Heather's parents, Jim & Sandy, arrived in town yesterday afternoon on what was the first day of their two week trip to the US. They were staying with us overnight before leaving today and heading to Wellsboro, PA for a few nights.
Heather and I decided to accompany Jim & Sandy on their way to Fort Erie, where they would cross the border. We left at about 9 am this morning and first went to McDonald's for breakfast. After breakfast, we all headed to Cambridge for a short visit with Kim, Mike and Jolene. While there, Jim and I talked routes and settled on mainly highways to Grimsby where we would go our separate ways. Jim and Sandy would continue to Fort Erie while Heather and I would ride the back roads home. We followed Hwy 8, 5 and 6 to 403, over to the Skyway Bridge and QEW before reaching the Visitors Centre complex in Grimsby around noon.
We said our goodbyes after another ride together and Heather and I started our way home, sort of. We first rode south to Cayuga, then along the Grand River to Caledonia. There we stopped for ice cream at Dairy Queen. There were a lot of motorcycles going through Caledonia, probably due to the fact that the town is located on a highway between Port Dover and major cities like Hamilton and the entire GTA.
From Caledonia we took a short detour and went through the Six Nations Indian Reserve where several gas stations were selling gas for as low 79.9 cents/liter. That is well below the price that we, the tax-paying folk, are paying which is currently somewhere in the mid 90's.
Our next stop was going to be Two-Wheel Motorsport in Guelph where I planned to purchase oil for the bikes and some rain covers for our riding boots. We arrived there to notice that the store was closed on Sundays. I'll just have to come back during the week to get those items. Seconds later, we were back on the road heading home. We arrived for our weekly supper with my parents minutes before 4 pm. Also present today was my brother Wojtek with his wife Agnes and 6-month old son, Adrian. The discussion around the table revolved mostly around wedding stuff. We were finally home some two hours later a little exhausted from a longer than expected, but still good, day in the sun.
Adrian showing off his new trick - sitting.
SEASON STATS
Today's trip: 307 km - 191 miles
2009 to date: 4,861 km - 3,021 miles (57.2%)
2009 goal: 8,500 km - 5,282 miles
To obtain goal: 3,639 km - 2,261 miles
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I mentioned Cambridge in my blog post today, too.
ReplyDeleteYour nephew is a handsome little boy! I have a 3-yr-old great nephew and a great niece who is almost 1 year old. They live 2 1/2 hours from us. I wish they lived closer so we could see them more often.