We woke Friday morning to hear the news that there was a National Day of Protest by the Aboriginals—this meant that the route to Kingston was blocked for us. Highway 2, the 401 and the railroad all had blockades set up. We decided that we would start out and take the more northern highway (number 7) and then go south to Kingston once we were past the road block.
We did travel in a round about manner as we missed the county road signs to Port Perry but we did have a lovely drive through very fertile farmland. The traffic was surprisingly light until we got past Peterborough. We then discovered that each little town has a traffic light and as the volume grew so did the slow downs. We did stop at Havelock and had a wonderful break at the station restaurant. The CPR had run passenger service until 1960 and it is still a busy rail yard with shunting of rail cars going on all the time. At one point there were 4 engines working. The station itself has a lot of memorabilia and photos on the walls and made for a nice refreshing stop. We did decide to try our luck at going south and connecting with some of the county roads to see if that would free us from the sense of being in a parking lot on the highway. We are finding that our maps indicate the county roads by number and the townships indicate these roads by name so........By this time CBC let us know that the 401 was open so we were able to go south to Belleville (on just one road) and then on into Kingston. We arrived at Carolyn and Garry Ferguson’s some five hours after leaving Aurora.
We had a wonderful reunion with my KGH friends who are still living in Kingston and area—Carolyn and Garry, Jack and Linda, Marj and John , Karen and Andy. Somehow it is like we were never away and we still sit and have the same laughing fits as we did those many years ago. Carolyn and Garry have a new fifth wheel that they are planning to take to the East Coast this summer—what an amazing way to travel.
On Saturday Ron and I went over to Amherstview to visit with Linda and Burt Moll. (Linda and I worked together in Ottawa) . It is exciting to see their home and all the progress they have made with their renovations. The kitchen is almost finished and it does look great and Linda says it is wonderful to work in too. Linda introduced us to a nice refreshing summer drink—orangina—a fizzy orange drink.
We were back to Carolyn and Garry’s in time to go for a boat ride on Loughborough Lake—it is a 22 mile long lake with many cottages and permanent homes. Dan Ackroyd has a cottage on this lake—his family has had a cottage on this lake for many years too. As well, there are a few huge cottages built and used by NHL players. We were surprised that there was not a lot of traffic on the lake since it was the long weekend. It could have been the weather—a little on the cool side and showers threatening. However, we had a delightful trip down the lake and we were home and inside having a cup of coffee before the rain started. We decided to stay home and have a game of cards rather than venture out to downtown Kingston in the rain. I got the cards but Carolyn got the numbers so she is the new Saskatchewan Rummy champ and now has the counting and the rules down pat.
We did travel in a round about manner as we missed the county road signs to Port Perry but we did have a lovely drive through very fertile farmland. The traffic was surprisingly light until we got past Peterborough. We then discovered that each little town has a traffic light and as the volume grew so did the slow downs. We did stop at Havelock and had a wonderful break at the station restaurant. The CPR had run passenger service until 1960 and it is still a busy rail yard with shunting of rail cars going on all the time. At one point there were 4 engines working. The station itself has a lot of memorabilia and photos on the walls and made for a nice refreshing stop. We did decide to try our luck at going south and connecting with some of the county roads to see if that would free us from the sense of being in a parking lot on the highway. We are finding that our maps indicate the county roads by number and the townships indicate these roads by name so........By this time CBC let us know that the 401 was open so we were able to go south to Belleville (on just one road) and then on into Kingston. We arrived at Carolyn and Garry Ferguson’s some five hours after leaving Aurora.
We had a wonderful reunion with my KGH friends who are still living in Kingston and area—Carolyn and Garry, Jack and Linda, Marj and John , Karen and Andy. Somehow it is like we were never away and we still sit and have the same laughing fits as we did those many years ago. Carolyn and Garry have a new fifth wheel that they are planning to take to the East Coast this summer—what an amazing way to travel.
On Saturday Ron and I went over to Amherstview to visit with Linda and Burt Moll. (Linda and I worked together in Ottawa) . It is exciting to see their home and all the progress they have made with their renovations. The kitchen is almost finished and it does look great and Linda says it is wonderful to work in too. Linda introduced us to a nice refreshing summer drink—orangina—a fizzy orange drink.
We were back to Carolyn and Garry’s in time to go for a boat ride on Loughborough Lake—it is a 22 mile long lake with many cottages and permanent homes. Dan Ackroyd has a cottage on this lake—his family has had a cottage on this lake for many years too. As well, there are a few huge cottages built and used by NHL players. We were surprised that there was not a lot of traffic on the lake since it was the long weekend. It could have been the weather—a little on the cool side and showers threatening. However, we had a delightful trip down the lake and we were home and inside having a cup of coffee before the rain started. We decided to stay home and have a game of cards rather than venture out to downtown Kingston in the rain. I got the cards but Carolyn got the numbers so she is the new Saskatchewan Rummy champ and now has the counting and the rules down pat.
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