Fall Camp - Baddeck

On this portion of the trip, I was with the baby of the family and the oldest.  My baby sister took the day off and drove us to Kelly’s Mountain.

Along the way, we took pictures of the Giant Angus MacAskill’s grave. 

We took the Englishtown ferry and took pictures on the other side.  The leaves were beautiful.

We then drove to Baddeck. We had lunch at the Bell Buoy. It was so good. When we got the menu, the first thing I saw was the lobster salad on a sandwich with chowder. When I saw it, it reminded me of a story my Hunny likes to tell. Once when we were on vacation, about five years ago, we were at a sandwich chain store and they had a lobster sandwich on the menu. Hunny suggested we get it, but I did not want to spend 20 bucks on it, even though we were on vacation. I think I will never live this down. Needless to day, when I saw the lobster salad on the menu, I felt that I had to have it. I ordered it, and when it arrived, I took a picture and sent it to Hunny. We had a good laugh. The sandwich was on homemade oatmeal bread and there was so much lobster! There was also seafood chowder, blueberry pie and ice cream. What a treat!

It was shortly after this that I received an email from one of my sisters in Ottawa. She told me that she entered me into the Empire Theatres contest called “The Incredible You” to bring awareness to MSA. I had been chosen as a possible winner. This was great news.

This was a lovely way to spend the day. 

Fall Camp - Karaoke Style

We were still at fall camp and lots of laughs and lots of memories. 

I had changed locations. This house belongs to the sister was next oldest to me. Her house was all on one level, so, it was easier to get around.  Due to the MSA, it is much more difficult to get around in someone else’s home than at my own. Our home has been adapted to make it easier for me. My family made a greatly appreciated effort to try to make it comfortable for me.

During our stay, we had lots of visitors from morning until night. It was a lot of fun.

One of the visitors was cute and adorable and I wanted to take him home with me. I even had his name picked out. Every time I held him, I called him Juneau. He was Alaskan Husky, after all. But, I knew that he would be too big for a condo. So, while I was there, I pretended that he was my dog.

One night, all the girls plus one got together for a karaoke night at this sister’s house. We had a blast! My nephew took a turn at the microphone. He said, “I’m gonna warn you first, this song is really, really loud” and then he broke out into Who Let the Dogs Out. We all laughed. We had some more good laughs when two of my sisters sung “You’re not woman enough to take my man” to each other.  They really put on a show.

We shared lots of good times and memories at this sister’s house and one of the things that stayed with me was from quote I saw in her house, “Families are tied together with heartstrings,” and ours truly is.