30/06: June - bit 1
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
I've been very tardy in updating this blog. My intentions were good but I just never seem to find the time to actually do it. June was a very busy month and there are a number of photos so I'm updating in bits with this entry being "bit 1".
First a photo from April that I meant to post but didn't.
My aunt Tony, my mother and my aunt's dog Miles. My aunt is 91 and my mother is 88 ... they look pretty good for a couple of "old" ladies.
Ed, Zaph and I live in Bruce county, which we consider a scenic area of Ontario and it includes well know places like Tobermory, the Bruce Peninsula, Sauble Beach, Bruce Nuclear Plant and Walkerton. The tourist board has created an "Adventure Passport" to help people "Explore the Bruce". Ed picked up some passports and we explored 9 of the 12 places --- we still plan on getting to the last 3 one of these days.
One of the stops was at a local park in Walkerton. You had to walk up the hill to get to the spot where you could punch your passport. Turning your passport in after 7 punches gets you a free T-shirt --- yup Ed and I both proud owners of Explore the Bruce T-shirts.
Stops along the way included a walking / mountain bike trail, a greenhouse, a lighthouse in Kincardine, a cheese factory outlet store, a park in Sauble Beach and the dairy queen (that one didn't earn us a punch but we did get bizzards).
Zaph decided to have his photo taken when we stopped at the Bruce Power visitor center. Bruce power generates both nuclear and wind energy.
Zaph liked the stops which required some walking to find the passport punch. This path is in Port Elgin.
A pretty weed I saw along the path.
Gwen and Bob drove up for the weekend. We had a great visit and enjoyed the trip to the Amish Auction. This annual event is to raise money for their school. There are several auctions --- farm implements, household goods, horses and my favorite, quilts. Gwen is a quilter so we have a great time discussing the quilts and Gwen usually goes home with a couple of ideas for new quilts.
The air ambulance made an unexpected appearance to the auction. A lot of people were crowded around the entrance to the horse auction when a horse got out of control and kicked. A boy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Both ground and air ambulance responded, don't know the end result but we hope the boy was OK.
First a photo from April that I meant to post but didn't.
My aunt Tony, my mother and my aunt's dog Miles. My aunt is 91 and my mother is 88 ... they look pretty good for a couple of "old" ladies.
Ed, Zaph and I live in Bruce county, which we consider a scenic area of Ontario and it includes well know places like Tobermory, the Bruce Peninsula, Sauble Beach, Bruce Nuclear Plant and Walkerton. The tourist board has created an "Adventure Passport" to help people "Explore the Bruce". Ed picked up some passports and we explored 9 of the 12 places --- we still plan on getting to the last 3 one of these days.
One of the stops was at a local park in Walkerton. You had to walk up the hill to get to the spot where you could punch your passport. Turning your passport in after 7 punches gets you a free T-shirt --- yup Ed and I both proud owners of Explore the Bruce T-shirts.
Stops along the way included a walking / mountain bike trail, a greenhouse, a lighthouse in Kincardine, a cheese factory outlet store, a park in Sauble Beach and the dairy queen (that one didn't earn us a punch but we did get bizzards).
Zaph decided to have his photo taken when we stopped at the Bruce Power visitor center. Bruce power generates both nuclear and wind energy.
Zaph liked the stops which required some walking to find the passport punch. This path is in Port Elgin.
A pretty weed I saw along the path.
Gwen and Bob drove up for the weekend. We had a great visit and enjoyed the trip to the Amish Auction. This annual event is to raise money for their school. There are several auctions --- farm implements, household goods, horses and my favorite, quilts. Gwen is a quilter so we have a great time discussing the quilts and Gwen usually goes home with a couple of ideas for new quilts.
The air ambulance made an unexpected appearance to the auction. A lot of people were crowded around the entrance to the horse auction when a horse got out of control and kicked. A boy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Both ground and air ambulance responded, don't know the end result but we hope the boy was OK.