Sunday, May 30, 2010

We started the day playing Newfie horseshoes. It's a fun game where you throw steel washers into boxes (12"x12"x 8"). The boxes are 20' apart. In the middle of the open end of the box is an open ended 3" pipe. If the washer goes in the pipe, 3 points. If the washer goes in the box, 2 points. If the washer is close to the outside of the box, 1 points (within the width of the washer). You draw for partners and play as a team toward the final match. There were 30 people playing, and my team won twice and Connie's team didn't win at all. Good fun!

After horseshoes, we took a side trip with Roger and Marcia to Peterborough, ON, to see the 'Lift Lock." You can see in the photo that it's not like a regular lock because it has two 140'X 30' chambers that rise and fall 65' to move boats from one level of the river to the other. We were lucky that a cruise boat was going through the locks when we were there. This lift lock was built between 1896 and 1904 and is part of an elaborate lock system that connects Lake Ontario and Lake Huron.

Our next stop was to visit Gail and Nestor Gulka at their new home in Lindsay. Gail and Nestor are also friends that we met in Texas. They also took us to Tim Horton's and M & M Meat Store. Tim Horton's is a chain of donut/coffee stores throughout Canada and M & M is also a chain that specialize in frozen foods - mostly ready to cook meats.

We ended the day with the Gulka's and the Miller's. We had a cookout and said good bye after dinner. It's amazing what dear friends we have been fortunate enough to meet in South Texas. Tomorrow we are off to Ottawa.