Trip to Brockville

 We were off and stopped to pick up the mail. As I watched, the car on the left whipped around the one in front, and passed them. You have to imagine. Two men are still in hospital from rolling their car right here.

There were lots of people out on motorcycles.

The boats are wearing their winter coats.

Lots of pumpkins about, yards cleaned up for winter. The lawns are still green, despite this being November.

I like this mural.

There is water now. It was a bit dry at times in the summer.

We made it this far!

But it was slow going at times. It's farm country!

Roosdale Elevators

It's a farming community, for sure!

The farm house and barns all done in brick.

Farming is on the wane these days. There are many barns that are falling apart. 

Then, there is fire... it destroys so quickly.

A mural!

Next post: the purpose of our trip!

Long Sault home through Williamsburg, Winchester, part 3

My saga: Trip to Long Sault, part 1; Long Sault, part 2

Note the tree colours!

Train for JB, not bad for a drive-by shooting through the opposite window!

Williamsburg

Winchester

Battle of Hill 70 Memorial

Land Battles - Hill 70 | Canada and the First World War

The Canadians lost more than 9,000 soldiers at Hill 70, but killed or wounded an estimated 25,000 Germans. Currie proved an able and innovative commander. His Canadian Corps would soon move north to help Haig and his faltering Passchendaele campaign.

As we walked around the memorial, an older man drove in, eyed us carefully, and drove out. I think we were being inspected! I guess we looked harmless.

The orchard

We went in, bought some apple butter, honey butter, and a bag of apples. I made applesauce the next day. Susie Homemaker, I be! We had wieners and beans last night. I added some applesauce, plus mustard and BBQ sauce. Some days I do well!

This guy was a bit intimidating, sitting outside the apple store!

Signage, "Hey you pigs stop littering.'


Of course, it was the MD Telethon, and the firefighters were collecting money.

Next, we spotted some smoke...
Saddlemire Rd. & Whitelake Rd., South of Winchester and Chesterville.


Peat Fire from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Finally, a stop for groceries. Something along the lines of a peaceful scene. A lovely couple holding hands on their way to shop. I loathe grocery shopping. People drive me nuts! JB does most of our groceries. He's very good at it.