After Camping with Melissa and Family


Brandon went camping at Bon Echo Park with Bryn's friend from school, Melissa, her husband Marcel, and their two boys Malcolm and Matthew. Brandon was worried about coyotes at night. All five of them slept in the one tent. He enjoyed feeding the chipmunks and swimming at the three beaches.
On the way to our house, after an exercise run at Thomson Park, they went to a 3D movie at the Town Centre, and then for a swim at the hotel nearby (formerly the Canadiana, the Ramada, now the Delta? ) where Melissa and family were staying the night. Melissa was flying out the next morning to Calgary and then to Cold Lake. (They will be moving to Cold Lake, Alberta!). They all came for supper when they dropped Brandon off.

The next day we took Brandon to the Zoo. Of course, he wanted a photo with the Komodo dragon.

A lot is new at the zoo since Paul and I were last there. These caves were good for climbing in, over and around.





I think these were the Barbery Sheep.

In the kids section there were bunnies, and ears for photos. After this, at Brandon's urging, I crawled into the small caves where you put your head up into a dome to view the Prairie dogs. The problem was that on the way out, I hit my head and then must have knelt on my camera which was in the pocket on the leg of my pants. It was a one two punch! The LCD display is now broken. I took it to Olympus for repair today.

Although it was a cold day, Brandon enjoyed running around the splash pad and trying the water slide after viewing the animals. We enjoyed sitting and watching.

Comments

Megan said…
Wow -- do you ever have bad luck with cameras! Interesting changes to the zoo. Looks like a good way for kids to blow off steam.
July 17, 2009 at 9:32 a.m.
Margot said…
The zoo is really great for kids now. We didn't make it to the caves on our visit. We'll have to try it next time.
July 18, 2009 at 9:07 a.m.
Hervé and Bryn said…
Doesn't look like the zoo we used to go and visit. Brandon is home now hardly jet-lagged at all, wondering what his next adventure will be.
July 19, 2009 at 3:41 a.m.
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Thanksgiving 2022

Image
We gathered with Mark’s parents and Megan Paul and Tom at Mark and Margot’s place in Barrie. I did a selfie with Josh’s phone. Josh and Ella Megan, Paul and Tom wore masks when they were not eating Note Tom's special mask Mark's parents, Dolores and Bob At the table. Unfortunately my head is in front of Tom. Bob and Dolores had stayed there to look after the dogs while Mark, Margot, Joshua and Ella were in Europe. During that time, Bob, looking for something to do, washed all the wine glasses in the chandelier. Margot bruléed sugar on top of the pumpkin pie. It was the best ever. Disappearing fast! The salted caramel apple tart, which Margot also made, had an extra good flavour. Guess who cleaned up!    
Read more

A November Walk

Image
To make the most of the nice fall weather which was about to end, Megan suggested we meet for a walk at the Brickworks. Because there is a market on Saturday, it was difficult for Paul and I to find parking. We had to wait until we could find someone who was leaving. In the photo Tom is on a wall above the valley of the Brickworks, which was a quarry in the past for the red brick of Toronto. Tom, Megan, Paul and Paul on the wall. Megan’s Dutch tandem bike was of interest to some of the market goers. No problem parking with a bike.
Read more

A Busy Week

Image
On Friday Paul and I, Carole and Roy went to Gary’s new place on Sturgeon Lake near Fenelon Falls. Gary is a member of the Toronto Bicycle Network (TBN). When the large winterized cottage came for sale beside his cottage, he decided to buy it and sell his house in Toronto. He has kept his original cottage as well. His children and grandchildren like to visit. Carole and Roy took their bikes and firewood for Gary. Paul and I brought our bikes and Charles (also a member of the club, and a minister)  Charles was minister at this church one summer. There are 4 churches, each a different denomination, in one block in Fenelon Falls Next we visited the local farmer’s market to check on the butter tarts. We then rode10 km on the trail to a chip wagon for lunch., plus 10 km return. Charles is not going very fast these days. It was a very slow ride. BUT …the next time Charles comes, Gary will take him on his ATV. (Gary has a few of them) After the bike ride Gary took us for a boat ride on St...
Read more