Touring Town & a Visit to Sauble Beach

The Birches, Southampton, On

On Tuesday, Sept. 8th I was not first up but still managed to wake about the same time. It was 6:45 when I had done my stretches and got up, trying not to disturb Gayle. Audrey was already up. 

Good morning!

I made a tea and worked on my blog. Sorry for the lateness, but hey, I'm on vacation! 🤭 Our plans for the day were up in the air but agreed that perhaps we should explore the town we are 'living' in. 

A cute private backyard
is always appreciated.

So we just hung around for the morning, talking, always talking and sharing, and decided to eat our leftovers for lunch. We all had a variety of different things but it cleaned out the fridge and filled us up saving about $30 each in the meantime. 

A bit of shopping/perusing downtown
Southampton

Around 1:30 we headed out with Cathy driving to the main street. Not much here to see so we walked a bit, had an ice cream cone, a few pictures (taken by passersby) and then drove to Sauble Beach - now called Saugeen Beach (!). 

An ice cream to cool off and
checking out the menu at 
The Walker House

That was good timing as after we perused a few pricey stores, we walked to the lake and got our feet wet. The day was perfect for that and Lake Huron was surprisingly warm. When we came back, there was a line of classic cars along the strip so we enjoyed those and took some photos.

Lake Huron was calm today
and warm

Back home for 5ish to relax, play some Scrabble, have a drink (mine was a Somersby Blackberry cider) until it was time to head out for supper. In case any of you remembered that we were to have a Block Therapy on Monday. 

We all like this truck and he
loved talking about it! 😊

Sadly, the instructor was sick so it was cancelled, thankfully, I haven't had any or very little notice of sciatica so that is great. For supper, we went into Southampton to The Walker House. 

Us classics, toured the classics😂

It was another nice place and although their soup of the day was sold out, I had a delicious caesar salad instead and a Reuben which was very good. We all left with full tummies and returned home to our bnb. 

Meet Irwin
A sweet terrier
(can't recall the full breed name)

There are so many little streets that it is easy to find a different route 'almost' any time we go out. But, we are getting better at turning the right way etc. and Cathy and I always get help (!?) with the 3 backseat drivers. 😂 

Just a couple of the many
Corvettes for my friend, Jim

Audrey taught us a new card game for 2 players called Double Solitaire, a different one that what I've played before. She challenged Gayle and I to a game and I quite enjoyed it. It was 11 pm when we all went to bed and then I layed there for half hour before dropping off. 

And I'll end with a picture
of my tasty cider.
Good night!

Another wonderful day with my sistas! Thank you for popping around.

A Slower Day

The Birches, Southampton, On 

On Monday, Sept. 7th I was the first one up......to stay......and it was 6:45. Gayle was still asleep beside me so I quietly crept out to the kitchen. Audrey was in the pull out couch bed and beginning to move. The house was quiet. 

Good morning!
Here are us 5 ladies,
having fun.

I needed to finish my blog so sat at the dining table and worked away while the rest of the girls moseyed out from their lairs. (teehee) They settled at the puzzle and I tried to concentrate on my post. When Bill sent me a picture of our sweet boy at the flying field with him, it warmed my heart. 

Breakfast/lunch

We all plugged away until the puzzle was finished around 12:30. Good, now the table can be used for our games. Yes, we are certainly 'games' sisters. 😉 Donna called ahead this time and we agreed to go to a breakfast place called Rise and Shine. 

Cathy suggested this place

My 3 egg ham & cheese omelette w/tater tots was very good and filled me. From there, I drove us to the Southampton Market - a huge place with many rooms and an upstairs. Everything was new, but so interesting so we perused for a couple of hours, maybe. 

Lots to look at

The girls all found something but I walked out with my $ still in my wallet for a change! Lots of things that would be nice but no place for them. It was 3:15 when we came back to the house to relax for a while. I poured myself a Mojito and started my blog before joining them on the porch.

Fun things to read

I waited for the girls and
was entertained quite easily

It's a lovely day again, 21C/69.8F with mostly sunny skies. Perfect! The afternoon was spent outside, sharing photos and poems from past Ladyfests and that was quite fun. We had a lot of laughs. 

A quiet afternoon
going through pictures
and memories

At 6:15, it was time to get dressed for the evening which just mean jeans instead of shorts. I drove into Port Elgin to Allan's Fireside Grill and it is a typical bar-type grill. 3 of us ordered ribs, 1 ordered a quesadilla and 1 ordered a blue cheese steak salad. There were drinks on the table as well. 🤭 My Pina Colada was tasty!

We ate outside and enjoyed
our meals.

Back at 'home', we had an ongoing Scrabble game started and we played a confusing game of Double Series (5 players) and then Donna and I each won a game of Cribbage against each other. Games we haven't played in years. It was shortly after 11 when I crawled into bed.

And look who went to the
flying field with Daddy!
(and had a couple of hotdogs)
Good night!

This was another great day. I hope your long holiday weekend (if you celebrate it in your area) was also wonderful. 

Thank you for the visit!