17/07: The Miata Adventure
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Ed and I have been busy since we arrived home from our California trip and updating the blog fell by the wayside. In an attempt to bring the blog up to date I'm going to write a couple of entries summarizing periods of time. This entry is for July 16th to 18th.
We've done day trips in the Miata but never an overnight trip. So it was about time for a mini vacation in the Miata. What better way to start then to visit friends. Our friends Kathleen, Steve and their daughter Jess have a beautiful property just outside of Paris, Ontario where currently have four horses, three mini horses and a number of cats. Jess rides competitively and we arrived just in time to working with Cohen.
The front yard of our friends home has been converted to a riding ring complete with jumps.
One of the half dozen or so outside cats. Even though they are feral they like to socialize and a few even let you pet them. All of the cats have had a visit to the vet.
After an amazing dinner we went outside and enjoyed the quiet evening with a fire.
Four cats call the inside of the house home. This one was determined to say good morning to Ed. These four were also feral cats and they are all extremely friendly.
Jess was showing two horses in on Sunday. Even though it wasn't necessary for this show, she decided to braid her horses mane for the show. Harlee was very patient. Do you like my new hair do? ... Using Harlee's tail piece I got an idea of what it would be like to have really long hair.
Waiting for their turn to jump. Kathleen is holding Harlee and Jess has Cohen.
A girl and her horse.
Jess and Cohen in action.
It turned out the horse show was held not very far from Carlisle which was only 5 minutes from our house in Mountsberg. Since we were only twenty minutes from my mother's house we decided to drop in and stay the night. She was surprised and happy to see us. In the morning we climbed into the Miata and drove to Lake Erie.
Port Dover is a cute lake town. It's claim to fame is the arrival of thousands of motor bikes on every Friday 13th. The rest of the time it is a quiet touristy town.
Port Dover has a beautiful beach.
After wandering around Port Dover and finding some geocaches we continued driving along the lake looking for more geocaches.
We also found some ducks
and a shoe tree. Yup, people nail old shoes to the tree, or
throw shoes high up into the tree.
We've done day trips in the Miata but never an overnight trip. So it was about time for a mini vacation in the Miata. What better way to start then to visit friends. Our friends Kathleen, Steve and their daughter Jess have a beautiful property just outside of Paris, Ontario where currently have four horses, three mini horses and a number of cats. Jess rides competitively and we arrived just in time to working with Cohen.
The front yard of our friends home has been converted to a riding ring complete with jumps.
One of the half dozen or so outside cats. Even though they are feral they like to socialize and a few even let you pet them. All of the cats have had a visit to the vet.
After an amazing dinner we went outside and enjoyed the quiet evening with a fire.
Four cats call the inside of the house home. This one was determined to say good morning to Ed. These four were also feral cats and they are all extremely friendly.
Jess was showing two horses in on Sunday. Even though it wasn't necessary for this show, she decided to braid her horses mane for the show. Harlee was very patient. Do you like my new hair do? ... Using Harlee's tail piece I got an idea of what it would be like to have really long hair.
Waiting for their turn to jump. Kathleen is holding Harlee and Jess has Cohen.
A girl and her horse.
Jess and Cohen in action.
It turned out the horse show was held not very far from Carlisle which was only 5 minutes from our house in Mountsberg. Since we were only twenty minutes from my mother's house we decided to drop in and stay the night. She was surprised and happy to see us. In the morning we climbed into the Miata and drove to Lake Erie.
Port Dover is a cute lake town. It's claim to fame is the arrival of thousands of motor bikes on every Friday 13th. The rest of the time it is a quiet touristy town.
Port Dover has a beautiful beach.
After wandering around Port Dover and finding some geocaches we continued driving along the lake looking for more geocaches.
We also found some ducks
and a shoe tree. Yup, people nail old shoes to the tree, or
throw shoes high up into the tree.