Welcome to Our Web Page
When this web page began more than twenty 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 June 29
The bridge across the Nashwaak River
Ann and I spent this week biking in Fredericton with the Ramblers. We left on Monday morning and arrived at the Fort Nashwaak Motel, on the north side of the river, at about 4pm. After settling in, we joined the rest of the Ramblers for dinner at the motel pub.
The first ride was on Monday but the forecast high was 32°C with a humidex over 40, so a few changes were made in the interest of safety. We started at 9am instead of 10am to try to beat the worst of the heat and we rode a shorter and shadier ride than was originally planned: along the trail up the Nashwaak River to Penniac. On the way back we stopped at The Landing for coffee and treats before returning to the motel. Ann then went off with some friends for a swim in Killarney Lake while I had a nap. That evening we all went to the Delta Hotel for dinner.
On Wednesday, it was considerably cooler but still quite hot. We biked on the trail along the south side of the river to Oromocto where we had a picnic lunch. We then crossed over the Burton Bridge and rode back to the motel on the road stopping to have a look at the big potato at Silver Valley Farms. In the late afternoon, Ann and I went to Picaroons, a pub just down the street from the motel, for a beer before we walked across the river on the pedestrian bridge to join Dave and Manon for dinner at MOCO Downtown, and Italian restaurant.
On Thursday, the plan was to ride along the south side of the river to the Mactaquac dam, cross over the river on the dam, then return along the north side. However, the dam has been undergoing repairs and was not yet open to traffic, so instead we returned on the south side then rode around some of the trails in downtown Fredericton. That evening we all went for a pot-luck dinner at Murray and Bert's who live in Fredericton. Murray is the brother of Dick, one of the regular Ramblers and who was one of the principal organizers of the tour. Murray led all the rides for us.
On Friday, we went on a short ride up the north side of the river toward, but not as far as, Mactaquac. We had lunch at Picaroons before heading for home.
Meanwhile, back at home on Friday morning, a new front door was being installed. David let the workers in for us so it was all done by the time we got back. It is now yellow, not red, and should be a lot more airtight next winter.