To Guelph Lake and back.

Guelph Lake

     Catch-up time!  On July 27-29, I had two old (as in a long time!) and very dear friends come and stay with us for the weekend, which is becoming something of an annual visit.  I have known them for 30 years plus as we went to Nelson High School together in Burlington.  They now live in The Big Smoke, so it was good to get them out into some fresher air and idyllic countryside.  They came to farmer's market with us on Saturday morning, but we didn't buy Gherkins and get their help with making Dill Pickles this time around.  There were a couple of interesting events that made the weekend memorable.  1.  We were in a book store together and I found a humorous book containing odd photos of people and their pets (http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/pets/) - check it out for some laughs.  Well, we left the store and right after we saw two large people  walking along the sidewalk, each carrying a 25 lb. cat!  From there, we entered the mall and saw a young, pinky woman with a lizard on her head!! Talk about coincidence.  2.  We checked out my old high school year books and were chuckling at our pictures and the comments they had written to me many years before.  The following day, we went to the Aberfoyle Antique Market and found a stall that had two old yearbooks from our high school.  We flipped through them and were amazed to see many of the teachers we had as younger versions of themselves - some didn't look much different and there was a difference of 10-15 years.  On the Sunday, we got up early and hiked out to Guelph Lake to get some exercise and fresh air.  There are lots of different vistas along the trail we took and it took us a good three hours to get there and back home.  They left later that day and I'm looking forward to their next visit.

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