We started the day with a little geocaching. At one point we ended up in the town of Ayr, which was much larger than I thought. When I talked to my mother on Sunday she reminded me that I had been to Ayr before. Ayr was the starting point of our hot air balloon ride. I'm glad she has a good memory.

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We found a gnarlly old tree.

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and this entrance way on a path near a farm.

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There was a calf statue on each side of the trail.

Late in the afternoon we drove the fifteen minutes to our friends farm which is just outside of Paris (Ontario that is). It's been several years since we've seen Kathleen, Steven and their daughter Jess. They current have six house cats, a bunch of barn cats, 3 mini horses and 3 regular horses. Jess does most of the riding plus she competes in jumping shows and does quite well. We had a great visit catching up.