Blogs from Brockville, Ontario, Canada, North America

Geo: 44.5905, -75.6828Oops, took off and forgot to stop and do the Chocolate Factory Tour....oh well, we don't need it.Hold ups at the border, took a bit to get through to Quebec Canada, but nice and easy.On no! All the signs are in French, no English!Not much change in the landscape.Stopped briefly for drinks but girl could barely speak English, definitely French only here.Crossed the provincial border into Ontario, and relief, both English and French. People also speak English. Once we start coming down the lower part of the St Lawrence, the area seemed much nicer. Can't make Kingston, stopped at Brockville which was just lovely at a Super 8 - last room! Everyone's had it, so into town for takeaway pizza and home again. ... read more

Today started off a little less right than yesterday, and not just because the residences were on the North side of the street (we're still heading east). First, Therese noticed some mold on her breakfast sandwich in the residence, and so breakfast was not immediate. Since she had woken up hungry and eaten a few times in the middle of the night, this was not THAT bad, but we did stop for our McDonald's breakfast in Kingston on our way out of town instead of further down the road, and didn't really get going until about 8:15. This turned out alright though, since there was basically nothing for a long way outside of Kingston. Also, we were still quite sore from yesterday (and the previous day as well), and warnings of a thunderstorm coming in from ... read more

Ju-Vindale Holsteins of Cazenovia is this year's Dairy of Distinction winner in Madison County. Vince and Juliet Wagner have owned this farm since January 2008 after they sold their dairy in Myerstown, Pa. and moved to New York. They currently milk 58 cows, have 45 head of youngstock and grow all their crops on the 162-acre farm. The designation for the Ballina Road dairy continures the "Dairy of Distinction" tradition which began in 1984. At that time, it was owned by Harlan and Margie Jones. The Jones, along with Bruce and Sally Barnes in Madison, were the first two farms in Madison County designated as "Dairies of Distinction" and to place the distinctive white sign with the red barn in their dooryards. The Northeast Dairy Farm Beautification Program recognizes the hard work and dedication of dairy ... read more

Wilma's trophy! ... read more

Hi everyone in the Woodbrook Shuffleboard Club: If you would like your news posted on our blog, you can send it to me directly at this address: marnold28@cogeco.ca That should get me with no problem. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer.... read more