Return from Eastern Provinces

Hi All!



We're embarking on a different venture (thank-you Carol T.) Instead of diary type updates to clutter up your mailboxes, I'll try my hand at blogging. Then you can read/ignore as you choose!



We came back to Ontario through the States, taking two blissfully quiet and relaxing days at a campground in Maine. But then the rains started (again!) so we shot through New Hampshire, Vermont and upper New York in record time. Reentering Canada, the whole RV was X-rayed, by a truck with an outrigger arm, which was kind of neat.








We were back only five days when we took our niece and 2 nephews in the RV for a weekend festival:- the Smiths Falls Chocolate and Railway festival. It opened with the annual nightshirt parade, which earned us a basket of choccies and our photo on the front page of the local paper!!Aren't we a vision!? We came home absolutely exhausted; they're all super kids, but they're kids and we're SO not!!







We're now at the lake, visiting various family and friends, and trying to catch up on our boating between rain and storms. This has been the wettest July on record! and August is keeping up with July so far!! Mind, we had 3 1/2 good days in a row early this week!!






We took the pontoon through the locks for the first time this year, and because the province of Quebec is on holiday and they're all boating here, we were packed in! Had seven boats in total, including one absolutely huge cruiser (eat your heart out Nick), and little us rafted up the middle. The last one had to be placed crosswise so they could close the gates!












We also learned a useful boating skill;- if you're going to break down, do it in a narrow channel, so no-one can enter or leave until they've rescued you. Fortunately nothing too serious, other than our pride at being towed home and we're mobile again now.











We had hailstones yesterday and today we've got mushrooms in the front lawn bigger than softballs, and on their way to football size! Truly! Will take a photo for my next effort.











Take care all;- hope some of you write back and let me know how I've gone? We so enjoy hearing from each of you, but too hard to keep in touch with all!

Cheers
Anne and Kathie