We got up early on Friday morning, had breakfast at the hotel and started on our journey to Washington. On our way there, we decided to stop at the Antietam National Battlefield. This is the site of the bloodiest one day battle in American history. On September 17, 1862, over 23,000 soldiers were killed. It…
Karen’s niece Liz is attending school at American University on a volleyball scholarship. This happens to be her final year so we thought it would be nice to catch the pre-season tournament in Washington. We left home around 9am and crossed the border without any troubles. Our passports are sure getting a workout lately. We…
Wyland is a famous marine life artist. We learned that he would be at his gallery at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort. We decided that we should go and combine it with a little trip over the border to Buffalo, New York. Karen’s friend Helayne came down from her cottage and we met up with…
Every summer, Collingwood plays host to the Collingwood Elvis Festival. Karen and I have been attending for a few years and in 2002 our good friend Robin Kelly won the title. Robin comes back every year to do a few shows and this year he was in the big show at the arena along with…
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…