One More Full Day, The Other Side of the Family

The Ridge

On Saturday, Sept. 14^th I woke up in my own bed at 5:30 when I heard Bill taking Gibbs out. 😊 That was much earlier than it has been this past week and after having a hard time dropping off last night, it was too early! I got up at 7:30 as I wanted to wash my hair this morning. After making my tea and having a banana for breakfast, we left Gibbs in charge at 9 and left the Ridge.

Good morning!
We had an early start to a full day.
We left in 2024 but wait............did we drop back in time?
Cute car in front of us.

Today, we’d been invited out to a mid-afternoon meal by my mom-in-law, Marilynne, who lives in Fort Erie. Bill’s 2 sisters, his step-sister and their hubbies were all invited as well. It is a 3 hour drive to a very traffic congested area, near the US border of New York but she wanted to treat us and see Bill and I before we left in October. So, knowing it was to be another long day, we arranged with Dot to keep an eye on Gibbs again today. She was only too pleased to oblige. ♥

A few photos of our drive.
The fog over Hamilton, we thought it was smog.
The Burlington skyway on the left and clouds, on the right,
took over the sky.

I love Hamilton's water tower.
Bottom photo is our destination today.

The day was a beaut; sunshine with a high of 27C/87F was the forecast. It was shortly after 12 noon when we arrived at her apartment and had a cocktail with snacks before we all drove to Min Teh. 

View from Marilynne's balcony (left)
The restaurant is on the bank of the Niagara River
That is the Peace Bridge to Buffalo, New York.

This is a Chinese restaurant Marilynne suggested and had pre-ordered about 6 different dishes for us to try. Our server set it all on the table beside us and we helped ourselves. Everything was very good and we were all very full when we got up from the table. Yummy!

We were filling our plates before all the serving dishes were
brought out but I made sure to get some of everything. It was all delicious.

Marilynne had asked me to bring my camera and tripod for a family photo so we stepped out behind the restaurant, along the Niagara River (separating Canada from the United States) and took a few pictures of our group. We hugged our goodbyes and Bill and I headed for home at 4. The traffic was busy enough but it was looking much worse coming from the other direction so we considered ourselves lucky. 😊

L to R front row
Bill, Patsy, Carol,
Marilynne (front) Caroline, Liz
back row
Brian, Chris, Bruce.

We arrived home around 7:30 and walked in to a quiet Suite. We did say Dot could take Gibbs to their house to play with Caper if that was easier for her than popping back and forth. You can guess and we knew exactly why we had no one greeting us. ♥ We drove next door to find Gord, Dot with Gibbs on her lap, sitting in the garage. It didn’t take long for the little bum to jump off and hop up into Ptooties. I’m so happy they love him and that he enjoys being with Caper too.

We were only the 401 for a short distance
and turned off onto 6 north.
Can you see the traffic on the other side of the 
major highway?
Trees are really starting to show their fall dresses.

Back home, Gibbs ate his supper (with some cheese incentive) and Bill and I snacked a bit too. I know a cup of tea at 7:30 is not a great idea but I was willing to risk it tonight. I wanted to stay awake for a while. 😊 

He is quite happy to be at their house. 💕

I sat to write my blog and Bill went upstairs to watch a movie. This was a great day and we enjoyed the time with Bill’s family.

Tonight's sunset.
The top left photo is from the Ridge.
The other three are from Dot and Gord's front yard.
Lovely!
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by for a visit too!