Where are we today ?
Last night after posting we were invited to join a great campfire with Pat and Bill (fellow bloggers and friends. Perfect night for is fun just chatting around the campfire, their friend Brenda was there as well as their dog Clemson.
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| love a campfire |
This morning after 9am we headed off to Zurich Ontario to check out the Zurich Bean Festival and great outdoor event with street vendors, yards sales, food vendors, live music and a great atmosphere on a perfect sunny summer saturday. And in the town park a car show, this year over 500 cars, and lots of great music from the loud speakers all over the park.
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| a hat vendor we see in St. Jacobs and The pinery Flea Market |
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| phone cases |
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| one of the many streets |
Then over to the car show, lotsa great cars to look at and the great music from the 50's and 60's.
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| 1928 or 29 Boat tail ford |
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| work in process |
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| good band |
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| kiddie rides |
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| at the bean fest we hard to sample some beans |
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| lady here showing the kids live snakes |
On the way back home about noon cruised town the main drag of Grand Bend to the beach, a pretty busy day here.
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| lifeguards on duty |
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| parasailing at the beach |
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| nice boardwalk |
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| Grand Bend Lighthouse |
Back to the park and relax for a while in the shade enjoying our e books. Then friends Ron and Loree dropped in for a while as we headed down to the clubhouse for the fish fry at 4:30 pm. Lake Erie Yellow Perch, fresh cut fries and homemade coleslaw oh so good.
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| frying the fish |
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| good entertainment during supper |
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| oh so good |
Now supper done back home to relax for a bit and chat with the neighbors, then to the dance outside by the clubhouse with a live band at 8 o'clock. The Persuaders were playing and they are pretty good, music from the 50's and 60's, Rock and roll and a bit of country and line dancing. We took our lawn chairs and enjoyed a fun evening for a couple hours, great tunes, chat with friends and even gotta few dances in too. Really nice with the free entertainment right here in our park.
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| Outside deck for the band |
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| Pat, Bill, my empty chair, Suzie |
That was it for us at the end of the second set (after 10, past our bedtime), time for us to head back home, finish this posting and call it a night, we did have a busy day and too much fun.
Thanks for coming by again, our day was awesome and hope yours was too.
Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.
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You two just have way too much fun! On your walks around the park check out our friends Bob & Joan in their 08 Georgie Boy. They are new full timers and new ROD members. Not sure where they are parked but I'm sure they would appreciate a chance to meet and chat with you. Have a wonderful day! Ron & Sharon
ReplyDeleteWe do enjoy the lifestyle thats for sure.
DeleteWill take a look and see if we can spot them. There is a Georgetown right beside us thats the only things that could be close, will check them out.
Nice day indeed! Missed the picture of you two on the dance floor....
ReplyDeleteWas awesome, Bill took a picture but I do not have it yet.
DeleteThe fish dinner looked good. How nice that they supply free entertainment.
ReplyDeleteThey have quite a bit of free entertainment here for all age groups.
DeletePheebs & I in our Saturday morning travels blundered into Zurich forgetting about the Bean Fest. Soon as I saw the cars lining the highway east of town I made an immediate U-turn & hightailed it out of there back onto the nearby quiet country roads. Whooaaa, close call for us guys:))
ReplyDeleteWe got there early enough to park real close and not too busy until we were leaving town. WE don't much enjoy the crowds so try to go early enough to avoid them. The cruise cars were fun though.
DeleteYou two were so busy it's hard to believe that you could still write the blog at the end of the day. LOL!
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
I did it in pieces throughout the day, so that it makes it very easy to finish if off.
DeleteI can't believe how you had time to write this blog either!! What a day it was for you but looks like an awful lot of fun too.
ReplyDeleteJust a bit here and there when I had a few minutes during the day makes it easier.
DeleteWe did have a lot of fun.
Sounds like you had the perfect day, weatherwise and funwise!
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If sure was a perfect day.
DeleteBean Fest, fish fry, geez, what a great day!
ReplyDeleteIt was a real great day!
DeleteHey George, are you interested in giving some pros and cons for the Kobo Vs the iPad mini or just individually! I have a reg iPad and have a couple of books on it but find it heavy to hold and read while lying down. Haven't gotten into downloading much for books because of that. Enjoy checking in on you guys each day!
ReplyDeleteHugs from Jim and Sharon
I like the Kobo Aura for a few reasons. It is small and light weight, can read in the direct sun with no glare, and has a light for reading at night, great for reading in bed, can change the fonts and sizes, line spacing and margins. Has wifi, built in dictionary when I run into words I don't know. And battery good for 70 hours.
DeleteI pad mini short battery life, glare in the sun and is heavier. Mind you the I pad can do lots more stuff but thats what I have a laptop for.
Well! I would say that is a bit different from your usually quiet days of reading, cooking, and hanging out having simple do nothing fun. Would take me a few days to recuperate!
ReplyDeleteWe enjoy the quiet days a lot, and will now have a few more, we take them as they come.
DeleteOh my...tie dye shirts. Takes me back...way back. Lol
ReplyDeleteYe I had a few of those tie due shirt way back too.
DeleteSeemed like they had almost everything but beans at that festival. Did they provide complimentary servings of Beano? ;c)
ReplyDeleteNo Beano but the big thing that people lined up for was a Pork chop and bean meal for $10.00 all day long, we just bought a hot dog at one vendor and a bowl of beans to share at another worked for us. Total cost $6.50 nice light snack for lunch.
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