Ottawa to Waterloo

One of many cabinets full of curios in Glenna's house:

An anonymous barn:

My cousin's barn:

Dad's home in Burlington:

The 401 past Toronto, with it's express/collector system is a wonder to behold: 16 lanes wide & no skidmarks! Canadian drivers are just so civilized. Again, no pictures due to lack of forethought, but here's a link; just click on a camera! =)
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/compass/camera/camhome1.shtml

My cousin Glenna & Murray Collings' big old farm in Campbellville has been in their family since the early 1800's. They've got scores of fallow dear, lilacs, knicknacks and woolie mammoths, and gave us about 50lbs (literally) of loose change and old bills to distribute amongst the siblings, plus some scribblers of Mom's from the '20s, antlers, and artifacts of unknown lineage. Good thing we're driving a Tupperware; it's getting awfully full.

There sure is a lot of farmland around here, though they're planting more houses than corn in places. There are some beautiful estates, too, especially along Cedar Springs Road, right around the corner from dad's home in Burlington, which is now up for sale. Had lunch with Uncle Walter in the old hotel in Waterdown; 2nd big meal of the day, with one to go. This whole trip has been an eating marathon.

Roman and Michelle Rak sheltered us in their beautiful Waterloo home; he's an ID guru at RIM and showed off his Blackberry prowess. Nice work if you can do it. They took us to a Woodstock concert with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and the Jeans and Classics combo, with some great guitar and vocal tributes to Hendrix, Grace Slick and the rest. Teared up more than once.

Cried for all the kamikaze raccoons and deer lining the highway too. Gee, but they must be dumb, plentiful or both.

Crossed into the States again at Sarnia. Lunch at Big Boy Burgers = good value.

Every so often you stumble into a restaurant, expecting nothing, and discover a gem. La Senorita was just so, and we had another memorable meal, after the teaser at the hotel turned out to be just that: free drinks, but no food available at any price. And no outside booze allowed? Curiouser and Curiouser.

Heh heh...found F1 Qualies live on the internet. It's in Italian, but who cares! Go Jenson!