Hi all, I hope everyone had a great weekend, with lots of celebrating. As I've been digging through all the messages I notice birthdays and anniversaries as well as the 2 big N. American celebrations. Congratulations all.
We went camping for the weekend and to a family picnic to celebrate 100 years of our family in the province. It was interesting to meet family members from across Canada and to hear some of the old stories. We camped one night at a campground that we really didn't like and one night on the yard at the original home site of my great-great-great grandparents. The original house is still standing and was open so that we could "tour" inside. The home section is maintained for use by the family. If we lived closer (it's 6hrs away) we would use it for picnics and weekend camping trips at times. There has never been power run to the yard and there are no distractions, as we went to sleep we heard the breeze in the trees. WE were glad it was a breeze in the trees and not the wind that we experienced earlier. late afternoon, early evening we had a major storm system go through the area. It was amazing to watch the power of nature through I think we would all have been more comfortable with more than just a tent between us and that power. As we all emerged from our tents we found that there were trees down across the road and one birdhouse blew off its base. Then reports started surfacing of damage in the area. A number of tornados touched down in the area. The day before we sat in our cars as hail pounded down and heavy rain that turned the campsite parking lot into a mini lake. It was too dark to get pics. For the wind on the 2nd day the camera was in the car or we may have tried to take pics of the clouds. Even with the weather we took lots of pics and did lots of visiting and had a great time. (I think we took about 150 pics, now if only I can remember who everybody is). Glad to be back.