Trip to Chesterville, Alexandria, Apple Hill

Yes, we left at 9:30 a.m., and arrived home by 7 p.m.,

Chesterville to donate items to the museum, visit the LCBO (where JB worked in the 70s), and visit the war memorial (93 km, 75 minutes)
Alexandria for lunch, see below. (40 minutes, 54 km).
Apple Hill for the Bee Meadow Fundraiser (20km, 20 minutes).
I shall try to post these a few at a time! It was a grand day, with lots of things to view there and back.

There were a few worrisome events: the car passing us on the right in the gravel, as we turned left; the cyclists crowding the traffic lane; the motorbike who pulled out in front of us.



My pet peeve, cyclists clogging the roads.

Alexandria for lunch: Georgian House Gourmet Cuisine

It was wonderful. I had venison, hubby had a dairy-free, yeast-free, beef wrap! An amazing setting, under big trees. Our server is also from Chesterville, where hubby spent his early years.

Very French town, with its proximity to the Quebec border.

Vulnerable Road Users 

Vulnerable Road Users, include young people on motorcycles! We watching him carefully, as he pulled out in front of us, as we were driving. He hugged the centre line, then tried to pass a car on an uphill, while the car was turning right into a driveway.

Kemptville Restore Bear!

 Vulnerable Road Users Videos

These include cyclists, motorcycles, and pedestrians. I feel vulnerable in the car!

Passing on the right from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Highway cyclists from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

motorcycle from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Our March 27th day trip

Where oh where did you ever go?
On a daytrip
Don't you know!

Rideau Ferry at the beach
The icy edge it did not reach

I saw a frog jump in the lake
Sadly too quick the snap to take

On the bay I saw some birds
Turkey vultures, not in herds

Next we went to see the islands
Up and down, upon the highlands

Potholes galore it was a mess
Bravely navigated with finesse

Beehives ready for to spring
Joyous colours soon to bring

April has been NaPoWriMo, though I didn't participate last year. I felt a rhyme coming through as I prepared this post.

March 27, 2016

Rideau Ferry beach


The Big Rideau is melting!


Beehives are ready to go!


McDonald's Bay boat launch had a pair of turkey vultures, gulls, and mergansers diving for food, off in the distance.


This road had lots of potholes! Poor hubby! See the video below for the pain I put him through. Good thing he loves me. It's a lovely spot, but the road was 'not maintained by the county!'


The summer markets stands look so bleak. The old barn I need to sketch sometime.


Narrows Locks: a pine tree was damaged in our ice storm. There were no birds, as I had hoped.


We spotted swans on the ice there last year, in April! The ice is going much  more quickly this year.

The smaller ponds around Murphys Point Park are melting.


Watch for deer on the road! They are moving out of their winter yards. Can you see her in the next photo?!


We tend to have hubby drive, me snap photos. This is the road I put him on!

Slippery trail from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.