Thursday, breakfast, and home

Breakfast, Thursday morning. It was going to rain. We took off for home.
The ice is that dark ice, that will give way soon. Muffin Muncher had a shower, packed, and had a nice breakfast, with well-trained staff. The view from the restaurant was pretty, with pretty skies.

Our Kingston hotel, dinner, and the view!

To continue our saga, we stayed at the Delta in Kingston on points. It was hubby's idea. We thought we'd go hunt for snowy owls. (You know how well that went! Owl hunting on Wolfe Isl.)
Yes, my friends are off to warmer climes, but we went to Wolfe Isl., Lake Ontario!
The hotel was amazing. Somedays you just have to get away. My cousin is taking off for two weeks in Nassau. We're just not beachy people!
I even took Muffin Muncher along.



The bathroom was interesting. There was a huge shower, NO bath tub, and double sinks.


Then there is the TV. It is hidden in a console.


The view was amazing, even if it was a cold, wintery day. A pair were doing selfies on the frozen docks!


After settling in, I suggested we go and visit my friends. This was the second part of our trip. They made a big decision to sell their home, since they have various health issues.
We popped in and met them in the foyer of their new senior's residence.  We had cocktails in their apartment, then took them out to dinner at our hotel.



We had such fun. Hubby and I made them laugh, here he is making another joke, and we shared some old times. They've known me since I was adopted in 1957. They have been acquainted for 60 years, married for 20.

The food was amazing. The bathroom sink was worth a photo, too!


I ought to take a camera class, but the night time view was wonderful, too!


Hubby was reading the room service menu. He insisted that he should order me some popcorn ($4, what the heck). Really! He spoils me rotten.

Docktales! What is at your dock?

Docks are important to cottage life.  I wrote a post illustrating with photos about boathouses, last March. CBC features a show on the long weekend in August, and this struck a chord for me.

DOCKS

You jump off of it. Lots of critters use our docks. We park at the dock. Beavers may chew it.
We tie things to it. We fish off of it. For those who have boat access only cottages, it is crucial.

Fishing, with my dad,  on the dock
–circa 1965.

Fishing off the dock (where we would swim!)

Jumping off of the dock

  They tie up airplanes at the dock

Critters on the dock

–both two- and four-footed critters, large and small, in all seasons!

 

There are large and purposeful public and private docks

Islands need docks!

Then there is Andrew Cumming who has a 9 m (14') monster on his Lake Muskoka dock! You can see this monster on Baxter Island. (SEE MAP: Just to the left of the "E" in Eilean Gowan Island.) He seems quite proud of it, despite some controversy.   Cumming's been handing out press releases about his sculpture and doing interviews. I wouldn't want to see the monster in the fog! It doesn't seem to fit in with the peace, tranquility and beauty of cottage country. But that is just me, and my memories of cottaging in 1960 - 2010 in Muskoka! Cottaging sure has changed over my lifetime.