to just taking my sister's site because I could have pulled across that one. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7jZtbYRO5Wf5ibjD2Xg9TmEROsravdSdIyM01OoR6lZSmRMn0x6UwNhs9grb0OiTyH6StcRFsv74rxYHCUqcYtL4KhsnxrVvinsNYIU7TfEmhrpGZbtGtXyWv6ngDlQMw1HXkBwx4OY8og4PZ5Tu9RWJbBafhck8BYf48rcMsWdUgQp8OSjelmcTrrE/s4000/20230712_091918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7jZtbYRO5Wf5ibjD2Xg9TmEROsravdSdIyM01OoR6lZSmRMn0x6UwNhs9grb0OiTyH6StcRFsv74rxYHCUqcYtL4KhsnxrVvinsNYIU7TfEmhrpGZbtGtXyWv6ngDlQMw1HXkBwx4OY8og4PZ5Tu9RWJbBafhck8BYf48rcMsWdUgQp8OSjelmcTrrE/s320/20230712_091918.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>There's a nice dog beach at Bob Echo where the dogs are actually permitted to be off leash. The next day we took Teddy and Liam down for a swim. I had brought their life jackets. Teddy is quite keen to go wading and didn't even mind swimming. Liam had to be dragged out. I did that twice so he would get the idea that with the lifejacket he's not going to sink, then we just let him wade and meet the other dogs. </p><p>We had a thunderstorm overnight and had breakfast in the rain the next day. Afterwards we headed into town as I needed milk and so we could go the Pioneer Museum. The bonus was that there was not only cell service but open Wifi so we sat in the pavilion at the small park for a while before heading back to the campground.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynReGlB0v2c_QzJxP6UbTl0suawjQAKGXiTNJnQS06fJ8xZKc9vrGKUA6Czbn_dYTRH7boqXcQWzjZjZwML9rEe1xa_kiFp8NSk0mwc83rV-OW25yts1Lz5U8DC0Rp_tKagt09yoYMQd_91TARKuzsoZUhGq88Y6_xjWLc3TPZYeopkK5Q3VKTdgpmk0/s4000/20230713_141501.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynReGlB0v2c_QzJxP6UbTl0suawjQAKGXiTNJnQS06fJ8xZKc9vrGKUA6Czbn_dYTRH7boqXcQWzjZjZwML9rEe1xa_kiFp8NSk0mwc83rV-OW25yts1Lz5U8DC0Rp_tKagt09yoYMQd_91TARKuzsoZUhGq88Y6_xjWLc3TPZYeopkK5Q3VKTdgpmk0/s320/20230713_141501.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pavilion</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0x7WDjikofxjQnJghd4wOh0Gh6Tj7YYTAUPUaPmMWBPsn_CANuCnDxB5zP0qIVoPzNMbFw7k5kw-uAg_IziFJwSnoOfZzxoDxYVhgPEtNt8etzvC4JWX9-ZVavm0ORX9QZACYgNAPTixm8aSq8PCEWprOXoeBVGvQPin2NumHQN4dh1f-_Bte79clPA/s4000/20230713_141756.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0x7WDjikofxjQnJghd4wOh0Gh6Tj7YYTAUPUaPmMWBPsn_CANuCnDxB5zP0qIVoPzNMbFw7k5kw-uAg_IziFJwSnoOfZzxoDxYVhgPEtNt8etzvC4JWX9-ZVavm0ORX9QZACYgNAPTixm8aSq8PCEWprOXoeBVGvQPin2NumHQN4dh1f-_Bte79clPA/s320/20230713_141756.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cloyne Pioneer Museum</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Later I walked the dogs down to the lagoon and the narrows through the adjacent campground. I walked back on the park road to our campground to get an idea of how far it was; it was quite a long walk.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9tCW6JCPwo2idsioeqTBPY5iRi-KNKZQcBY6hUlABhynA_HQDVMJZbJ5yRU4hXfRHa0EktZGMBHSKm_YX0l-2ounUsTyJxUX9lD4AjCxOJxs_4oVM4KFehj_P_mQKlHArpPSyI6Wy0LSFQc7EPICNp11rb124VEhdRpK59muAw9GtBU76hlUX9HAxVQ/s4000/20230713_161536.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9tCW6JCPwo2idsioeqTBPY5iRi-KNKZQcBY6hUlABhynA_HQDVMJZbJ5yRU4hXfRHa0EktZGMBHSKm_YX0l-2ounUsTyJxUX9lD4AjCxOJxs_4oVM4KFehj_P_mQKlHArpPSyI6Wy0LSFQc7EPICNp11rb124VEhdRpK59muAw9GtBU76hlUX9HAxVQ/s320/20230713_161536.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lagoon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7P7VoENKA88qJY1Dq2_-NLNfrLjmHIT2mQlKe7b_8AXe7kytUQhSAovgc-nm2I5vbZO1XMVZOHHpoLoa9_cBntBRirEPAbbgJSK0klk4Oe-0EIePiszt-SsI17EP5fbPzzkZyhxsmsD4BAkoZYw9iggAi23eUYBxvA3pjYS-oLjHo1hWIlzYJmmhb7m8/s3614/20230713_161544.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2625" data-original-width="3614" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7P7VoENKA88qJY1Dq2_-NLNfrLjmHIT2mQlKe7b_8AXe7kytUQhSAovgc-nm2I5vbZO1XMVZOHHpoLoa9_cBntBRirEPAbbgJSK0klk4Oe-0EIePiszt-SsI17EP5fbPzzkZyhxsmsD4BAkoZYw9iggAi23eUYBxvA3pjYS-oLjHo1hWIlzYJmmhb7m8/s320/20230713_161544.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colourful canoes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QPI3tABNac20f0Qo4m7wKuu7HwClDVq94dRZ0Nzhc7hGnKnhFc9UQhbLpdkVS708jFq3u8kElG3jiI6jilgYbvjkz1offLG3KdzxpmTLHgVWAPx4mhdeAYg33iCqKH0Hz9nbfwa7Srtskcil-T2i6cYq2lg1YIrQ3PL6xKingw1dCJuCauC-MWoLtiY/s4000/20230713_162612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QPI3tABNac20f0Qo4m7wKuu7HwClDVq94dRZ0Nzhc7hGnKnhFc9UQhbLpdkVS708jFq3u8kElG3jiI6jilgYbvjkz1offLG3KdzxpmTLHgVWAPx4mhdeAYg33iCqKH0Hz9nbfwa7Srtskcil-T2i6cYq2lg1YIrQ3PL6xKingw1dCJuCauC-MWoLtiY/s320/20230713_162612.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoefNyRirXNourR70rMXBLLoHL2Dk2k_rH4KYdK9bCU60zsyAcbb0qtQNna3mizlJx8YuffwjPqdm4BWhE0hkZ6-Z-gB8TVQ1AZsJmZb7ggGk9GaGsBGU-Gm5nsunXSJayIHzK74JvNWyyHbD7Zr4Eu3nNffobrizMnFLltjAgbdXhWQFIr8oofgq8sk/s4000/20230713_162633.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoefNyRirXNourR70rMXBLLoHL2Dk2k_rH4KYdK9bCU60zsyAcbb0qtQNna3mizlJx8YuffwjPqdm4BWhE0hkZ6-Z-gB8TVQ1AZsJmZb7ggGk9GaGsBGU-Gm5nsunXSJayIHzK74JvNWyyHbD7Zr4Eu3nNffobrizMnFLltjAgbdXhWQFIr8oofgq8sk/s320/20230713_162633.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mazinaw Rock</td></tr></tbody></table>Bon Echo is known for the pictographs on Mazinaw Rock but to see them you have to take a tour boat or rent a canoe or kayak. I have never done that, perhaps one day I will.<div><br /></div><div>The next day I drove down to the Narrows to take the dogs wading there. Teddy was all excited to go in wading and bark at boats, Liam stayed on shore.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIZJHJ-l_VLa3FxRE-anp-bYHgz9XtOXYij1G9GY7aEMu0lkzEAR4xPPzsq4XcJZ5SvvgX5--3hGs3N940XJD5KCVcT1D_ptOh6WnGYCuWssC6facIYICFclUdWIqxdubzpVGs7AayHXl2Qpvcjxpsy6DB750E_keoNXhcuAuk_cYI6RvIBFVITNoHBA/s4000/20230714_113006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2462" data-original-width="4000" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIZJHJ-l_VLa3FxRE-anp-bYHgz9XtOXYij1G9GY7aEMu0lkzEAR4xPPzsq4XcJZ5SvvgX5--3hGs3N940XJD5KCVcT1D_ptOh6WnGYCuWssC6facIYICFclUdWIqxdubzpVGs7AayHXl2Qpvcjxpsy6DB750E_keoNXhcuAuk_cYI6RvIBFVITNoHBA/s320/20230714_113006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPuZNIbHS0SoFbZe5jXbCJZSO-6B_nBvXv6Cwu5zoZRDusx49o_2StBhrLoFOyrJT_Aqgqz4IwffLwsAJtXF8lDAWYxc712q-8opAGrU59QEiFtHhEpxGo-QCKkQauFwriSA2XKJztcZxaGsIByXnYhb-heYx8_GLmk37V-Tv4sJ-x7ydAVdiAgrwjt0/s4000/20230714_113014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9wZqspuGPrZQDBH1EE8UtCpJqXpOaF0RTbTbHJTwajqBV_HxZB7iYFgC18wmMMoAvT1DyTUTaVxdaCOne0GSxtMmueDeLbFarCnRJJlHgLwX7mcqQQBQnEMq-9FBCMwX1hn2cSXiduAmX6Z5uXFX3UA5fHIw8V1bDMkcDBVDE3P7E9dj6-3fQbjbmqk/s4000/20230714_114107.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9wZqspuGPrZQDBH1EE8UtCpJqXpOaF0RTbTbHJTwajqBV_HxZB7iYFgC18wmMMoAvT1DyTUTaVxdaCOne0GSxtMmueDeLbFarCnRJJlHgLwX7mcqQQBQnEMq-9FBCMwX1hn2cSXiduAmX6Z5uXFX3UA5fHIw8V1bDMkcDBVDE3P7E9dj6-3fQbjbmqk/s320/20230714_114107.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Come in the water's fine!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKvoXpjvMg1scq_yrMpJzUehLKKT3PREtNvAT1_ixgKYBmf4DEIoUuN6uJyd5m670yr1lx5kd8UqX4SjexmRtk-IKNn5q31rbCk87px8RkEMpDScPtMo184LrVQYdqYnnzYOZEPm4IeHjZ7aBitB7p9f1bKYh1a895pWQkz5R3GHAe5J9IG7jDMRqey4/s4000/20230714_114122.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKvoXpjvMg1scq_yrMpJzUehLKKT3PREtNvAT1_ixgKYBmf4DEIoUuN6uJyd5m670yr1lx5kd8UqX4SjexmRtk-IKNn5q31rbCk87px8RkEMpDScPtMo184LrVQYdqYnnzYOZEPm4IeHjZ7aBitB7p9f1bKYh1a895pWQkz5R3GHAe5J9IG7jDMRqey4/s320/20230714_114122.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not coming in!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf359wA9fWRenEhib5eSXCl9ILdjsqodkQM9kh7vHNB4E_82pXd79Fc3kODaT2iqRqSylRjSDqlfpHbvSLrQQDU31vXxMJUC2Al3HbPyD--U6DE4dLpFzA7R3v5oBY2-_BBH7xeSgNhe_Yc1ZjMG80jC2M85EBpl3uhWLgUVk4b7sKVKJtYo0hssXZylo/s4000/20230714_114217.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf359wA9fWRenEhib5eSXCl9ILdjsqodkQM9kh7vHNB4E_82pXd79Fc3kODaT2iqRqSylRjSDqlfpHbvSLrQQDU31vXxMJUC2Al3HbPyD--U6DE4dLpFzA7R3v5oBY2-_BBH7xeSgNhe_Yc1ZjMG80jC2M85EBpl3uhWLgUVk4b7sKVKJtYo0hssXZylo/s320/20230714_114217.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teddy barking at the tour boat.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Later on, that same day, my sister came down with me and we let the dogs paddle again. Liam didn't want to be left behind this time.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASONGmlBji5SGDOhPMjNDNxC_wpNOK9_t51_oZjLf4btxK6wwLMTmWGMPXa3Q4j57vJDdat2wO01oIKsfC1DnuU_ju1HHvt7ANb2Gnq8smhgNXo_mN_EYlUlYdfHOyGSu2eHRWjjpusog4icyvRt8XPVzs3KpdVHC3jeSjy3fJ8n5IufJ66FpweVuH-0/s2048/Teddy%20and%20Liam.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASONGmlBji5SGDOhPMjNDNxC_wpNOK9_t51_oZjLf4btxK6wwLMTmWGMPXa3Q4j57vJDdat2wO01oIKsfC1DnuU_ju1HHvt7ANb2Gnq8smhgNXo_mN_EYlUlYdfHOyGSu2eHRWjjpusog4icyvRt8XPVzs3KpdVHC3jeSjy3fJ8n5IufJ66FpweVuH-0/s320/Teddy%20and%20Liam.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wading is not so bad after all!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>When we arrived at Bon Echo there was a fire ban, but we got lucky, with the rain the fire ban was lifted so we were than able to have campfires. It's not camping without a campfire.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuIAOaq7UMrSSf92LZy9zieLLPBk0WykrKRisk0M3lzpE3nFLKw7UEh34qK9hrmw2B-vzNhTmqcnHSz-SGEmKEyIBsak9B4Eu7MZ9GMM1tz17z2SdXPlyZ9JQ0SQ3VWhLwKZP5Lu7J9nwSDxCPZNYzLa6Dub_HbVBMPhOgDOnCMrCvOugMYX_hly_qSQ/s4000/20230713_214457.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuIAOaq7UMrSSf92LZy9zieLLPBk0WykrKRisk0M3lzpE3nFLKw7UEh34qK9hrmw2B-vzNhTmqcnHSz-SGEmKEyIBsak9B4Eu7MZ9GMM1tz17z2SdXPlyZ9JQ0SQ3VWhLwKZP5Lu7J9nwSDxCPZNYzLa6Dub_HbVBMPhOgDOnCMrCvOugMYX_hly_qSQ/s320/20230713_214457.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My sister's trailer by firelight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8YiRvNwV3z3z6saiL9GbLSbB6OFHv7YsPhULKQv_Bj57qC710TWkFmkkqjCeW6NN2WTJ9VKND9vqBoYmrOchAI4MQT1FpxxbFkexkghXw5Zbq5yMPb83t0HMurUHzcSGxaeATagcPAdPEptoru7UnWtwMKahZ0Cb6SPg3_zznUnipsb18w1tAhpeWTU/s4000/20230713_214730.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8YiRvNwV3z3z6saiL9GbLSbB6OFHv7YsPhULKQv_Bj57qC710TWkFmkkqjCeW6NN2WTJ9VKND9vqBoYmrOchAI4MQT1FpxxbFkexkghXw5Zbq5yMPb83t0HMurUHzcSGxaeATagcPAdPEptoru7UnWtwMKahZ0Cb6SPg3_zznUnipsb18w1tAhpeWTU/s320/20230713_214730.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ontario Parks campfire ring</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyg3NJ7SD_c5GMIOMFyvT8Ibs0sE9YYzvL_bFWwXOauE-XPUfCflIvmLgXJV_309ZOE9YspFm5LZlNhlh0xzOPgD2JvzcLkdmkFYxGdfMSSmR0kM8ClnVfjJwvgvOtZzxRulxSiqahnP7TIXJ27an_JFPPR1Q60TGE2T6tvV1htbkBBpaLIQVvyct6tbc/s4000/20230713_214333.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyg3NJ7SD_c5GMIOMFyvT8Ibs0sE9YYzvL_bFWwXOauE-XPUfCflIvmLgXJV_309ZOE9YspFm5LZlNhlh0xzOPgD2JvzcLkdmkFYxGdfMSSmR0kM8ClnVfjJwvgvOtZzxRulxSiqahnP7TIXJ27an_JFPPR1Q60TGE2T6tvV1htbkBBpaLIQVvyct6tbc/s320/20230713_214333.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solar lights for the path to my campsite.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>As usual, we at very well, our dinner menus included chicken, salmon, pizza and a charcuterie board. For breakfasts, we had blueberry pancakes and bacon, breakfast wraps with sour cream and salsa, and scrambled eggs, sausage with jalapeno cornbread.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBg1DK4cbVjU48vnnf0xOdheIdnU_6lCauSUspzW8JWoatFlO8KUxP-y9CCAgfV_kJs_88I7Triqw0UAo_h41RNIpe9rfDdQIN9lm3X1ab569hcXG_BahH9n0pyIuoWWS1Fm6WVH3s8QbhDk8etVic7EAXtiBw_G7s45Q_1T1Sr0662WDxj_0AxDCVps/s4000/20230711_183242.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBg1DK4cbVjU48vnnf0xOdheIdnU_6lCauSUspzW8JWoatFlO8KUxP-y9CCAgfV_kJs_88I7Triqw0UAo_h41RNIpe9rfDdQIN9lm3X1ab569hcXG_BahH9n0pyIuoWWS1Fm6WVH3s8QbhDk8etVic7EAXtiBw_G7s45Q_1T1Sr0662WDxj_0AxDCVps/s320/20230711_183242.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicken breast with cheese, tomato and Balsamic glaze </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrhhnzVh93TgfvovOGLoiLjfSZ3MvhkzhvARIe92v3ShlsRCGieBc_HAsB-F0WJ3qDlne0Y-WMoMCTwp_edvFMJI0UnUas3LImaUQoxYvr7b28kLX1bAcRTv5Tz9b5FBvqIXpSV8OLotX3uQ7gcothSONjrRCI2yhSpcuRvHPf921hCck2SWk1OidAm4/s3705/20230713_181757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="3705" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrhhnzVh93TgfvovOGLoiLjfSZ3MvhkzhvARIe92v3ShlsRCGieBc_HAsB-F0WJ3qDlne0Y-WMoMCTwp_edvFMJI0UnUas3LImaUQoxYvr7b28kLX1bAcRTv5Tz9b5FBvqIXpSV8OLotX3uQ7gcothSONjrRCI2yhSpcuRvHPf921hCck2SWk1OidAm4/s320/20230713_181757.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AacPfIFAY8LOo3imRM8IC-RZII_70cSDab_i6CDZCmKOFo3cJoScGF7S2NFbCD1EGOEG1D1d43tB60vDD5X9O8lBj5PRCYvZjv2-jaifJIhEJYTKSDDDEfpGkRh4-H6-3ST0mMpSSMAx7Vo5bCDYkEoZs511dkgk2gvZ8ox_w4b2SGD1t2tVV46MGSo/s3686/20230713_181802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="3686" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AacPfIFAY8LOo3imRM8IC-RZII_70cSDab_i6CDZCmKOFo3cJoScGF7S2NFbCD1EGOEG1D1d43tB60vDD5X9O8lBj5PRCYvZjv2-jaifJIhEJYTKSDDDEfpGkRh4-H6-3ST0mMpSSMAx7Vo5bCDYkEoZs511dkgk2gvZ8ox_w4b2SGD1t2tVV46MGSo/s320/20230713_181802.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-88kl1XjLyRcooEy87vZzGYZI8hFEWgQ1qjGJ8_EnHQ2Slt6JnZK01Jx6AfbRzl8URvWR-0iUVj-2_Wr13joHIVnBPnRSK_M4v4giM6-lfScQp0xYzCFx0VWYh7oxmlwBm96LePml37UJPh0cP2VBqIFBkI5UNfJky9nb2vbNImtpKA5aVQr3tQwCUg/s2048/Strawberry%20shortcake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-88kl1XjLyRcooEy87vZzGYZI8hFEWgQ1qjGJ8_EnHQ2Slt6JnZK01Jx6AfbRzl8URvWR-0iUVj-2_Wr13joHIVnBPnRSK_M4v4giM6-lfScQp0xYzCFx0VWYh7oxmlwBm96LePml37UJPh0cP2VBqIFBkI5UNfJky9nb2vbNImtpKA5aVQr3tQwCUg/s320/Strawberry%20shortcake.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strawberry shortcake</td></tr></tbody></table>I really like Bon Echo even though it's quite hard to get into, I'm sure I'll go back again. One day I have to see the pictographs on the cliffs. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisy3CHwlkdrYJKCfeyD_rDIOykvNRFglDOyNzjUgwzjD5YyJrsm0k63KfIz-wIPGfi25HJi9se6g5oNr0K8ENrBiY6s2oUBVOnAFpIsHvbmaEEQwuJt1V7-N8Q07xdZYJx_RITOhJ-wZO31fVBOJWEGLfGJwEd73oUJvuQNwv542CMLiNLUih8uSwH7o/s3235/20230714_194204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3235" data-original-width="2922" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisy3CHwlkdrYJKCfeyD_rDIOykvNRFglDOyNzjUgwzjD5YyJrsm0k63KfIz-wIPGfi25HJi9se6g5oNr0K8ENrBiY6s2oUBVOnAFpIsHvbmaEEQwuJt1V7-N8Q07xdZYJx_RITOhJ-wZO31fVBOJWEGLfGJwEd73oUJvuQNwv542CMLiNLUih8uSwH7o/s320/20230714_194204.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2sh4tNzlNnaWFglsg9ZDYI1ApdP58YVFWwEbbTU0vJk2NRKsufuxU4ENWqQPJ2RKyDed3uZ0NIUUa7MimnPH9uIGslzvRUHO3JDvdBqS9i7VAOiPLM1dZxVel1HckOsyn1ehyQhHFIpSclMaeae60UQKUDMaWi3HOe6ff8UsdJZgmkkcTYSrqHs1rhg/s3441/20230714_121238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="3441" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2sh4tNzlNnaWFglsg9ZDYI1ApdP58YVFWwEbbTU0vJk2NRKsufuxU4ENWqQPJ2RKyDed3uZ0NIUUa7MimnPH9uIGslzvRUHO3JDvdBqS9i7VAOiPLM1dZxVel1HckOsyn1ehyQhHFIpSclMaeae60UQKUDMaWi3HOe6ff8UsdJZgmkkcTYSrqHs1rhg/s320/20230714_121238.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I only have one more camping trip this summer as my big trip coming up in Sep is a river cruise on the Danube so Podrick will be going back into storage early. Sad to see the summer camping season coming to an end but getting excited for the next adventure.<br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-43351068928283216282023-07-05T05:00:00.001-04:002023-07-05T05:00:00.154-04:00Wordless Wednesday - Liam - Agility Dog of Canada<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqvCiLQJqD54ZjRH4keNHeilNLCZYQ70yrgRmHQdXEt3w6ZEGIqIcLKe7a_dZxMtBuA2K6Hu3BkYB_llsD4sL2dbGsIpJblu5bRDvEvS-ugXyqJo8YaPh6uRqHHySHEJjyxCopox5fwJUZIdKGr49Jsd3rYIrj8GSOpEW69A95hADOu0zFU1cf9b7_Sc/s4000/20230702_114027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqvCiLQJqD54ZjRH4keNHeilNLCZYQ70yrgRmHQdXEt3w6ZEGIqIcLKe7a_dZxMtBuA2K6Hu3BkYB_llsD4sL2dbGsIpJblu5bRDvEvS-ugXyqJo8YaPh6uRqHHySHEJjyxCopox5fwJUZIdKGr49Jsd3rYIrj8GSOpEW69A95hADOu0zFU1cf9b7_Sc/s320/20230702_114027.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liam - ADC (first title)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkB7QGq0abb4VuD2oLNAL55m144T-JcazH5JgKBLCoDEHM7qKxokrE2tP34qoCxaDKLqjBQhtUjGfpCimaRWoK4PyPzYprewPw8Adcz4y2TTfb6q2Ua2YGwQTG-qYr5WAaW56rD0APdge0ClhTEyZmeKhzCoxdPi2G-eUcqtGOUSQhoN10NL0hO_lqiaM/s4000/20230702_113823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkB7QGq0abb4VuD2oLNAL55m144T-JcazH5JgKBLCoDEHM7qKxokrE2tP34qoCxaDKLqjBQhtUjGfpCimaRWoK4PyPzYprewPw8Adcz4y2TTfb6q2Ua2YGwQTG-qYr5WAaW56rD0APdge0ClhTEyZmeKhzCoxdPi2G-eUcqtGOUSQhoN10NL0hO_lqiaM/s320/20230702_113823.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Score sheet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-17992797894083542322023-06-27T15:45:00.001-04:002023-06-27T15:45:11.287-04:00Happy Camper<p>Got home last week from a wonderful camping trip to New York state. I've always wanted to go to Watkins Glen but since the gorge trail isn't dog friendly, I'd never been. This year two of my sisters and their husbands were able to join me there. It's quite a drive for me to do in one day so my youngest sister, her husband and I made a stop at Westcott Beach State Park that's located on the US side of Lake Ontario. I made it there before my sister and brother-in-law though they had a much shorter drive, an issue at US Customs delayed them a little. </p><p>My site at Westcott Beach wasn't very deep but it was wide, so I pulled in across the site facing away from the road. I probably could have backed in as there was lots of room and no ditches on either side of the road. But pulling in the way I did gave more privacy on my site. I had an electric site; my sister and her husband were just the other side of the bathrooms on a non-electric site. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SfBcHuoOjP8noeLFLHmveTFkEtmnHwySAZmyoZ7GBRNn1qA0SwzHmjkTjtqwr9FILiAc4QXskbpa9EKajeVn6IX4bK1Y77n_dW1JVu7CcBW4effWuM4Lmar2PL_SyqPHU4GTacJdaMIdmk17VFTI1UcGCKy5Jn1Gc8l8CoSD_18Vr0Oxa9DuNzjU36s/s4000/20230616_151109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SfBcHuoOjP8noeLFLHmveTFkEtmnHwySAZmyoZ7GBRNn1qA0SwzHmjkTjtqwr9FILiAc4QXskbpa9EKajeVn6IX4bK1Y77n_dW1JVu7CcBW4effWuM4Lmar2PL_SyqPHU4GTacJdaMIdmk17VFTI1UcGCKy5Jn1Gc8l8CoSD_18Vr0Oxa9DuNzjU36s/s320/20230616_151109.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Westcott Beach isn't really a destination campground but it seemed to be well used by locals and boaters. The trails in the park are located on the other side of the highway so we didn't bother with those. We did drive into Sacket's Harbor to see some of the sites and enjoy a beer at a brewery, even though it was a tad chilly.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqA_jeBUQhOU2vn_cPCCef04qcBXqBfqrx3hIQCSJqUWiDxsRrgy0RdpuIeqEc00UDS4e8Xocr-7R1EedgKaoQ0qohVDmrPhY6dXcNZd7Bk3LE8pCPWSCSDA6gtSqilAay1VI-qNljyD-9NM0pfFm3y9ZVYXRCc_KE8d4s7xPIIciQ83wRE0WqZItJFUs/s4000/20230617_161332.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqA_jeBUQhOU2vn_cPCCef04qcBXqBfqrx3hIQCSJqUWiDxsRrgy0RdpuIeqEc00UDS4e8Xocr-7R1EedgKaoQ0qohVDmrPhY6dXcNZd7Bk3LE8pCPWSCSDA6gtSqilAay1VI-qNljyD-9NM0pfFm3y9ZVYXRCc_KE8d4s7xPIIciQ83wRE0WqZItJFUs/s320/20230617_161332.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wescott Beach</td></tr></tbody></table> <div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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We had breakfast in the morning and took our time getting packed up, we arrived in Watkins Glen just after 2pm. My other sister and her husband arrived from Ottawa just after we did, they might have even got to the park before us, but they went to the dump station to fill up with water. We would be in Watkins Glen for 4 nights. We had nice sites on the inside of the first loop quite close to the bathrooms. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBGLCkjLLbTe10OsEXhXcIFaMbzRqHzbKZq4rGM8pCOzAqfsQpJxi4WZ2zvUkX9dp57axeXE7PVK95Bbmc-mMOfNiNTJJEVnqzYea4ooQvYSpmbkE6moY6FU5moguWeye7yI0pwobt-2oAFwX0KtL_h3YTWbJDz1tSz8iaTYHRYlF6kFkSlaGYi0P7mw/s4000/20230618_171851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBGLCkjLLbTe10OsEXhXcIFaMbzRqHzbKZq4rGM8pCOzAqfsQpJxi4WZ2zvUkX9dp57axeXE7PVK95Bbmc-mMOfNiNTJJEVnqzYea4ooQvYSpmbkE6moY6FU5moguWeye7yI0pwobt-2oAFwX0KtL_h3YTWbJDz1tSz8iaTYHRYlF6kFkSlaGYi0P7mw/s320/20230618_171851.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRNqJ-bJGtQBR_x0YGax0SPyXPywmnWhSYIMLYOcHHx58V2drkM3OE76Q9zWr4-fPro1Uu3soDJLxrF-dpC8Rqe95asvRvZczEoXKxkBx649KQzaPlw7heX4-aLCcMbP-kKpVNa0AnnMCsIF5k32-l3ssE2N0kZysYPiiNTGAjnqELuFH9LGo1KWmTrE/s4000/20230618_194340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRNqJ-bJGtQBR_x0YGax0SPyXPywmnWhSYIMLYOcHHx58V2drkM3OE76Q9zWr4-fPro1Uu3soDJLxrF-dpC8Rqe95asvRvZczEoXKxkBx649KQzaPlw7heX4-aLCcMbP-kKpVNa0AnnMCsIF5k32-l3ssE2N0kZysYPiiNTGAjnqELuFH9LGo1KWmTrE/s320/20230618_194340.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The first full day we went to a couple vineyards. Both were very dog friendly, ones I had been to before allowed dogs outside on the patio or deck but in the Watkins Glen area they were allowed inside. The first winery was Castel Grisch, here we shared a couple wine flights and took advantage of their Wifi. This location also had many displays of various sculptures and we wondered of it had been a separate business venture at one time.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eB9dBQO_snY39IB5-vOnHkRQxsMeXMAkIsWsuTR9nHXgFHjqBX6327Qt7buXoQX2fRBECJbkbyPfDLZj6aqW1ir6oL9OLCWuEt-BIiG-3zue7-u4sTD1Qb0omHeKxlXOIZocC5B96y4trPlEw8tirk5WaierafAOKUNujBODRurrapbSvjEtpZpZM1c/s2799/20230619_121647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2799" data-original-width="2761" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eB9dBQO_snY39IB5-vOnHkRQxsMeXMAkIsWsuTR9nHXgFHjqBX6327Qt7buXoQX2fRBECJbkbyPfDLZj6aqW1ir6oL9OLCWuEt-BIiG-3zue7-u4sTD1Qb0omHeKxlXOIZocC5B96y4trPlEw8tirk5WaierafAOKUNujBODRurrapbSvjEtpZpZM1c/s320/20230619_121647.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5W83RQF0n48W0Wi_DlVDHg6sOM362Fs1QBnq0NIGgTxSW1hJEjmGAExtb7BBp3_9XxIa23g2TZ2hNn83wHT1_oiLLKEbDiOjEUMG7OXVVNk4byrdTsIgCVcshANW9pNRRqT5oGa3rgP5AgDKaEY_GV_-neRoXeEllVYfVewj4lD2_1RnVD6FP65wLLU/s3618/20230619_125023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2689" data-original-width="3618" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5W83RQF0n48W0Wi_DlVDHg6sOM362Fs1QBnq0NIGgTxSW1hJEjmGAExtb7BBp3_9XxIa23g2TZ2hNn83wHT1_oiLLKEbDiOjEUMG7OXVVNk4byrdTsIgCVcshANW9pNRRqT5oGa3rgP5AgDKaEY_GV_-neRoXeEllVYfVewj4lD2_1RnVD6FP65wLLU/s320/20230619_125023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4A5JU7oa2a5gOidoppKJ0a7FPODHt8aEUY-XgC6jU95QqSLgWMp3bgV1jLjdxp2AJcRuxQoOQoXEJ9geqLTF826kto1Bpuj589WHXoWjiEfABEJ2BJOxJeZfO0V7LO2moPmBzkQLK9IaMomy44tQPn-kPX3NvFKastGMRoCo3X8lmcUyIjjKJcsytpYI/s3269/20230619_131921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3269" data-original-width="1671" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4A5JU7oa2a5gOidoppKJ0a7FPODHt8aEUY-XgC6jU95QqSLgWMp3bgV1jLjdxp2AJcRuxQoOQoXEJ9geqLTF826kto1Bpuj589WHXoWjiEfABEJ2BJOxJeZfO0V7LO2moPmBzkQLK9IaMomy44tQPn-kPX3NvFKastGMRoCo3X8lmcUyIjjKJcsytpYI/s320/20230619_131921.jpg" width="164" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsTJhceH7MlmhKG3f_5HpVDyH9yFfssK8UhnnhdoHR_CSxPdfGzu3x5L7BvyOFF7wADDMj0cIPcRn6R6AWBaJHH_gV74pVJ-6o2AZB4BVI2_O5VWzS9HluzKdwOpmN7c57zkMXS0IvlAroOLeqwBCbgWXJSE7zOnnCGOK6zEoCl00eopWfRLO5fvtvEE/s3377/20230619_132022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2443" data-original-width="3377" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsTJhceH7MlmhKG3f_5HpVDyH9yFfssK8UhnnhdoHR_CSxPdfGzu3x5L7BvyOFF7wADDMj0cIPcRn6R6AWBaJHH_gV74pVJ-6o2AZB4BVI2_O5VWzS9HluzKdwOpmN7c57zkMXS0IvlAroOLeqwBCbgWXJSE7zOnnCGOK6zEoCl00eopWfRLO5fvtvEE/s320/20230619_132022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmK7ATsZ--V3ycFglVOWVb7rlzrqy_H1otgOCzoPAOem52vCR5nSWrMOXAPttZTAkd-Hoc4KKroituRMjavYOI2t00Wx0fL8vXEAB9GKIiPhVbfeCgYAZC-i-jP6LCvku1Cx_0u1p91W5BaGeoJphNs9cPD0Dfl_ib8tNfGWuOO2jMpY5QMtPW1gIKPd8/s4000/20230619_132635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2031" data-original-width="4000" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmK7ATsZ--V3ycFglVOWVb7rlzrqy_H1otgOCzoPAOem52vCR5nSWrMOXAPttZTAkd-Hoc4KKroituRMjavYOI2t00Wx0fL8vXEAB9GKIiPhVbfeCgYAZC-i-jP6LCvku1Cx_0u1p91W5BaGeoJphNs9cPD0Dfl_ib8tNfGWuOO2jMpY5QMtPW1gIKPd8/s320/20230619_132635.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_sBQYrkKYDo7wLJ1u0Y5KHmjVYB8mIR6tjXiX_xnfwH1q-k2xqIy2MiITU5NvP7EJPEbQim_DeDJYS5USMKc0bIWa3VIHaDFBFwx9EuyAy5isUp1ZX4lMMYM2MwQ9zV5QzRJabzggEV35uH0XR1RpE5EdtoGoy9XhmCGhh6uALYZfrfiELQpZzzFpvM/s4000/20230619_133229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_sBQYrkKYDo7wLJ1u0Y5KHmjVYB8mIR6tjXiX_xnfwH1q-k2xqIy2MiITU5NvP7EJPEbQim_DeDJYS5USMKc0bIWa3VIHaDFBFwx9EuyAy5isUp1ZX4lMMYM2MwQ9zV5QzRJabzggEV35uH0XR1RpE5EdtoGoy9XhmCGhh6uALYZfrfiELQpZzzFpvM/s320/20230619_133229.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>The next vineyard was Lakewood. Dogs were allowed inside at this venue too but as they had dogs themselves, we thought my dogs would be more comfortable outside. 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I took the dogs to see some other local waterfalls.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdXmbNR_wHmMGjZJUYSYTZkbrDL0902PsqEt4i4t2M-YgemJ_dLXXxKfOotZeyotHy-S-05lXknXehJcwJlt2vZINSvuERoEb9jSuOAKSDJuV6MaIYW4JqmMnNBS2QnAeaYeV94C1IY61_fnvVWtz2jqmE0iEL2JPf0TOp1uUmfbADuuRri87yUBO7Gw/s4000/20230620_143937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdXmbNR_wHmMGjZJUYSYTZkbrDL0902PsqEt4i4t2M-YgemJ_dLXXxKfOotZeyotHy-S-05lXknXehJcwJlt2vZINSvuERoEb9jSuOAKSDJuV6MaIYW4JqmMnNBS2QnAeaYeV94C1IY61_fnvVWtz2jqmE0iEL2JPf0TOp1uUmfbADuuRri87yUBO7Gw/s320/20230620_143937.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6Dw2ntcwtJrIzGLW4j3NRWmNNagq59uukHmBIdPSG_RazKnphXmnKNVzDaw7D0-ljUmXU5A4iVIudJmhYaBaUPf83LL-yTwNKvREkrwiyMuGG6aOgLscyD1rUdBRSPmnUhB-I7vJh73hfPb5DqkJiothDLg1aPovqaf7_TDVPu7Vmk_rPxDBMfCeJbI/s4000/20230620_144128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6Dw2ntcwtJrIzGLW4j3NRWmNNagq59uukHmBIdPSG_RazKnphXmnKNVzDaw7D0-ljUmXU5A4iVIudJmhYaBaUPf83LL-yTwNKvREkrwiyMuGG6aOgLscyD1rUdBRSPmnUhB-I7vJh73hfPb5DqkJiothDLg1aPovqaf7_TDVPu7Vmk_rPxDBMfCeJbI/s320/20230620_144128.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEIY47TelSlftFxi-U4Maw0aNhgGaLw17WJY6BUbBwMmuHdngmaPxfID2_c4YIrIMzejGUQ06XrEQhsdA8HKKleNjXqxD3EBYnO2pnF-N8s7MKBdA3s1dIxUaWhyvcbMv0YyYMvno_HP2LTzfs4oz590OVcTEc9XqGl0lQJz_uVRJIsp5LrurjuCArmE/s4000/20230620_144152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEIY47TelSlftFxi-U4Maw0aNhgGaLw17WJY6BUbBwMmuHdngmaPxfID2_c4YIrIMzejGUQ06XrEQhsdA8HKKleNjXqxD3EBYnO2pnF-N8s7MKBdA3s1dIxUaWhyvcbMv0YyYMvno_HP2LTzfs4oz590OVcTEc9XqGl0lQJz_uVRJIsp5LrurjuCArmE/s320/20230620_144152.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>The next day, breakfast was French toast with apple crisp, whipped cream, syrup and sausages. After breakfast, the guys drove to the Curtiss Museum to see airplanes and motorcycles, while we girls had another day of vineyards ending up at a creamery for a flight of ice cream. Teddy and Liam were again welcome inside the wineries and got to meet some cows. Liam liked the Hazlitt Winery because there was free popcorn and dog biscuits.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvEWJxEi45yB-0NQXBQ-jSnhGJHI832w1e84edytu0SOV4iJqCa9qQRkVhuJov_8aTYJJpegjF1gsT1TUHSEFjVPa6Tx8bXrauiXfD3ILewoJkVwtgMpR3DOG1mDOvBk8ZjxLe2NEVRBq0mChCKJCWxSldXz5BkPOdsEoChYWiqlfcSMrlBjftJoZEe8/s4000/20230621_090412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvEWJxEi45yB-0NQXBQ-jSnhGJHI832w1e84edytu0SOV4iJqCa9qQRkVhuJov_8aTYJJpegjF1gsT1TUHSEFjVPa6Tx8bXrauiXfD3ILewoJkVwtgMpR3DOG1mDOvBk8ZjxLe2NEVRBq0mChCKJCWxSldXz5BkPOdsEoChYWiqlfcSMrlBjftJoZEe8/s320/20230621_090412.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French Toast</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeo_fZMH0ZrYVpviU9kWwSJC6u0PZMookNEF44_UsoRZARJl8WO6ALps_A84OB5Csx-sbLof41poDLFjkUH_pSbCgSvbKSqMG4XACNjFJSDvIvr7q90ifX_m-cxhGbJmD6ObdDBsEt40YzwAhAIeF1b5MGoXS7jCIZBEh0HfZi2Lt6Cr6HM-xEQbSKao/s4000/20230621_122847.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeo_fZMH0ZrYVpviU9kWwSJC6u0PZMookNEF44_UsoRZARJl8WO6ALps_A84OB5Csx-sbLof41poDLFjkUH_pSbCgSvbKSqMG4XACNjFJSDvIvr7q90ifX_m-cxhGbJmD6ObdDBsEt40YzwAhAIeF1b5MGoXS7jCIZBEh0HfZi2Lt6Cr6HM-xEQbSKao/s320/20230621_122847.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leidenfrost Winery</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIldk95At3jtIFKg85Smj3UIleoPZ6JZXBdKGoykM53syT89E-hWlv7slhoii0gJlENIm6_OPknOWmmv24PcC4eNWrhDbea2PyeYFMRErSfHM0CMAcUEsnJqrTKL8usQ8T8N-Pkw0ysS3lFUOpPUclaZKJbRmmHEz1oBJim7QCii9wM9jyXqoBwCU4zw/s4000/20230621_130519.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2574" data-original-width="4000" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIldk95At3jtIFKg85Smj3UIleoPZ6JZXBdKGoykM53syT89E-hWlv7slhoii0gJlENIm6_OPknOWmmv24PcC4eNWrhDbea2PyeYFMRErSfHM0CMAcUEsnJqrTKL8usQ8T8N-Pkw0ysS3lFUOpPUclaZKJbRmmHEz1oBJim7QCii9wM9jyXqoBwCU4zw/s320/20230621_130519.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside at Leidenfrost</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwR5PClkwV_enC2f7Nd3WZjK9m1NOg6dPuAIdvE4VMYRgKBAJUiUohIYQSmYVT5oqXpFEE6cp7IIFoAUGfobzb4ycCTk_G2gKe92ZjoiXTPWq546Qc3KXsCqlcydy3hsUfi4Xa16E_gP3Zw70M34LkPu8zTNlRYfLvHKkFz1kEu8rm_Ss4GikkxrP5j8U/s4000/20230621_140102.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwR5PClkwV_enC2f7Nd3WZjK9m1NOg6dPuAIdvE4VMYRgKBAJUiUohIYQSmYVT5oqXpFEE6cp7IIFoAUGfobzb4ycCTk_G2gKe92ZjoiXTPWq546Qc3KXsCqlcydy3hsUfi4Xa16E_gP3Zw70M34LkPu8zTNlRYfLvHKkFz1kEu8rm_Ss4GikkxrP5j8U/s320/20230621_140102.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shtayburne Farm</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpuTEsSKCdFwkhF0JNitms1d17C08GJ_zRsddshy4PnPTKQlxD8oACzCBgqQ8ESKebZacvlBqCraIq75vB1UdzzxRjHBMFTBeSk_PJrEXvJtiKl80WmKMswDH2TKpIWIFNNqTA9TjhyKTZ-xiYYv9lRDe4mFFxGy4x8X0v_YqIROzYw7s9kgWV4kcVKQ/s3727/20230621_140837.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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At Leidenfrost, we bought a bottle to share and sat outside to again enjoy the view. At Shtayburne Farm, you could have cheese, ice cream or mixed flights. Our favourite ice cream flavour was carmel kettlecorn. It was a vanilla based ice cream but you could really taste popcorn with burnt carmel.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next day was again a travel day. My youngest sister, her husband and I were heading back the way we came to Selkirk Shores on Lake Ontario while my other sister and her husband were heading east as they were going to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.</div><div><br /></div><div>At Selkirk Shores, we had nice electric sites that backed into the tree line and weren't too far from the bathrooms. Most of the other sites, were in open fields or only backed onto the tree line. The beach at Selkirk Shore wasn't dog friendly but we did find a spot on the shoreline were Teddy and Liam could wade.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrrhxtG3SzWsQCRzfLjba55MjsCS4BoZl_uW8inidqj7hYBDHBnScaaDheCzVY8NIbKnXAq8tvQ5CyghfSPPnynIkL5NVQ8YqRsOZx60V9vTd3Lutj-W7kflJdeDe-7CLl73bXo7MHslBFBmEPFHwySD45VxQhWV4tpbyZwHaFVyLzx3zgdIs2RObDQg/s4000/20230622_152030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrrhxtG3SzWsQCRzfLjba55MjsCS4BoZl_uW8inidqj7hYBDHBnScaaDheCzVY8NIbKnXAq8tvQ5CyghfSPPnynIkL5NVQ8YqRsOZx60V9vTd3Lutj-W7kflJdeDe-7CLl73bXo7MHslBFBmEPFHwySD45VxQhWV4tpbyZwHaFVyLzx3zgdIs2RObDQg/s320/20230622_152030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Py_RQv9Sp_E2Wmy632esS9vh0nn0wnb04KKfJk9fBKWRmDX_Zu0hcjnRfvzn3UyQegivVa5KbjSCp45Zm9EiiopoC4JZFr4g_f8NwWo8p6DlEi725rBIndyf76_yowF8HlYgZw4owdjMQTCv1jXpasOMHE4pbqo3ODdjC-Tle3n57XJ61S8VA_EPzBI/s4000/20230622_160857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Py_RQv9Sp_E2Wmy632esS9vh0nn0wnb04KKfJk9fBKWRmDX_Zu0hcjnRfvzn3UyQegivVa5KbjSCp45Zm9EiiopoC4JZFr4g_f8NwWo8p6DlEi725rBIndyf76_yowF8HlYgZw4owdjMQTCv1jXpasOMHE4pbqo3ODdjC-Tle3n57XJ61S8VA_EPzBI/s320/20230622_160857.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We would again be here for only two nights. On our one full day, we went to the Salmon River Falls, then drove around trying to find a brewery that must have closed some time ago and a winery that did exist but doesn't make their wine at that location anymore. We then tried a brewery co-located with a restaurant, but dogs weren't even allowed on the patio. It had been calling for rain all day but we were able to enjoy supper and a fire before the rain did come. I was even able to tear down and pack up the next morning while it was only sprinkling.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG-m3vwGMUU68kmfax46PZdFOuHowOdA-_9kLfm-tpVtEycuBpEAJ7EY12g2cyYRojeRT8NzQ_h40vKjhxFoMcdc8eCRUxQoom9t0oi9nTKBMW9i4FolIkMg7SbOOYcZjBlOaXsNmCQYZUspj2Rrxu35TqPEqbDbyj6N0YwmkFt9rc5Qd5DCn3pb5jUc/s4000/20230623_114307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG-m3vwGMUU68kmfax46PZdFOuHowOdA-_9kLfm-tpVtEycuBpEAJ7EY12g2cyYRojeRT8NzQ_h40vKjhxFoMcdc8eCRUxQoom9t0oi9nTKBMW9i4FolIkMg7SbOOYcZjBlOaXsNmCQYZUspj2Rrxu35TqPEqbDbyj6N0YwmkFt9rc5Qd5DCn3pb5jUc/s320/20230623_114307.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salmon River Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBMm8UclW6JCTHYy0rsITjx238-4I0YR0IBkNbsBZC8yyD1OUO8PN0UKV_3A26ExxnUazIs_GrfQt7GEtg5CHCngugr0vTqO0hDRIcp7cJnQ1hO3TYHEuj0VIeMDRNYvGo_ZO76fRuKqr4CGQkfqM7Qe16oVfQ1bzevuQ_5Pkfv4V6v_mULWrAANp_Rw/s4000/20230623_120147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBMm8UclW6JCTHYy0rsITjx238-4I0YR0IBkNbsBZC8yyD1OUO8PN0UKV_3A26ExxnUazIs_GrfQt7GEtg5CHCngugr0vTqO0hDRIcp7cJnQ1hO3TYHEuj0VIeMDRNYvGo_ZO76fRuKqr4CGQkfqM7Qe16oVfQ1bzevuQ_5Pkfv4V6v_mULWrAANp_Rw/s320/20230623_120147.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hkOc4Sx4zOMJTintPtuwBX8o55IR5aDfRbzlla70kJ8D8Lhm_ccv3FX_Vvh0IDHoNceZga56Ppd-IMR7ggGiWxMCwOxjQl4NNGG1DmT_zVZZUMoWrKmZMYNIVnI77EDUEa2OYCDwPcT_wDBRV6cIBelb2uTp0gCrFlSYx7Bq4WW001DBXPYOFWmDqLs/s4000/20230623_134006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hkOc4Sx4zOMJTintPtuwBX8o55IR5aDfRbzlla70kJ8D8Lhm_ccv3FX_Vvh0IDHoNceZga56Ppd-IMR7ggGiWxMCwOxjQl4NNGG1DmT_zVZZUMoWrKmZMYNIVnI77EDUEa2OYCDwPcT_wDBRV6cIBelb2uTp0gCrFlSYx7Bq4WW001DBXPYOFWmDqLs/s320/20230623_134006.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Town Square Pulaski, NY</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX28xrp4mL97KZW6ltpEyWECc44DzGXKusMVfHzgJgUo3OQZYbXcIfPoCn_J_8N-FipOVz9HzNW2I3jf6apMNYZ6EG0ei3YT17w85oqPm7-aMWh7yv6HZqKlv8c7grqe1A-eljk_B1IAYHLi8QjAVwtHSepyTbBE-xjGYm8XH-8ydAQVniDwo8rAAiRWg/s3371/20230623_135958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3371" data-original-width="2432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX28xrp4mL97KZW6ltpEyWECc44DzGXKusMVfHzgJgUo3OQZYbXcIfPoCn_J_8N-FipOVz9HzNW2I3jf6apMNYZ6EG0ei3YT17w85oqPm7-aMWh7yv6HZqKlv8c7grqe1A-eljk_B1IAYHLi8QjAVwtHSepyTbBE-xjGYm8XH-8ydAQVniDwo8rAAiRWg/s320/20230623_135958.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcUvTqKOHE3KR5T9WFh_7WAD1J17NoQcAw16KDN925-M58bivX1lM_90-ZOLprp0YONf6faOZjtakoOvmtic4Q3dMrtPuT7Nr7koDNlD3D2CvU5ZHrm6AY65SI8VtLNSSu56Xe_cvCJeh0U9QD8184PCqSppOlKf3GlyWI5bPxOwsL0G_m3w-9rPhHCE/s4000/20230623_201155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcUvTqKOHE3KR5T9WFh_7WAD1J17NoQcAw16KDN925-M58bivX1lM_90-ZOLprp0YONf6faOZjtakoOvmtic4Q3dMrtPuT7Nr7koDNlD3D2CvU5ZHrm6AY65SI8VtLNSSu56Xe_cvCJeh0U9QD8184PCqSppOlKf3GlyWI5bPxOwsL0G_m3w-9rPhHCE/s320/20230623_201155.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last Fire</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>All in all, a very good trip. The next one is a little closer to home at Bon Echo Provincial Park where there is a nice dog beach. </div><div><p></p></div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-16016816497490696922023-06-07T16:25:00.001-04:002023-06-07T16:31:03.552-04:00First Summer Camping Trip<p>Well technically it was a spring camping trip but you couldn't tell by the weather. We had a hot sunny week of camping. Back in Ottawa they set a temperature record for May, we were better off down by the river as there was little humidity and a nice breeze most of the time off of the water.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2t5aja0ZY0Ee0cH0XXYGJxjdfsEZhCS1dyz7OxHEmNn5Qw77yCAmh2Xr7wd28PQH2nVPIIEEyf4ZYAy6FC8F4VdLOlBZwDhXG7lb-WgSYN3Gad5oeDjVenkv7C5ZZDErsd5B37aiYGCQAB7vasb7g2vS1etFs_L2QoQ0RxUGPvzMZP1mm5p3bFAS/s4000/20230529_133948.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2t5aja0ZY0Ee0cH0XXYGJxjdfsEZhCS1dyz7OxHEmNn5Qw77yCAmh2Xr7wd28PQH2nVPIIEEyf4ZYAy6FC8F4VdLOlBZwDhXG7lb-WgSYN3Gad5oeDjVenkv7C5ZZDErsd5B37aiYGCQAB7vasb7g2vS1etFs_L2QoQ0RxUGPvzMZP1mm5p3bFAS/s320/20230529_133948.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woodlands, Site 183</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We had four sites along a road just opposite one of the camper beaches. What with school still in session and it not being a holiday weekend we virtually had the campground to ourselves. The only con to that was that the staff were getting ready for the first big summer weekend so there was lots of grass mowing and whipper snipping going on: that didn't make Teddy a happy camper.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMlfJ_e3g30rJ9G9mg1tIeicFz5DSh7_t8luHMnUZqXbyBxxBBLMNphAWYRa5eseQKYbYCEws4Wnzxt1bcYyfdL0tbtrxcHxr0nSrYwzjqTzP7SK7gOOTZkVOmLctuBNYcDAbwcl4ovYh7NjmGdXxCG9YTbGiRM9ciC13LNDNPbj7We5fQaAJZlMl/s4000/20230529_203414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMlfJ_e3g30rJ9G9mg1tIeicFz5DSh7_t8luHMnUZqXbyBxxBBLMNphAWYRa5eseQKYbYCEws4Wnzxt1bcYyfdL0tbtrxcHxr0nSrYwzjqTzP7SK7gOOTZkVOmLctuBNYcDAbwcl4ovYh7NjmGdXxCG9YTbGiRM9ciC13LNDNPbj7We5fQaAJZlMl/s320/20230529_203414.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnZSaosc82xXwFxzLmHBlruEusvdaoWwW682RVzOMLNNwJxXFnvxcYK0OA-2_lZFMEt3b-KBTQiWcwV2JCs5W4gKCCw2SnKW5BdjXqg-Svwstcc37-zIN9KflPdWj6ZzicoOcFNBc5OWiuFGmnMS-pZWJ7n3357w88MtFRFJWrkaiRtQRtq7DK4bd/s4000/20230530_140125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnZSaosc82xXwFxzLmHBlruEusvdaoWwW682RVzOMLNNwJxXFnvxcYK0OA-2_lZFMEt3b-KBTQiWcwV2JCs5W4gKCCw2SnKW5BdjXqg-Svwstcc37-zIN9KflPdWj6ZzicoOcFNBc5OWiuFGmnMS-pZWJ7n3357w88MtFRFJWrkaiRtQRtq7DK4bd/s320/20230530_140125.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I only left the campground once to visit the Crysler Farm Battlefield, away from the water it was quite hot so we didn't stay long.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA_UHbwjHdWH29co3-pnbQJLFLJA9XuH-uGZlkEYYVVZx03_JLP69Jn5Qs4fpCesW-t4Ss8R5bgNYpsTQp-0SWrjRYIGLP-dXiT0DJk_3T2nf4lObx-KSm8WwuU_KH4PEQy3_zG-vihZsOhex24MhV787OMTXcukPqlpFEFsUTYXRgWvHvVzz5y8k/s4000/20230531_115255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA_UHbwjHdWH29co3-pnbQJLFLJA9XuH-uGZlkEYYVVZx03_JLP69Jn5Qs4fpCesW-t4Ss8R5bgNYpsTQp-0SWrjRYIGLP-dXiT0DJk_3T2nf4lObx-KSm8WwuU_KH4PEQy3_zG-vihZsOhex24MhV787OMTXcukPqlpFEFsUTYXRgWvHvVzz5y8k/s320/20230531_115255.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEsysAnRJrBQHAZdzsK4triOX-XFn1r6y1fT9aaKsGQEyBqGg4mbG5h2aPCJqRG4puNkC8QbSuZR5C410Hte4S9GG31dUlIe7dTeYMqwCNIjWDQpbmSn7BiiudX4I6p4IiLMLsxLlntOpiweySEteSqY4aXwhrf6p1m68P5qildCPle1wthesZJR2/s4000/20230531_115421.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEsysAnRJrBQHAZdzsK4triOX-XFn1r6y1fT9aaKsGQEyBqGg4mbG5h2aPCJqRG4puNkC8QbSuZR5C410Hte4S9GG31dUlIe7dTeYMqwCNIjWDQpbmSn7BiiudX4I6p4IiLMLsxLlntOpiweySEteSqY4aXwhrf6p1m68P5qildCPle1wthesZJR2/s320/20230531_115421.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teddy and Liam on the St Lawrence River, Canadian side.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxU6PLYSN61ddc4BArfuBIE8qVXtL05xVRsb4GmVMQyknq8Ni6DBK_prceXt0iNd-aEnFoKF1Md6o3NWAs8ymvcGj97gCejqQKZ78loj7Ggld6kkaHukCYhvDZ7wdFCYNsrBMf8kWoIIZO5S4UWu8nGt9gI4YIJVHdn446YNORlBVW3tkjXSWpxHN1/s4000/20230531_121703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxU6PLYSN61ddc4BArfuBIE8qVXtL05xVRsb4GmVMQyknq8Ni6DBK_prceXt0iNd-aEnFoKF1Md6o3NWAs8ymvcGj97gCejqQKZ78loj7Ggld6kkaHukCYhvDZ7wdFCYNsrBMf8kWoIIZO5S4UWu8nGt9gI4YIJVHdn446YNORlBVW3tkjXSWpxHN1/s320/20230531_121703.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>So it really was a week of eating, drinking, reading, relaxing, with short walks and wading in the water. We all took turns preparing a dinner and a breakfast so we each only had to make two meals. I have no pictures of the meals but let me tell you they were good.</p><p>Because there was hardly anyone else there, I was able to take the boys wading at the beach and let them off leash to play ball. That made them happy: well, Liam wasn't thrilled about wading but Teddy likes it and it was a great way to cool off. They both liked playing ball and running around.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokFlNSPaYt8bd4ubBqSgMoKOF6BA3FRXp9d3Bx0ZPxDwqunGadFc1GBcQGK5-tbOMkj5rXH5FzhjYRYDWlVNDf9Mfb8zuekYksFR5fUT_D-PE3x1E8wrg9QhmdfQCJgzB-uc5C203DZ1aSnrSzN0wvQE3h-Yz76Y1hNuMsk82bW_Bf_Jgnkj7Lpoy/s2016/351472116_979408783237949_6969564581531776534_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokFlNSPaYt8bd4ubBqSgMoKOF6BA3FRXp9d3Bx0ZPxDwqunGadFc1GBcQGK5-tbOMkj5rXH5FzhjYRYDWlVNDf9Mfb8zuekYksFR5fUT_D-PE3x1E8wrg9QhmdfQCJgzB-uc5C203DZ1aSnrSzN0wvQE3h-Yz76Y1hNuMsk82bW_Bf_Jgnkj7Lpoy/s320/351472116_979408783237949_6969564581531776534_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course, there was the usual campfires and music. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxEm2EIa4_E3_CLGm9JrWh3oeu-P5-DozOk9HWv_1nWzr7aeB4h5w4H1EvrcYMarrUGpVJK6zUHJG_QMCZdlA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Teddy and Liam were good campers but it wasn't busy, no other dogs around or people and kids out for evening strolls, so that really helped.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEZ2Kl1Rv0vE7IiGxEj86b8i1eHFm3idyReGC05GIOC_PrvRmVLRlnZxcwXShuiix1khQkMiSG2n79G0or0fA_fOeiDtAo7RF0X0Kd2pgXEm3V4U9J3hdu-IDFmXGKq33o3Eq57KQChFFa01s59jQDS0Am_kiVrbRV3XQo4TlCXWPtZSmEKvoJOGd/s4000/20230529_193815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEZ2Kl1Rv0vE7IiGxEj86b8i1eHFm3idyReGC05GIOC_PrvRmVLRlnZxcwXShuiix1khQkMiSG2n79G0or0fA_fOeiDtAo7RF0X0Kd2pgXEm3V4U9J3hdu-IDFmXGKq33o3Eq57KQChFFa01s59jQDS0Am_kiVrbRV3XQo4TlCXWPtZSmEKvoJOGd/s320/20230529_193815.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7q79kqU0zKxKLWMSB7obcN0-2IW7R0u3ITSlXW2wFvc3EvNuY-hr0MOWhx2kwekU8iyACz5RmRvjU0dTdY1v9oyh0i7jJgIoTclR3plP6ssRQuIiLjZPuZHj9Lk_oMQgS-rbt0DzbzlvqN101m7nAoFW13axRmbBz0tSFVVqy-TalU8e_kjfVEOeU/s4000/20230601_215433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7q79kqU0zKxKLWMSB7obcN0-2IW7R0u3ITSlXW2wFvc3EvNuY-hr0MOWhx2kwekU8iyACz5RmRvjU0dTdY1v9oyh0i7jJgIoTclR3plP6ssRQuIiLjZPuZHj9Lk_oMQgS-rbt0DzbzlvqN101m7nAoFW13axRmbBz0tSFVVqy-TalU8e_kjfVEOeU/s320/20230601_215433.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We'll see how it goes on the next trip which is down to New York state. </div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-79430049449702155112023-05-20T14:08:00.001-04:002023-05-20T14:08:23.041-04:00Floral Notes<p>I took the dogs down to Beechwood cemetery a couple weeks ago. It was a little too early for the tulips to be in bloom but that daffodils were very nice. Some tulips were up but they definitely weren't at their peak yet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaJ_jUeYs1OXLOZ5CZGbFifC2ubTfC0D2oEp-adnFi66rGhRUz82RkZW9dMWoIenia7wbHun74dOFQQqGyecqBg0dtU6Ndl7HBWZoQElU4RlWHUxgIWwprfddchuSaWjULeomSGbebM1KeyBUDrQwumnTqodK5ULx3mXbHUowK0E2-yMpFrFR_3k4/s4000/20230507_105012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaJ_jUeYs1OXLOZ5CZGbFifC2ubTfC0D2oEp-adnFi66rGhRUz82RkZW9dMWoIenia7wbHun74dOFQQqGyecqBg0dtU6Ndl7HBWZoQElU4RlWHUxgIWwprfddchuSaWjULeomSGbebM1KeyBUDrQwumnTqodK5ULx3mXbHUowK0E2-yMpFrFR_3k4/s320/20230507_105012.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDeVNH1chJtOWCijxS7BO8pSY4277FqXT3VJR2yyGGx8XTeLEhQkc0E949Xoa-uKDFMnaB_YCtubx5_iytk0cC608e9tGMqKOY1sRckaApXGjRyfRTtyziQViU1-k4PPuOa8ClJUxEqgkd7fL-cKuQUikHN7LwqhVj4Sd13uJ71tpGR2tDTVpAyqL/s4000/20230507_103848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDeVNH1chJtOWCijxS7BO8pSY4277FqXT3VJR2yyGGx8XTeLEhQkc0E949Xoa-uKDFMnaB_YCtubx5_iytk0cC608e9tGMqKOY1sRckaApXGjRyfRTtyziQViU1-k4PPuOa8ClJUxEqgkd7fL-cKuQUikHN7LwqhVj4Sd13uJ71tpGR2tDTVpAyqL/s320/20230507_103848.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNli73Iznx_id31siRrX4JNu52_-g9nwdTKYR0TTNx3SI-Itm8_z1mH1r4EiOcNQHmzxoMu7UpHg9w2uay8rb-qTg-AycC89pc3MkDFhtC_8XGMVy7zOqr_btTw3yvP4FUurnEwevKc_91MccKAzIOzTgITikUwrmnun4nZSywrd5vXnnndEw-hL_1/s4000/20230507_094824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNli73Iznx_id31siRrX4JNu52_-g9nwdTKYR0TTNx3SI-Itm8_z1mH1r4EiOcNQHmzxoMu7UpHg9w2uay8rb-qTg-AycC89pc3MkDFhtC_8XGMVy7zOqr_btTw3yvP4FUurnEwevKc_91MccKAzIOzTgITikUwrmnun4nZSywrd5vXnnndEw-hL_1/s320/20230507_094824.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5yHkp3FP3ICo-WocXi_PzxfrNqFM9L-hvqI0Q_VQaAKJ82RAd-r3OFGuiJfp3rDUHlW1QCYvEnK1v2RQoiiijW2kT9ccaDMBexcVg4ByG71yj35lXtf3u8VGOi90aLmvrfWAdli7aVrSbmPuUdP1alginDAFqWwH9zE_z8aN989v0Qs63jMDA9Ny/s4000/20230507_094358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5yHkp3FP3ICo-WocXi_PzxfrNqFM9L-hvqI0Q_VQaAKJ82RAd-r3OFGuiJfp3rDUHlW1QCYvEnK1v2RQoiiijW2kT9ccaDMBexcVg4ByG71yj35lXtf3u8VGOi90aLmvrfWAdli7aVrSbmPuUdP1alginDAFqWwH9zE_z8aN989v0Qs63jMDA9Ny/s320/20230507_094358.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImUJVC7soD80JF2sy2r1-bx_oBZM86UBj2L-0E-rrOJVo9cg5m4OCcXPVVomSWJ5uKy7H5NEe__aUhvuoNcG3E3L46NemY8ONMaEey6F2c8XKoVVUDqOyKQVGbkva91oLY6IDaVnC817P0WHw7tFsyIe0ofb2-gBCZEZ0SkpxmmdJR70pIqYHU6lJ/s4000/20230507_093251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImUJVC7soD80JF2sy2r1-bx_oBZM86UBj2L-0E-rrOJVo9cg5m4OCcXPVVomSWJ5uKy7H5NEe__aUhvuoNcG3E3L46NemY8ONMaEey6F2c8XKoVVUDqOyKQVGbkva91oLY6IDaVnC817P0WHw7tFsyIe0ofb2-gBCZEZ0SkpxmmdJR70pIqYHU6lJ/s320/20230507_093251.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />This week I went down to the tulip festival with my two of my sisters, a brother-in-law and my aunt, who is here visiting. Dogs have been allowed at the festival since 2018 but I left Teddy and Liam home for this trip as we planned to have lunch downtown while we were there. It was nice to go down during the week, every other time I had been there it was during a weekend, and it was always packed. We had a little difficulty with GPS and parking lot I wanted to go to was closed but we made it there in reasonable time despite the detours.<p></p><p>We started at the Experimental Farm gardens then walked through the Arboretum to get to Dow's Lake and Commissioners Park. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6-L-692hSDN0bwykpNR4ZhPjwYLJa0R7yy9q3_RTrzPM4fUDQvbFWBnMqg3dM4skyvsjomhd00QNBkuvBKkGWV_Zl-G3a8kAuUVTbCXAIVibk_bgmZLUBQbSojPUAIihoNeax8BsssS6Au6HV9DietY9CmUTGJMPh_5QAban63fKpZxvI1_wvk_e/s4000/20230518_115139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6-L-692hSDN0bwykpNR4ZhPjwYLJa0R7yy9q3_RTrzPM4fUDQvbFWBnMqg3dM4skyvsjomhd00QNBkuvBKkGWV_Zl-G3a8kAuUVTbCXAIVibk_bgmZLUBQbSojPUAIihoNeax8BsssS6Au6HV9DietY9CmUTGJMPh_5QAban63fKpZxvI1_wvk_e/s320/20230518_115139.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We again had GPS problems as I had set a waypoint to get downtown to avoid construction but never actually went to the waypoint so the GPS was trying to take us back there. So, we went there, just to have to turn around to go home. Now I know how a waypoint works, I thought it was more like selecting a route. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was a really nice afternoon. I'm not sure that the tulips were as nice as in some years as we had two very cold nights with frost warnings, but they still are quite spectacular.</div>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-23153299716587173682023-05-07T15:38:00.004-04:002023-05-07T15:38:56.056-04:00A Date with Destiny<p>I got up very early Saturday morning to see the coronation of King Charles III. Turned out I could have stayed in bed longer as they said programing would start at 3 am so I thought the actual coronation procession would begin sometime after 4am; so I got up at 3:30am. the procession didn't happen until around 5:30 am; but anyway, I was up so I just got comfortable with a pillow and blanket on the couch.</p><p>It seemed kind of unreal. Queen Elizabeth had always been a piece of the fabric of my life. Growing up I had kept scrapbooks about the Royal family and had numerous books on them as well. The scrapbooks are gone but I still have a good many of the books. Although we all must pass, it just seemed like Queen Elizabeth would always be there. Now here we were waiting to see her son crowned, I wonder what he thought about it all; knowing his whole life that to fulfill this destiny his mother had to die. </p><p>It was a wonderful ceremony, full of pomp, pageantry and history. I think those of us who watched from home had a better view than many of the invited guests who probably only saw the King and the rest of the Royal family as the entered or left Westminster Abbey, even the Royal family only really saw the back of the Coronation chair from where they were seated. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WFJaad44g6LoyJ6T_Y92apRdf7JxLsH_ZWuaZaSbnb0ViA7WabM6rHHVyW_ysGT_xFR4pXu71842cgEydEQJRK-7As1CNLeU8G0fj4uryBFiDUMJnqktYpZ9PdcH-mi5NtKrZd0HZaRhpgNGx5C1_aM2te6om4q4r3t8MfWyGvMo-dte0wE2YzKd/s2672/20230506_070231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="2672" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WFJaad44g6LoyJ6T_Y92apRdf7JxLsH_ZWuaZaSbnb0ViA7WabM6rHHVyW_ysGT_xFR4pXu71842cgEydEQJRK-7As1CNLeU8G0fj4uryBFiDUMJnqktYpZ9PdcH-mi5NtKrZd0HZaRhpgNGx5C1_aM2te6om4q4r3t8MfWyGvMo-dte0wE2YzKd/s320/20230506_070231.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJPHgd4RsP-cM7CUioUHEz3GHmAUL-SNdjyD_OOwTBo6Nv7hlBO3WsioGQLnarXQfR_PyrW8-uJAj_ApqFQbxyKUJC-mkgGD1oNohSyaw0VnbolkeQuYGsugxa7ueUax88pCK9elbtiCr8J-tEBtrkEljtmwMsLAFcFYyrtWxy4n1492pDQ2Akytn/s3264/20230506_072000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1710" data-original-width="3264" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJPHgd4RsP-cM7CUioUHEz3GHmAUL-SNdjyD_OOwTBo6Nv7hlBO3WsioGQLnarXQfR_PyrW8-uJAj_ApqFQbxyKUJC-mkgGD1oNohSyaw0VnbolkeQuYGsugxa7ueUax88pCK9elbtiCr8J-tEBtrkEljtmwMsLAFcFYyrtWxy4n1492pDQ2Akytn/s320/20230506_072000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>It was nice to see the role that Prince George played in his grandfather's coronation and that of Prince William, but I especially liked that Princess Anne had a role as a member of the King's guard on the procession back to Buckingham Palace and took part in the salute to the King on the grounds of Buckingham Palace. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxflulsm0toL1cY3b86G8qGfV5suDby22QBzgU7COIKzag9X2aBgPjj8h1slNxgrL8BXIeG-SW85KlX4R3Z1ffxPhIaXkVgbmhnz3kYwiokZ4g-g-OtkLSt0r1Ac2q_F9sv8XdTWqlsSxVUIHk1CJh4RcQ3WP0lrEUaF97uhm9nlOccYxsWDSk4J_/s2475/20230506_085200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="2475" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxflulsm0toL1cY3b86G8qGfV5suDby22QBzgU7COIKzag9X2aBgPjj8h1slNxgrL8BXIeG-SW85KlX4R3Z1ffxPhIaXkVgbmhnz3kYwiokZ4g-g-OtkLSt0r1Ac2q_F9sv8XdTWqlsSxVUIHk1CJh4RcQ3WP0lrEUaF97uhm9nlOccYxsWDSk4J_/s320/20230506_085200.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The balcony scene had more members of the family than I expected but those who were not there were not unexpected. I was glad that the Queen's cousins the Duke of Kent, the Duke of Gloucester and Princess Alexandra were there. They represented Queen Elizabeth's reign. And representing the reign of the new King were his brother Edward, now the Duke of Edinburgh, and his family, Princess Anne and her husband, and Prince William, his wife and their children. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtGBh6m4EzWnGXRy5VSy1svZOCLriyGIdBYd8nyQY3F7zNROx2nPjH1CCVBrpgeedSq64Dq40-JktybLePP1YusreER1gaZvZqn3qIUCdwuD-kXj7Lthfan4a3OMmvX4NUXZDYOw1LgjeTe23X13sgpFnq-BqGwehVpz3M82iXq1-oegk47fij2JT/s3264/20230506_092712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtGBh6m4EzWnGXRy5VSy1svZOCLriyGIdBYd8nyQY3F7zNROx2nPjH1CCVBrpgeedSq64Dq40-JktybLePP1YusreER1gaZvZqn3qIUCdwuD-kXj7Lthfan4a3OMmvX4NUXZDYOw1LgjeTe23X13sgpFnq-BqGwehVpz3M82iXq1-oegk47fij2JT/s320/20230506_092712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDzCADLBQFptl_6hCmjKTfJ5vkEUOEvXaNx2AtiFU5-a_dj80iZIBQim1q13pKNnFXZgbdGAUrcPaGoUoue8igTZAbs5tPSle8dUFEpPH95NXYETsflXNkWRnDavQDqz7cHbETfKHDOxTEdOI3l-NIOJP7fQk5sWoTWzAfJExbljOa3--FMM2GZbN/s3264/20230506_093050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDzCADLBQFptl_6hCmjKTfJ5vkEUOEvXaNx2AtiFU5-a_dj80iZIBQim1q13pKNnFXZgbdGAUrcPaGoUoue8igTZAbs5tPSle8dUFEpPH95NXYETsflXNkWRnDavQDqz7cHbETfKHDOxTEdOI3l-NIOJP7fQk5sWoTWzAfJExbljOa3--FMM2GZbN/s320/20230506_093050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvX75Ii7R7OuXOu1lDC1B4UOsuX_tLsjcHLG1jTwaV84djzzlZ_1wSWQeodAqAdzWMre4R6K2MM89yVc9R47FXSVwFB6-Un9LbwkyBRDzk41MoVJPaQCBH_JV34It1uI-ALDNAk2ZINJPWPX1GukIWL4EksfxQnGEyLwsHpdPEeVtHljKgoVLf51k3/s3264/20230506_093250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvX75Ii7R7OuXOu1lDC1B4UOsuX_tLsjcHLG1jTwaV84djzzlZ_1wSWQeodAqAdzWMre4R6K2MM89yVc9R47FXSVwFB6-Un9LbwkyBRDzk41MoVJPaQCBH_JV34It1uI-ALDNAk2ZINJPWPX1GukIWL4EksfxQnGEyLwsHpdPEeVtHljKgoVLf51k3/s320/20230506_093250.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt962tAhcyPqnsAnVGDaRwz1rT4y1ONAf09Xd9Gat29FqFaECPzt8rSx3eiaMyCTM6-5jEDuvPPPmaIMIlua7s5vmIpZJDvh7I5kK0G7Ct0wywB84ew8zL94nby_7AhdU8CrpoorFWF-tCNqt0NXIgSNe87dkcmr5UlXj05GRPtw8Mb4gIZKk8-d6/s2666/20230506_093333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="2666" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt962tAhcyPqnsAnVGDaRwz1rT4y1ONAf09Xd9Gat29FqFaECPzt8rSx3eiaMyCTM6-5jEDuvPPPmaIMIlua7s5vmIpZJDvh7I5kK0G7Ct0wywB84ew8zL94nby_7AhdU8CrpoorFWF-tCNqt0NXIgSNe87dkcmr5UlXj05GRPtw8Mb4gIZKk8-d6/s320/20230506_093333.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>There were those that said it was a shame Harry wasn't there. I don't feel bad for him. I've watched the interviews he's done and read his book; he's made many claims but didn't really substantiate many of them. And just like keeping his titles, he seems to want the prestige and privilege that goes along with being Royal but not workload or the intrusions on his life. </p><p>I wish King Charles a long life. I hope that he's able to resolve those family issues with Harry. It would be sad to think that Harry's children will miss out on getting to know their close relatives. </p><p>I hope Canada will keep the monarch as our Head of State or, at least, that we'll stay in the Commonwealth. </p><p><br /></p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-732197117352963920.post-11642370836102114162023-04-22T16:51:00.001-04:002023-04-22T16:51:56.682-04:00Chris De Burgh Concert<p>I went to a concert this past week. It was the first really big event that I've gone where I didn't wear a mask; we'll see how that works out. </p><p>My friend and I went out to dinner before the concert. We had a nice meal with a couple glasses of wine. Our reservations had us at the restaurant during Happy Hour so many drinks were only $6, as well on Wednesday's all of the burgers were only $14. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfS6ksCISHHZrBrmH1pkwjnagZHCbTP5MPqw2k70IfflwLIJ3oCTu24RbWBM4C9l4zaR1Oqw61LD5ySNwJYMc4FF07IuxV9iY-sb93IqQdRV6sGifbjvxcbmAVt1nsTjyOuKLNmalBo-ns37Ur6YyZkx6ZEsiFe_2Oe3_-Xgv-BKD_fAQ3mSzzgyM/s4000/20230419_173756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfS6ksCISHHZrBrmH1pkwjnagZHCbTP5MPqw2k70IfflwLIJ3oCTu24RbWBM4C9l4zaR1Oqw61LD5ySNwJYMc4FF07IuxV9iY-sb93IqQdRV6sGifbjvxcbmAVt1nsTjyOuKLNmalBo-ns37Ur6YyZkx6ZEsiFe_2Oe3_-Xgv-BKD_fAQ3mSzzgyM/s320/20230419_173756.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We thought we had plenty of time, so we leisurely headed over to the nearby venue only to realize we were at the wrong concert location. So began the race across town; luckily, we had prepaid for parking. We were a bit late; the concert had already started but we weren't the only ones that were late, and I think we only missed the opening song. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20eHb3ooIBc1EpF5atWnqCFVxgM39QOUvJdwVa24ws28DG82lrIIstJEeqnYG3UhFwB7rbtBDxL0dDFGEci-84egLwPDqsdNQ0QjxUWK5aSDey277ZQLssgX1E9vwwX2ZK_rmPv60UnJ976RHS9tgnchY0crFGipv1rg3ZvzlPasiuDyQxny9-XPN/s852/Chris%20de%20Burgh%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="852" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20eHb3ooIBc1EpF5atWnqCFVxgM39QOUvJdwVa24ws28DG82lrIIstJEeqnYG3UhFwB7rbtBDxL0dDFGEci-84egLwPDqsdNQ0QjxUWK5aSDey277ZQLssgX1E9vwwX2ZK_rmPv60UnJ976RHS9tgnchY0crFGipv1rg3ZvzlPasiuDyQxny9-XPN/s320/Chris%20de%20Burgh%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsha4iaIb0gBg6YqafbF-ew8ijngJlt4xZzKc6PUBm0j0ocOOIROg1jzj76FTglkbquYUAiovK8j1evpQNH6ggYTsuQ3of-_AVBO_Em9DTJStfiIT66CS_3Lgq5AGWQEAS_fZE-7nte4tMt9G9ag8576ZsOtAAfbO0bJPKFP4rGUwwZxobQxs9_eKl/s1699/Chris%20Deburgh%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1699" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsha4iaIb0gBg6YqafbF-ew8ijngJlt4xZzKc6PUBm0j0ocOOIROg1jzj76FTglkbquYUAiovK8j1evpQNH6ggYTsuQ3of-_AVBO_Em9DTJStfiIT66CS_3Lgq5AGWQEAS_fZE-7nte4tMt9G9ag8576ZsOtAAfbO0bJPKFP4rGUwwZxobQxs9_eKl/w400-h175/Chris%20Deburgh%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8swBNphEOs">Chris de Burgh Concert Video</a></div><p>I'd seen Chris de Burgh in concert before many years ago; his stage show has gotten more techno than I recall. He also either had a cold or is having some difficulty reaching the high notes of some of his songs but at 74 years old he still is a good singer and storyteller. </p><p>It was a good evening despite the road race to get to the concert. Next time I'll check to make sure I have the right venue. </p>Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522292872448369996noreply@blogger.com1