END OF SUMMER BEGINNING OF FALL...........

Tonight Miss Gypsy is sitting at a campground in  Swift Current Saskatchewan

Over the past few weeks she has travelled the roads of

ONTARIO

QUEBEC

VERMONT

MICHIGAN

WISCONSIN

MINNESOTA

NORTH DAKOTA

SASKATCHEWAN

Tomorrow we head to 

ALBERTA

Ethan

Grandchild # 3

 is playing hockey just outside Calgary Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Bing taking in the warmth of the August sun at the cottage

Fun day on the island

Islanders got together for a island wide buffet

We all rode our bikes from 'site' to 'site'

Friends 

Don and Nancy

Ken and Devonna

Ray and Diana

joined us on our 51st wedding anniversary

A little bit of rain did not stop all the laughs we had!!

Ah....the bench I love

Now the work begins

Moving furniture from the island to our  little white house in Chatham

I am going to see if I can keep my plants over the winter

Will let you know next spring how they fare

From the cottage to the boat to the truck to the little white house

Next spring you are all invited to a painting party!!!!!

 

As you can see we have caught up with our Zoe girl

We are at the 'tuck' shop at St. Michael's College

Colechester Vermont

Outside the school library where Zoe spends her evenings

Friday we got to watch Zoe and her teammates at lacrosse practice

 Saturday was the alumni game

What a great bunch of ladies

It was such a warm fuzzy feeling to watch Zoe interact with school/teammates

She has settled right in to college life

Sunday afternoon we visited with our niece Rachel and family

They live about an hours drive from Zoe's school

Bear welcoming us or is he guarding the house??

Zoe meeting her cousins for the first time

Bear was not a happy dog

He did not get to go for a walk with Gwendolyn and Bandit

And this is Bandit

There's nothing like a belly rub!!!!!

You have all heard us speak of Joe's sister Alice from Connecticut

This is her daughter Rachel

Home away from home

We are going around Montreal on our way to Wisconsin

I was lucky to see this ol' homestead

Instead of being a photographer this trip

I am a knitter

My eyes are not on the road but concentrating on the knitting needles

Camp Petawawa

Joe and I visited with the Brister family here some 50 years ago

Sweet Memories

The O'Rourke travelling pets

As we were driving along Joe said

'We'll stop by the roadside look over the lake and have lunch'

WE DID JUST THAT

Shortly after this photo was taken I missed a wonderful photo opportunity

A family were harvesting corn by horse and wagon

We should have turned around

It would have been an awesome shot!!

We were on a detour in the city of Sault Saint Marie

I find when this happens we always see something interesting

Someone sure loves the colour of mustard

Would like to see the finished product

A stop for a walk on the beaches of Lake Superior

The lake always seems cold to me even if it is early fall

Campground at Marquette MI

The gal had just had a ride in the wheelbarrow

Next on the list

University of Wisconsin Superior

We arrived late Thursday 

Had a tour of Beau's dorm

Pizza in Duluth Minnesota

and a chance to watch Beau and his hockey teammates have a scrimmage

Saturday afternoon we took a tour of the S. S. Meteor

Very interesting

This was a first for us to see this type of an oil tanker

Later 'the boy' got a haircut

What more could one ask for

a trimmed beard and a haircut!!!!!!!!!

Sunday afternoon we went over to Duluth to Spirit Mountain

Had a fast ride on a luge 

Beau was ahead of us

Did not see him once he was on his way

ZOOM ZOOM

NO BREAKS FOR HIM

Joe and I went together

WE WENT FAST TOO!!!!

We could not stop laughing as these crazy noises were coming out of us!!!!!

Took in a movie afterward

Went from laughter to sadness

Watched

EVEREST

Oh my, such a sad movie

Must say though the scenery was magnificent

Ended the day with dinner

Then it was time to say good-bye

Leaving Monday morning I got a better view of the tanker

We have no idea what this machine does

Passed three of them which were close together

I have a fascination with old old homesteads

Imagine what their life was like

If walls could talk I would be right there

This morning while driving in North Dakota we pulled into this town as we were looking for a post office

The side window of the home caught my eye

Curtains still hanging from the window

It must have been a wonderful home at one time

Stained glass at the top of the front window

The home had a beautiful view of the lake

What is the saying???

The grass is greener on the other side of the fence!

We are now into the province of Saskatchewan

Bringing home the cattle

To be continued..........