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Travel Blogs from Keene
Canoes....and more canoes
Took us six hours or so to drive here yesterday including crossing the border into Canada and visiting Niagara-on-the-Lake. This is a pretty old town situated where the Niagara river flows into Lake Ontario. It was called Newark, and was the capital town, until the British got nervous of the closeness of the French and moved the capital to Toronto (which was called York back then) and the ...
Am I a farmer yet?
... cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, peas, beets, potatoes ... and a bit of ice cream.
It was fun to meet the neighbor Mike, some organic farmers Chris and Brenda and a few strangers who are always a source of interesting stories and information. A visit to the farm is always a special vacation for me.
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In and around the lovely Peterborough
This entry takes us to the lovely Peterborough. Located around 1.5 hours outside of Toronto its the closest thing Karen has to a hometown. She moved here at the age of 10 after living in a dozen other places, mainly in the northern Canada (aka the world's freezer). If northern Canada is the freezer of the world, I expected southern Canada to be the fridge. But there is some severe malfunction happening, as we've had perfect 25-30 degree weather since arriving. ...
Cobourg is my home.
I guess I should tell you all of the attractions that are in my hometown first before I start anything. :)
- Northumberland Mall
- The Cat and the Fiddle Resturant
- The Jail Resturant
- The Park Theatre and Performing Arts Centre
- Cobourg Town Hall
And that's just a start.
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Landed
After a long day and 2 long hours proceeding through the horrendous late afternoon Toronto traffic, we landed safely in 'Da Kastle', filled up the limo, did a bit of shopping and finally sat down, resting. Stats: 3804 km / 2377.5 miles at an average of 30.51 MPG(US), or 36.6 MPG (imperial) or 7.7 L/100 ...