Road Trip 2007

John and I have just returned from a fantastic two week road trip. We started out with a weekend at Linda's cottage on Georgian Bay, then headed east through Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine to visit our friends Angus and Betty in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. While there we visited Louisbourg Fortress, Sydney and the Cabot Trail. We started back towards home after four days via New Brunswick and Quebec, stopped off in Ottawa to see Matt for a couple of days and from there we headed along the Trans Canada to Trout Lake near North Bay to see stay with our good friends Rob, Marsha and Pam. The pictures tell about half the story.

Yohanna's new boy!

Little Owen has a new brother, born August 26th, both mum and the little guy are doing well, more to follow!!

Visiting Yohanna in Barrie

We stopped by to visit John's daughter Yohanna, her husband Mike and little Owen earlier this week. As you can tell Yohanna is due anytime with her second baby. In fact she is in labour right now, and we're all thinking of her and looking forward to seeing everyone again on Monday! Here are a couple of photos taken in the driveway of their home in Barrie.

Where did Georgian Bay go?

Seems like every time we go to the cottage the shore gets bigger and the water gets shallower, here are a couple of recent shots.

I'll be sleeping but maybe you'll see it!

Two moons on 27 August the whole world is waiting for it! Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will occur on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am . It will look like the earth has 2 moons.The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

LOVE YOU MORE

This is our friends Paul and Linda. This was done a while back. If you get a chance to go see them at either The Moonshine Cafe or the Pic-A-Deli it's well worth the drive to Oakville.

Jessica the Hippo

She's amazing!!

Elvis Festival in Collingwood!!

John and I stopped by to check out the Elvis Festival in Collingwood this weekend, what a fun time! How many can you spot?

The "Mattchelor"

Last weekend Matt, John and I drove to Ottawa to look at apartments. After a year at University of Ottawa Stanton Residence Matt figured his marks and his sanity would improve if he found a place of his own for second year. We saw about 6 apartments and found this terrific two room bachelor in Sandy Hill, a great neighbourhood near the University. The deal was signed yesterday and we are all thrilled.

Hockey at Maple Leaf Gardens

My Brother Jan and friends play the Gardens!

Siamese Human Knot Batgirl

LOL this will take you back!!

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

Joanna bought me 2 tickets to see Stevie Nicks at Casino Rama for my birthday. This is for both of us. She was, is, and will always be great. Enjoy!

Neil Young - keep on rockin' in the free world

This one is for me!

Neil Young A Man Needs A Maid

For Joanna

Neil Young - Heart of Gold

Does it get better than this.

Neil Young - Old Man - Live at Massey Hall

This is one of our favourite songs. This was done when the song was new. If you haven't bought the CD, Neil Young Live At Massey Hall, then do youself a favour and get it. It'll take you back.

GCDC Plays at the Oakville Waterfront Festival

Our favourite band GCDC played at the Oakville Waterfront Festival on Sunday June 24th 2007. As usual they did a great job. They added Dave Toms on drums for this show and he was fantastic. Maybe they'll keep him on as a regular band member. John Marlatt has left the band as his place, The Moonshine Cafe, has taken off and his time now is taken up. GCDC plays there all the time so I'm sure he'll still jump in from time to time.

It was really great to hang with the guys for a bit again today. Since moving to Toronto we don't see as much of them as we'd like but we go to as many of their shows as possible.