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chips…

02 Thursday Aug 2018

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one of the great things about going to Kenora is getting french fries at ye olde Chip Truck…

in the midst of the regatta there was a break so we drove into town to go to Canadian Tire…

they didn’t have what we wanted, but they did have one of the chip trucks…

neither of us was really hungry but we got a small order…

we had been tasked with bringing back a Subway sandwich for the rower…

when we found the store I laughed because it was right next to the original Chip Truck…

a bit sad but we for sure didn’t have any room for more…

good news is we are going back next weekend and I am going to be sure to get more… when I’m hungry, lol…

years…

01 Tuesday Aug 2017

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forty-seven years ago on this day I married the love of my life…

the years we had together were filled with many memories, two children, and three grandchildren…

for the last five years I have celebrated the forty-one plus years we shared together, alone…

still not sure if I should be celebrating, but not commemorating the day at all doesn’t seem right either…

some years I have stayed home and had a quiet day remembering some of the highlights… some years I’ve spent time with my daughters…

this year I was up and out of the house by 5:45 on the way to Kenora to watch rowing at the Canada Summer Games with my grandson…


had lots of treats in amongst the watching… 

still have many of the questions I pondered a few years back… not sure I will ever have the answers…

rowing…

22 Saturday Jul 2017

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yesterday, started our morning at the campsite… quick breakfast and my daughter, oldest grandson and I headed to Rabbit Lake, on the outskirts of Kenora… 

it is a lovely little lake that is going to be the site for rowing at the Canada Games over the next few weeks…

we spent a good portion of our day here… waiting for the boats to arrive, watching the kids get them offloaded, and then various practices as they prepared for today’s Tops and Bottoms Regatta…

we headed into town for a bit of the time where we had lunch at the Boathouse, which seemed fitting, lol… while we were there it started to pour… there was thunder, and lightning was flashing… we had to go back and get our boy, but did stop for some chips from the Ye Old Chip truck… I mean, we were in Kenora, lol…

picked up our boy, came back into town and checked into the hotel… our room had a great view of the harbour…

back at Rabbit Lake the sun came out and we actually got to see some rowing… very proud of my grandson as he prepares for his first races…

after practice it was back to town for supper and an early evening…

he went out with his teammates and we had dinner in the Waterside Restaurant which is high above the water and offered stunning views… the food was very tasty…

not sure how many pictures I took, lol…

memory-filled day…

one-on-one…

08 Saturday Jul 2017

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yesterday I had the great opportunity to spend one-on-one time with each of my grandsons… doesn’t happen that often, and rarely on the same day… great moments to savour…

first was with the youngest at the Fishing Hole where we talked all about a recent fishing trip and how he and daddy had caught a catfish… we also checked out the lures, looking for a nice purple one, lol…

after he and his parents had headed off to Lac du Bonnet for the weekend, spent time with the middle one as the two of us waited for him to be picked up to go to Kenora with a friend… we talked about bike riding, bunnies and watering the garden… we also discussed all the things he’s planning to do at his friend’s cottage… soon he’ll be able to come over on the bus for visits and to help me in the garden…

supper out with the oldest as he drove me home… he stayed in town as he is working over the weekend… we talked about rowing and car accidents and people who are difficult to deal with…

hard to believe that he is so grown up now… we had dinner at Red Lobster and enjoyed the treat… 

I was a bit nervous because I only had cash on me to pay for the meal so wanted to be sure we didn’t spend more than we had, lol…

I will be glad when I get the replacement credit card…

ended the day in the garden and took this shot as the solar lights were starting to twinkle on, one by one…