Blogs from North Bay, Ontario, Canada, North America

July 16th and 17th It's Jacob's birthday. We woke up at Samuel Champlain Provincial Park. It's on a small lake and river. The sites are large and the sunset gorgeous. It's very hot 35 CelsiuS, with thunder storm warnings. It took all day to travel here yesterday. Through a lot of heat, stopping at one shady rest spot for lunch, then I got lost in North Bay and finally got us turned around and back onto the road after checking out a rednecked "Jake's word" camp ground. We drove on to the park and were well pleased we had kept going. Today, we had camp biscuits for the birthday breakfast, went for a paddle and then a swim. We're staying till tomorrow. Now, we are keeping cool at Timmy's to use the wifi. Happy Birthday Jacob ... read more

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM! HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, NOW YOU ARE INTO YOUR 94TH YEAR! I HOPE YOU GET LOTS OF CAKE, HAVE A PIECE FOR US! LOVE, HELEN AND IAN XXXX... read more

A week at the cottage with the family ... relaxation and bliss are truly the only words that come to mind. This is a cottage that we have now rented for the past four years but for me it was my second time there (I was travelling the other years!). It was definitely great to be back there and the week seemed to have flown by. There were tons of photo ops which always keeps me busy for a bit. I managed to finish two mystery novels (I can't remember the last time I was actually focused enough to finish one ... that's a problem and I need to solve that little issue!). Out of curiosty (I really needed to know if there were pieces missing) I managed, with some help from dad, to finish a ... read more

Destination this time was a small cottage on Lake Nosbonsing (which is about 25 kms outside of North Bay). This was a cottage that my brother and sister-in-law had rented last year and my parents had joined them for a few days. I on the other hand was unable to go last year (I was traipsing through Paris!) but when the idea came around that my parents would rent it this year and that we could all join them, I was in. First I had felt like I had missed out on some good old family fun. Then add that my brother and I and his wife were all turning 40 meant that family time was more important than knocking something else off of my list of things to do in my lifetime ... heck we ... read more

STARTING LINE-UP: Ted, Davis, Lennon the car, 47 billion bugs PITCH CONDITION: Variable, but agreeable overall. MATCH OVERVIEW: An injury-hit team faced an uphill struggle (and multiple pitch-invaders) to limp home in the end. PLAYER INFO: Both Davis and Lennon tried to take themselves out of contention, so skipper Ted had to step up to fill the gaps. Davis spent several days with a minor concussion sustained in a pre-match shower, and Lennon had to be stretchered off mid-game with a leg injury. Both are fully recovered now! HIGHLIGHTS: - An interesting couple of days...a lot of ground was covered and there were a few minor hiccups along the way... - Lennon kindly developed a flat tyre on Sunday morning in Trenton. Had to get towed to a tyre place where fortunately they could ... read more