Day 16, July 12, 2007

Day 16, Thursday, July 12, 2007
We were up about 7:00 am and Willa and I had a shower, separately. We packed up and headed off - - - - to the nearest Tim Horton’s which turned up in Thamesford, Ontario. There was no parking in the T/H lot so I parked in a private drive across the street. I should have asked if it would be ok but just wasn’t thinking. The people that live there came out and started to suggest that perhaps my parents weren’t married (next time I will bring Marriage Certificates). Needless to say I moved into an area where the sign said no parking minimum fine $100.00—from the frying pan to the fire. Luckily Willa came out and we were off down the road before the City people arrived. Willa wanted to stop in Brantford, Ontario at the local Genealogy Society. Once we found them Willa was able to get more information on where her great great grandparents were buried, it was off to the Presbyterian Cemetery in Mount Pleasant a small community SE of Brantford. Once we got the info off the tombstone (and pictures), were off to Cathy Tedesco’s in Jordon Station, Ontario. Cathy was our flower girl at our Wedding, and daughter of Bob Cormack. Bob was a Jockey all his life until he retired from racing. His Dad was a very famous Jockey and raced a lot over in France in the early 1900’s. If you have ever watched the movie “Seabiscuit” the main character was Red ??????, can’t think of his last name, but Bob knew him when they both were Jockeys. Red was a lot older than Bob and just winding down his career. Tomorrow we are off to Niagara Falls and Bob and hopefully Cathy will be able to come also. We arrived at Cathy’s about 6:00 pm. She won’t be home until about midnight but we will see her in the morning. Cathy lives in Jordan Station, Ontario about 30 minutes north of Niagara Falls. The drive over was good, we hit a few of the backroads and a couple of wrong turns, but we got to see some unique neighbourhoods on our travels. The GPS works real good, at least if you are lost you know where you are lost at. It will show you the road you are on and if you have made a wrong turn. It will even plot your trip for you. Not much else to tell about today. We seem to be finally getting our days turned back. Traveling East you keep losing an hour in every Province and we had to get that sorted around. We’ve been in Ontario long enough we are adjusting to the time change. When we are traveling we start off in the morning about 8:00 am. We will go to call someone and then stop because it is 5:00 am in BC. Should work to our advantage going home, I hope. Another day another few miles down the road. Let’s see how the next miles unfold.