First a belated Happy Birthday to my great friend Brenda who celebrated last Wednesday, and an early wish for her hubby Bernie who will be turning the ripe old age of 60 on Thursday!
It was a very busy few days. A bunch of girls from the Fort Augustus and surrounding area went out to Lorne Valley for the old time dance that's held each week. I decided not to go and I'm told that all the group felt like young girls again as the majority of the dancers who attend each week are well into their 80's and still going strong. It's almost like stepping back in time. From what I understand a great time was had by all.
Lloyd left early in the morning for Guelph on Thursday morning. He's not back yet but from what I've been told, a good time has also been had up there.
Friday night was a quiet night for me, although I did pass up the opportunity to attend the Shell Fish Festival with the Van Gaals and Bairds. No worries, I was going to catch up on some fun on Saturday.
The morning dawned beautiful and sunny and promised to be very warm - and indeed, the weatherman did not disappoint. I packed up my little convertible and picked Brenda up at 10:00 on Saturday morning and we headed for the bridge (the big one, not the one in Stratford!). We had read about Jost Winery in Nova Scotia that we've been planning to make a run to sometime over the summer, having a first ever Maritime Music Festival. Sounds like a plan to us. SO we went online a couple of weeks ago and picked up our tickets and we were off.
We weren't in a huge rush to get there so we made a few stops along the way. So much so that we were surprised to find that it was almost 1:00 when we got to the other side of the bridge and were on our way. We headed across the Sunrise Trail and eventually landed at the winery, just in time to catch Lennie Gallant, one of our favorite island musicians, playing.
For a first time event, they did a bang up job! There were big tents set up with tables and chairs. There was food available for purchase as well as beer and wine. The music lasted until 8:00 pm but we left just a few minutes before. It had been a really great day and the great weather continued on into the night so we were able to drive all the way home with the top down on the car, do we could enjoy the bright stars and brilliant moon.
I got to bed at 11:30, just in time to catch some sleep before we were off early Sunday morning. I was at Brenda's house at 7:00 am so we could drive to Stratford to pick up her cousin, Donna, and then head off to the bridge --- again.
The 35th Annual Terry Fox Run was taking place on the bridge again this year, so instead of driving over, we walked. I've done virtually no walking at all this summer so I was pleasantly surprised to actually make it. 13 km is a little bit much for the first training walk of the season, but we did it. It wasn't that easy either as we had a strong head wind that made it that much tougher. But we made it with 10 minutes to spare before all walkers had to be off the bridge.
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| The closest we got to rain was a rainbow, in spite of the clouds and the weather forecast all week long |
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| That's PEI WAAAAY back there! |
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| Made it... |
We were fortunate to have a ride back lined up and by the time we got back to PEI the three of us were starving. So we headed to Victoria and all enjoyed a really great lunch, followed by a couple of pieces of chocolate from the chocolate store on the main street. We got to Stratford to drop off Donna and while we were there, we experienced a bit of a mechanical problem with Brenda's car so we had to get it towed over to the garage and Bernie, bless his little heart, drove in and picked us up.
I had plans to accomplish great things when I got home, but instead I soaked in a hot bath, made something to eat and relaxed for the rest of the evening. I was too tired and stiff to do much else. But the good news is I felt not too bad on Monday morning.
I got this email last night from Patti. Seems one of Lloyd's airport buddies got chatting with James at the airport and gave him a model airplane that needed some fixing up. So now it's in their garage and it looks like he and James had a great time working on it together. It's going to take some doing to finish it and Lloyd's not there to help very often but they'll figure it out.
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