from the side view mirror
as we were driving Dean suddenly pulled over, I thot we had a flat tire or something ( visions of mine and Maddie's trip a few years ago ) but no he points to the odometer.... we hit 100000, we sang a dance and did a quick jig in the car, then continued on our way....
we arrived at 11:30 pm and Geo stayed awake to greet us!!!
the next day Dave - u came to visit, he was heading out to Montreal the next morning so he couldn't stay late, but he came to say hi and have a beer. He gave me a shirt from way back when we volunteered for the Labbatt Lite relay, good times....
Val and Randy popped over too, we were all sitting outside and then the rain came, crazy lightning, great show, we tried our hardest to capture it on film, but we failed. We all ran into the garage and sat in chairs watching the light show... me and Maddie ran out to see how hard it was raining.. and we got pelted!!!
so then Katieface and me walked to the end of the driveway to see how the sky was beyond the trees, and what we saw wasn't good!!! it was Black black black!!! comin our way.
so we moved inside and played a few games of "Dice" Geo won every time!!
Katieface served us "dicey" salsa...
the next day Dean and I drove out to the beaches... first Winnipeg Beach. We walked the boardwalk and went to see the old cabins...
when at the beach one must walk on a "matchstick" dock.... this one is on Poplar street, our first cabin was here.
then off to Gimli, Russy was born here, so I thot Dean might like to go visit, up until we drove into Gimli Dean had thot Gimli was just a small town, not a lake front vacation spot!
we went to visit the giant viking
and had the local fish, Pickerel, on the water front. It's funny for me to be a tourist here, when I spent so much time here as a kid, but there I was taking a whack of pictures...
that night we went to visit Dean's family. Starting from Maddie and going clockwise, Kevin, Aunt Nettie, Sandra, and Dean. We stayed til 2:30 am, and laughed til our faces hurt!!
next mornin we went to the Lockport festival and met up with Uncle Bernie.
and we got to meet Aunt Alice. It was soooo hot today 33 and stuffy, we stayed under the tent but sometimes there wasn't enuff wind, and we were melting slightly, hence the many beer!
in Lockport there is a store that sold Fluevogs!! Lockport is a tiny town so i wonder how many of these they sell?? These boots in my hand and 549.00 dollars!!! and apparently you can only get them in this store, Fluevog gave the owner permission to design a pair of boots, and these are her design! Very kewl.... but too rich for my blood!
after Lockport over to the South side of the city to see my family. We met all the Beaton's at Montana's by Bishop Grandon. Nicki and Dean didn't get their supper with everyone else.... but they did get free dessert for the table afterwards!
the whole lot of us, ( Nicki's hubby and kids were camping so they missed the dinner ) Aunty Pat, Uncle Jimmy, James, Dana, Avery, Nicki, me, Noah and Maddie. Thanx Dana for organizing and thanx Uncle for Supper:-)
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