I finally got to writing about the three weeks I spent back east when I was sitting by a pool at Whistler. What can I say?
The trip began in Toronto with a visit with friends who live in Peterborough. This is a friendship that began long ago when Anne and I did our Bachelor of Education degrees at Queen's University, a friendship forged in classes and in practicums and one that has lasted almost forty years (how scary is that?) . Great fun seeing Anne and Barrie and their grown kids and new grandchild. Then I met a good friend, Mary, at the McMichael Gallery where she once worked. It was fun to tour it with her and catch up over lunch. Then I set off to the Niagara Peninsula to visit my cousin and good friend, Janice, and her family. One highlight was seeing My Fair Lady at the Shaw Festival.
Next I was off to Montreal where I lived for six years to visit my other good Queen's friend, Linda, and we set off on a road trip with her sister, Carol, and her amazing mom, Lorraine. It was just a great trip with lots of fun and adventures such as spotting a mother moose and baby on the road coming out of the woods. I love New Hampshire and Maine and the Maritime provinces and it was great to get some time there with good friends. As I drove up the Sea to Sky Highway this week, it was hard to believe that I had been on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton looking at the Atlantic Ocean two weeks ago.
Back in Montreal I again had time to catch up with friends and relatives and get to spend time in some favorite places. Having seen Montreal's current traffic situation I am not sure Vancouverites should be complaining too much.
I have been back a week and it's been busy partly due to my seemingly never ending birthday celebrations. It's also been stressful getting a diagnosis that my house probably needs to be rewired. The joys of older homes. I can't believe that next week at this time I will be back at work and of course, I keep saying this is the last year!!! Summer is ending-dark at 9:00!
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