Michael is a train and model train enthusiast! This brought us to Mississauga to visit the model railway supply store – The Credit Valley Railway Company! This was a fun shop filled with EVERYTHING one needs to build a model railroad layout!! S, xo
Category: Ontario
Millbrook, Ontario – Pretty Pedicure & Puffy Pastry!
On our way to Mississauga, we had a stop in Millbrook. While Michael took care of family business at the small government office, I walked the village! I stopped for a pedicare at Nancy’s Oasis Boutique! Nancy is from Millbrook and has owned the shop for 16 years (I think?). This is one of my…
Peterborough, Ontario – More Millettes!
We drove to Peterborough to visit Michael’s other brother Jamie, his wife Robin and children Riley and Sophie! A lot of Ontario is farming country! We saw lots of these beautiful yellow fields along the way! We arrived in Peterborough at sunset: Robin and I connected immediately! Brothers! Sister-in-law! Uncle Michael and Riley. Sophie was…
Ontario, Canada – Big Bold Beautiful Brawny Bumbling Black Bear!
While driving from Kapuskasing to Peterborough – meaning down and out the north – out of the bush – it’s called, a big ol’ black bear was hanging out in the bushes on the side of Highway 101! This was my first ever signing of a bear so we pulled over to get a closer…
Kapuskasing, Ontario – Joel’s Harley Davidson Collection
For all Harley Davidson fans, this is a collection you will enjoy! Joel’s collection spans 14 years and two man caves! S, xo Brothers and their cars in Harley Davidson Man Cave #1! Dana’s shuffle board in Harley Davidson Man Cave #1! Close-up of some of the Harley Davidson memorabilia in Harley Davidson Man Cave…
Ontario, Canada – Toronto to Timmins to Kapuskasing to Peterborough – Planes, Trains, Ferries, Buses and Cars!
I’m a bit ahead of myself with the blog title – but I wanted to foreshadow a little of what’s ahead for the next few days!! Since departing from Doha on June 14th – I’ve flown in 9 airplanes to arrive at my destinations!!! Michael only 8 airplanes – I’ve beaten him by one…
Final Thoughts – Essex, Ontario
During our last days in Essex visiting my husband’s father Ron, and brother Joel who was down from Kapuskasing to visit us and his dad, the boys worked together to lay a new gravel driveway for their father. Ron’s health is not the best at this time, but that didn’t stop him from pitching in…
Moments – Essex, Ontario
Here are random moments of county, country life here in Essex, Ontario! Or just moments of what it is like, for me, to be back in Canada! For example… Tim Hortons coffee here is the REAL deal! Yes, we’ve tasted Tim Hortons in places as remote as the Saudi Arabian Jeddah Airport. But nothing is…