Today was a perfect walking day; coolish and partly sunny and very little wind. At Port Dalhousie, part of St Catharines, Margaret and I met Monique and her photographer from the St Catharines Standard and did photos and an interview about the Trail of the Susquehanna and raising money for Sunnybrook. We also have been able to get in few extra miles to the west, so we're ahead of schedule again.
We've left rivers and fields and are now following Lake Ontario's shoreline. It was good to see the tiny Toronto skyline across the lake for a few minutes this morning. Home is getting closer! However we are on the North Service Road beside the Queen Elizabeth Way (6 lane expressway) so we're hearing the roar of transports rather than the chirping of birds. Local residents have insisted on high noise barriers in some places and they do work. I always thought they were made out of concrete, but on closer inspection they seem to contain recycled plastic. A web search revealed that the product is constructed of plastic and wood pieces, and made in nearby Hamilton, Ontario.
Tonight we celebrated our sixtieth wedding anniversay and also treated our hosts, Cathy and Reg and Linda to dinner at a ninth floor restaurant with a view of the Falls. The server after seeing my little business card about The Walk, came back and asked if she could photocopy it for others on staff. Seems they don't have long distance walkers coming in very frequently. And, I'll add, the garlic-red-skin-mashed-potatoes were excellent, too. (Sixtieth, you ask? Margaret and I were married five years ago but we celebrate our anniversaries monthly.)
The Trail of the Susquehanna continues along the edge of Lake Ontario for the next eight days. For those of you joining late, this is a walk for charity. Go to
http://www.sunnybrookfoundation.ca/ click Events, click Trail, click Donate.
We've left rivers and fields and are now following Lake Ontario's shoreline. It was good to see the tiny Toronto skyline across the lake for a few minutes this morning. Home is getting closer! However we are on the North Service Road beside the Queen Elizabeth Way (6 lane expressway) so we're hearing the roar of transports rather than the chirping of birds. Local residents have insisted on high noise barriers in some places and they do work. I always thought they were made out of concrete, but on closer inspection they seem to contain recycled plastic. A web search revealed that the product is constructed of plastic and wood pieces, and made in nearby Hamilton, Ontario.
Tonight we celebrated our sixtieth wedding anniversay and also treated our hosts, Cathy and Reg and Linda to dinner at a ninth floor restaurant with a view of the Falls. The server after seeing my little business card about The Walk, came back and asked if she could photocopy it for others on staff. Seems they don't have long distance walkers coming in very frequently. And, I'll add, the garlic-red-skin-mashed-potatoes were excellent, too. (Sixtieth, you ask? Margaret and I were married five years ago but we celebrate our anniversaries monthly.)
The Trail of the Susquehanna continues along the edge of Lake Ontario for the next eight days. For those of you joining late, this is a walk for charity. Go to
http://www.sunnybrookfoundation.ca/ click Events, click Trail, click Donate.
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