Then east a bit (it still feels like 'north' to me) to Kingston, Ontario - our first visit to this park also. The owner is a delightful German man who runs an absolutely GREAT park. He spoiled us by parking us on one of his deluxe patio sites. The heat is still with us, but thunder storms were predicted for later on - and they didn't disappoint us. Actually enjoyed hearing the thunder roll - and the cooler weather it brought.
Last stop on this Canadian jaunt is to the Cardinal, Ontario KOA. It rained us almost the entire ride from Kingston to Cardinal; it was such a 'gray day' that we decided to postpone trying to get pictures. The owners here just celebrated their first anniversary of ownership in April and have a lot of new projects going on. They have added a Jumping Pillow, relocated the playground and are in the process of putting in a new pool.
They provided us with a golf cart and we took a tour around the park with it raining off and on. A real treat that evening when they invited us to supper: t-bone steaks hot off the grill, served up with a tasty side dish of onions & carrots with tender potato slices. We topped it off with "Bumbleberry Pie". I thought we had discovered a new type of berry, but turns out it was just a name of the pie - a mixture of several types of berries and apples with a crumb topping. Delicious!
Tuesday (today) dawned bright & sunny and I walked about snapping pictures while Roger spent the day with Daniel, learning about their planned improvements, their vision for the park, etc.
Then much to Roger’s delight, the pool guys showed up to install the vinyl liner to the new pool this afternoon, so he got to watch the whole process (in between the rain showers).The white/black dots in the bottom of the pool are a requirement here in Canada for all pools. It's a safety feature that makes a lot of sense. If you can't see the black dot clearly, the water is out of balance and you can not open the pool. Roger had never seen a vinyl liner installed and enjoyed seeing it happen from start to finish. They truck in water to fill the pool and already had one truck full emptied into it before Roger called it a day. It has rained on and off here today and an even cooler front has moved in; they are saying we could even see a light frost tonight. Gotta love it!
I spent the day working on files and finishing up reports. A very quiet day; tonight I cooked up a batch of spaghetti. I know I'm not Italian, but I still manage to cook up enough to feed an army when it comes to spaghetti sauce. Oh, well, the extra will come in handy some evening when I'm not in the mood to cook.
Tomorrow we head back to the good 'ol USA; would have stayed in Canada longer, but we have to get down to Pennsylvania to get a couple of prescriptions filled. We'll make a stop at the Niagara Falls North/Lewiston, NY KOA on Wednesday night - do their review - and land in Erie, PA on Thursday for two nights. We have to drop down to Pennsylvania, for in New York, if you refill a prescription, they cancel all the refills left. (Guess that's a law the NY doctors got passed so you have to go back to the doctor to get a new prescription each time.) Oh, well, it's time for a haircut for me anyway, and I found a shop in this area last year that gave me a decent haircut.
We're counting the days before our granddaughter, Hunter, flies in to join us for a few weeks of traveling. Grandpa Roger and I are having fun planning the parks we want to visit while she is with us. Just picking her up from the airport will be an adventure, for we've never been to Newark, NJ before. She should be able to catch sight of the Statue of Liberty from the air for she sits right in the harbor between Newark & New York City. Stay tuned.
No comments:
Post a Comment