This past long weekend, the Maloneys had a campout at Dave and Cathy’s farm in Paisley, Ontario. It was alot of fun. There was lots of eating, playing games and we even managed to have an outdoor movie.
Before everyone left on Sunday, I managed to get a few photos of baby Michael with his mom and dad and a few pictures of Cathy’s sister Sylvia and her family. The have a new baby as well.
Karen was fortunate enough to receive an invitation from her brother Rob to join his family at their cottage in North Bay. We left Saturday morning around 10:00am and didn’t get to the cottage until 4:30pm. Do not ever drive north on the Saturday of a long weekend. Also up on this weekend were the Ottawa Maloney’s (Paul, Jen, Gillian, Megan), Barrie Maloney’s (Rob, Gloria, Deanna, Harley) and Teresa, Ron and Caesar .
We spent the weekend hanging out on the new pontoon boat, swimming, fishing, eating, eating and more eating. A great time was had by all.
Ross & Susie (Karen’s brother and sister-in-law) invited us to spend the long weekend with them at their cottage on Tasso Lake. Yippee!
We got going around 10:30am on Saturday and decided to take the back way so that we didn’t get caught in traffic. The drive was long and we got to the cottage around 3:30pm. Also joining us this weekend was Karen’s brother Paul from Ottawa, his two daughters Gillian and Megan and their two dogs Max and Rosie. Once we got settled, we spent the rest of the day enjoying the sunshine down at the dock, eating and going for a sunset cruise but unfortunately it wasn’t much of a sunset.
I got up early (8am) on Sunday and headed down to the dock to take a few pictures of the sunrise. The mist on the lake made for beautiful pictures. After a hearty breakfast, we packed up the cars and went to the Oxtongue Rapids. We spent a few hours walking around the rapids enjoying the scenery. On our way back to the cottage, we saw a bear in somebody’s backyard. If I was those people, I’d be moving. We got back to the cottage and some went swimming, others went fishing and all of us went for a boatride down the lake.
After everybody got up on Monday, Ross, Paul, Megan and I went out in the little boat for some fishing. We were all lucky enough to catch fish. And they were even some big ones. Once we got back from our fishing expedition, we had lunch on the dock. We all had a great weekend but unfortunately the time came for us to leave.
Karen was fortunate enough to receive an invitation from her brother Rob to join his family at their cottage in North Bay. We left Kitchener Saturday morning around 8:30am and decided to go the back way to Barrie. Unfortunately for us, we turned onto Highway 400 too soon and got caught in traffic. Once past Barrie, the drive was fine and we arrived at the cottage around 3:00pm. Also up on this weekend were Gloria, Deanna & Harley, Teresa, Ron & Caesar and Dave & Cathy. We spent the rest of Saturday eating (as usual), fishing and hanging around the cottage.
We started our Sunday by hanging out and then decided that we wanted to go fishing. The guys went out in the small boat and the girls went out in the big boat. We have determined that the fish enjoy the Ipod. Once we got back, we had more food and then had to say our goodbyes to Dave & Cathy. We tried our hand at fishing after dinner and everybody caught something except for Ron (aka Relic). We ended up have a late night around the campfire. There were lots of laughs and I hope that none of the video footage ends up on YouTube.
All of a sudden it was Monday and the weekend was over. But before we left, we ended up spending some time at the beach. After another feeding, it was time to go. The drive was fine until we got to Barrie again. We cut across on the back roads and it only added about 15 minutes to our drive.
My friend Karen has a brother Paul who lives in Ottawa with his family (Jen, Gillian and Megan). They were kind enough to invite us to spend the Canada Day weekend with them.
We left Saturday morning by 8:30am taking Karen’s new car. Boy does it drive nice on the highway. We got to the other side of Toronto and then we were stuck in traffic for about 1 hour. Once we got going again, we arrived in Ottawa by 3pm. The last time we visited with the Ottawa Maloneys was at Christmas time when I took the Greyhound Bus. We had some snacks and then we had a fabulous BBQ dinner.
We headed downtown to Parliament Hill to catch some of the Canada Day festivities. I’ve never been here on Canada Day and all I have to say is that it’s just crazy. There were tons of people. They set up a stage in front of the buildings and had entertainment. People were dancing, laughing … just generally having a good time. The funniest thing I saw that I wish I took a picture of was an RCMP officier making a guy to dump his Molson Canadian in the garbage can. How Canadian is that! I’m sure I would have wrapped up the “O Canada” photography category for the Paris Fair. We then headed over to Andrew Haydon park to enjoy the fireworks in the rain.
We spent most of Sunday just hanging around the house and visiting. Luckily for us, the RCMP musical ride was performing their sunset ceremonies at the RCMP stables. It was stunning. I can’t believe the choreography that happens during the show with 32 horses. Afterwards you can go to the stables to check out the horses and more importantly, check out the officiers. The best part of the whole show was that it was free. If one of us doesn’t win the “O Canada” category at the Paris Fair, I will be very disappointed. All of a sudden, it was Monday and we had make our way back home.
A big thank you to Paul, Jen, Gillian and Megan for making our Canada Day weekend truly enjoyable.
