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When this web page began more than twenty-five years ago, it described most of the activities of our whole family. Now that most of our children have flown the coop, it is mostly about what Ann and I (Dave) have been up to. I update it most weekends. We save all the messages over the past year in an Archive along with links to what we were doing ten and twenty years ago.
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Sunday September 13
An old barn in Old Barns
As the ride scheduler for the Ramblers, I like to be knowledgeable about each of the rides that I put on the schedule, even if they have been ridden in previous years. As of the start of this week, there were two on this year's schedule that I had never ridden and they happened to be the two for which no-one had yet volunteered to be the leader. On Wednesday, while Ann went to the Ramblers book club, I rode the first of the two: from Grand Pré up the Gaspereau Valley then down to Kentville, where I had lunch at Wheelhouse Coffee, then back to Grand Pré along the rail trail. It was a nice ride with one big hill up to the turn-off down into Kentville. Today, while Ann was at church and then at a lunch at the Wooden Monkey to celebrate Cindy and Stephen's birthdays, I rode the second ride, from Brookfield west to Green Oaks, north to Old Barns, and east along the trail into Truro where I had lunch in Victoria Park, then south along Hwy 2 back to Brookfield. It was another nice ride through farmland and along the south bank of the Salmon River. I am now confidant that I can provide useful information to the leaders of all the rides on the schedule.
Yesterday was the annual Ramblers BBQ at Paul and Catherine's house in Hubley. They have a beautiful yard sloping down to Lizard Lake. At previous BBQs there has been swimming but it was a bit cool for that yesterday. Nevertheless, a good time was had by about 60 Ramblers and many hamburgers and hot dogs were consumed. As a bonus, two Ramblers signed up to lead the two leaderless rides on the schedule.
Last week, Thelma, the secretary at the church for 30 years, passed away suddenly. On Thursday, Ann picked up several others in the congregation and drove to Upper Musquodoboit for a celebration of life.