11/05: Horray for Spring
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Just been loving this weather --- some sun, some rain, some warmth. Once again I've been reminded that spring is my favourite season. Seeing fresh plowed fields, bright green grass, flowers blooming and trees just beginning to leaf makes me feel happy.
Last Thursday started with a thunder storm. By noon all sign of rain was gone and the sun was shining and it was warm. Perfect afternoon for a tour in the Miata. Our neighbours got our their TR6 and joined us in our first leg of "Explore the Bruce". Every year our county's department of tourism creates a sort of treasure map. Following geo co-ordinates (or a map) you travel to 12 different locations in the county and get a punch on your card. The first thousand people to send in their cards gets a t-shirt plus you are eligible for other prises.
First stop Lobbies Park in Walkerton.
Lobbies is a pretty park and campground on the shores of the Saugeen River. Earlier this spring I took a couple of photos of this area under water. Do you remember the photo of the bridge with the water just inches from it? Well this is how it normally looks.
Another stop was in Mildmay, the town south of Walkerton. There is an artesian spring here where people can come to get drinking water.
We found the Explore the Bruce box but no punch. Love cell phones --- made a quick call to the tourism office to notify them of the missing punch and what to write on our card instead.
On the way to our next destination, we drove down a road that was fun to drive in the sport cars and that took us past some beautiful scenery --- including a couple of patches of snow.
Really enjoyed this stop at the Holyrood General store as they had 30 flavours of ice cream to choose between.
Last stop of the day was in Kincardine. Hadn't noticed the large beach chairs before but we're usually at the other end of the beach with Zaph.
Beautiful rock garden in Kincardine.
Beautiful weather means lots of yard work. The trailer has been de-winterized and is almost clean, a garden was expanded when we did some landscaping around the new shed, gardens weeded, vegetable garden dug, raspberries pruned, grass seed put down and outdoor furniture washed and put out.
The expanded garden.
Some of my spring flowers.
As a reward, we did a few hours of geo-caching around Hanover. Think we found 22 geocaches --- love it when they are easy. I spotted one as I pulled onto the shoulder of the road.
Ed spotted this old bus at one of the stops.
Did I mention that we also smoked some ribs, the first of the season. They were amazing.
Last Thursday started with a thunder storm. By noon all sign of rain was gone and the sun was shining and it was warm. Perfect afternoon for a tour in the Miata. Our neighbours got our their TR6 and joined us in our first leg of "Explore the Bruce". Every year our county's department of tourism creates a sort of treasure map. Following geo co-ordinates (or a map) you travel to 12 different locations in the county and get a punch on your card. The first thousand people to send in their cards gets a t-shirt plus you are eligible for other prises.
First stop Lobbies Park in Walkerton.
Lobbies is a pretty park and campground on the shores of the Saugeen River. Earlier this spring I took a couple of photos of this area under water. Do you remember the photo of the bridge with the water just inches from it? Well this is how it normally looks.
Another stop was in Mildmay, the town south of Walkerton. There is an artesian spring here where people can come to get drinking water.
We found the Explore the Bruce box but no punch. Love cell phones --- made a quick call to the tourism office to notify them of the missing punch and what to write on our card instead.
On the way to our next destination, we drove down a road that was fun to drive in the sport cars and that took us past some beautiful scenery --- including a couple of patches of snow.
Really enjoyed this stop at the Holyrood General store as they had 30 flavours of ice cream to choose between.
Last stop of the day was in Kincardine. Hadn't noticed the large beach chairs before but we're usually at the other end of the beach with Zaph.
Beautiful rock garden in Kincardine.
Beautiful weather means lots of yard work. The trailer has been de-winterized and is almost clean, a garden was expanded when we did some landscaping around the new shed, gardens weeded, vegetable garden dug, raspberries pruned, grass seed put down and outdoor furniture washed and put out.
The expanded garden.
Some of my spring flowers.
As a reward, we did a few hours of geo-caching around Hanover. Think we found 22 geocaches --- love it when they are easy. I spotted one as I pulled onto the shoulder of the road.
Ed spotted this old bus at one of the stops.
Did I mention that we also smoked some ribs, the first of the season. They were amazing.