Fall Into Maple

Today was another beautiful fall day and it was “Fall Into Maple” at the Salmon River Sugar Bush.  

We were not the only ones looking forward to the day.  The field was filling up with vehicles by the time we pulled in to park.  There were lots of things to see but we were headed for the pancake breakfast.  We didn’t have to ask if it was real syrup.  The only problem was that they might not have given enough for one of us.

We went for a walk through a trail.  In the spring, the network of tubes will be transporting sweet sap through the woods by vacuum pumps into large tanks. The sap is then heated in evaporators and eventually delicious syrup is the end result.  It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup.

When we made it out of the trail to the road, a horse drawn wagon was giving some visitors a ride.

We checked out the many vendors that were selling their goods.  We stopped at Tom’s Chainsaw Carvings.  Tom is our neighbour and was a good friend of my cousin growing up.  Tom is very creative with his carvings and I picked a couple of wooden pumpkins and Ron liked the bear book ends.

We stopped at the “pumpkin house” and got a couple of pictures.  Shion just happened to be there to make my picture better.

From there we enjoyed a delicious maple hot chocolate.  Maple was the theme.  

We picked up a few varieties of fudge just because and one was maple walnut.

After a little visit with Brad around the fire, we headed for home.  

We drove down a beautiful road that was a canopy of fall leaves.  This time of year is so vibrant.  

When we were living in Alberta, the larch were the fall attraction.  It usually meant hiking a mountain trail to see yellow!  

Waterton

Today was such a perfect day, we went for a walk around the village where there is a little more than yellow on the trees.  The trees are losing their leaves so we need to enjoy the time before the gloomy bare branches happen.

We stopped at the Black Cat where the hotel is decorated for the season.  We shared a Greek wrap lunch while enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.

Tonight, Ron started our first fire of the year.  It isn’t that cold but it just felt right.  Tamworth is a nice place to live..interesting events, places to walk and good places to eat!

Today’s purchases!

Field Trip for the 50 Plus!

Our 50 Plus group from the church went on a road trip.  Twenty-nine of us headed down the highway.  We may have all started in a caravan but everyone chose their own way and we all made it to Swiss Chalet. I’m not too sure where Judy went?  There was a lot of chatting, visiting and laughing around the tables.  Scott and Kim celebrated their 43rd anniversary with us!  

What was Judy saying?

Most of us enjoyed the festive dinner.

From there, we found our way to the Ameliasburgh Heritage Museum.  The village consists of a number of buildings to walk through history.  

Our first stop was to visit the school house.  Bev shared about some of her experiences in a one room school house.  

It was a pretty good class for the most part.

Don, of course, got the strap! 

As we walked around to the different buildings, we had people dressed in period costumes explaining what would have happened back in the day.

The weather was very nice and we were able to walk comfortably around outside.

Don’s eyes were giving him a bit of trouble 😉and he was snuggling with a mannequin and wondering why Bev wasn’t answering him.  

Bev began yelling at “Don” for not talking to her. 

It must be a lot of fun and very interesting living at their house!!

Mom amazes me walking around the village and sharing her memories.

Just when we were finishing the tour, it started to thunder and the rains came but it didn’t ruin our day!

Ron and I said our goodbyes to everyone and we went to the Campbell Orchard to pick up a few things.

It was a good day with our 50 Plussers! These are a great group of people to spend the day with!

Anniversary Wishes!

Six years ago today in the middle of the horrible Covid times, something wonderful happened in our family.  In the mountains, by a lake “I Do’s” were said and we were blessed with a daughter-in-law.

I love the wedding shoes!

I’m not sure if Kylie realized what she was getting into with our family.  Stephen always has a new plan and with it comes adventures.  She mostly comes alongside him but other times puts on the brakes when the plan may need some more thought.

They make life fun whether it’s with family or friends or just themselves.  They hike, bike, run, fish and adopt more animals to their household. 

A new adventure is right around the corner for them as today is a load day for them.  Their belongings will be carried into the moving truck.  They will somehow try to get four dogs into their vehicle and they will say goodbye to Bella Coola.  It was a beautiful place to live but soon they will be living on island time!

Keep being there for each other and continue to make good memories together!

Happy Anniversary!