around the bend

Dear Dad,

We've been around a lot of bends on this trip...the first being Grand Bend. As with past trips, this is a place I could live. The beach life is for me...beach all day, mini golf in the evening and the most amazing sunset to finish the day. From the top of the main strip you could see the ball of fire starting to sink into the lake a sliver at a time until it disappeared completely. I ran from the mini golf course to catch a few photos of the spectacle and I'm glad I did, the next night was rainy and foggy.

I was glad it rained on our last day or I may not have been pryed from the Adirondack chair of the Boonie Doone Manor. We browsed the shops and I saw a t-shirt that said "dual airbags doesn't mean your wife and your mother-in-law", you would have liked that especially since our next stop was at the Grandmother's in Whitby, ON. We visited the cemetery one last time and while sad to be leaving, at peace.

We arrived at the Grandmother's at dinner time and stayed a couple of days to recharge our batteries. Unfortunately, no internet, being in Whitby cut off from the world is a little rattling, its a drive around another type of bend. The Kid loved it, he's an 80 year old at heart, he had a hot tub with some old geezer the first night then watched the lobby on TV making fun of everyone that entered or left the building.

Mum and I spent an afternoon touring around our old hood, went to the beach and wondered what if...can you ever go back? We had lunch at the Big M Drive-in and the onion rings alone are enough to make me want to go back!

Once recharged we got back on the road for our scenic route home, we travelled through the Adirondacks and passed some really breath-taking scenery, some of the places you've taken us. I was hoping to spend the night in Burlington, VT, one of my favourite places. I had visions of eating pasta and having a glass of red wine at the outdoor courtyard under the twinkly lights. We got as far as Plattsburg, NY and had spaghetti in the room of the EconoLodge, we missed the ferry to Burlington. Maybe breakfast in Burlington...or a coffee?

One of the things I have learned on this trip not to put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Like the almost missed sunset at the Bend, there may not be one tomorrow. If you can take the scenic route on the way there instead of the way home, do it, you never know what you may have to rush home for.

So my dear dad, I will drink a toast of Green Mountain Vermont coffee to you and see what is around the next bend.

Love Poops