Another Day to Snoop Around

Tuesday, Sept. 25

We were determined to get something done today, so once we got up and showered, we were soon ready to leave.  Mom and dad had to eat breakfast, so that took time, and we were ready to leave about 11:00.

First we drove around some of the places where dad's family had lived while he was growing up.  He showed us one of his school buildings, which was now a hall.  It was a great looking old building, with a steeple, and doors on opposite sides of the building.  Dad said that the boys went in on the right side, and the girls on the left side.

Then we drove around some more, looking at places where different members of the family were born.  We ended up going to a campground on Lake Erie where Carol and Earl used to go.  It was quite windy, but a nice place to be.  The waves were crashing in pretty hard.  There was a single car parked at the picnic parking lot, and we noticed that it was from Washington State, so spoke with the 2 women who were driving it.  We told them we were from BC, and we had quite a laugh that all of us were so far from home, and met up with someone from much closer.

Then we headed off again.  We got back into Ridgetown, and stopped at the Tim Horton's for a bite to eat (coffee and doughnut).  Then off again, looking at more places.  Dad took us all over, and I was able to recognize some of the places as we had been there in the previous days.  It would take some time, and I still can't figure out which direction is north.

Shirley was at home, cooking a roast chicken, so we headed off and were home about 3:00.  She phoned Julie Ann to let her know we were back, and Julie came over for a visit.  She visited with us for a few hours, and shortly before supper was ready, she went home.

The chicken was excellent - mashed potatoes, cauliflower, stuffing, chicken and gravy, and a special salad.  MMMM-MMMMM GOOD.  Very full when done, and Dawn and I did the dishes.

Later we tuned in the Kamloops news on Shirley's satellite.  It was 8:00 in Chatham, but only 5:00 in Kamloops.  We were quite interested in the press conference that had taken place that day, in British Columbia.  It was nice to hear that they thought they knew who had been killing some of the women over the past 40 years, and had confirmed that this guy had been the killer of 1 of the 18 cases.  He is also suspect in 2 of the deaths from the Kamloops area.  We then watched the news on Global BC, so we could get more of the same story.

After that, we went downstairs and watched some sports on the TV down there.  As it got closer to 11:00, we decided we were tired and headed off to bed.