The Ridge
On Friday, July 2nd Bill and I were both off work for the day. All 3 of us were awake by 6 and loaded up for our drive to London. Gibbs knew something was happening with all the hustle and bustle and although he didn’t say, was happy he got to come along. 😁 That is just too long a day to leave a puppy at home. We took his bed, blanket, water, dish, poop bags and treats along so he would want for nothing.
This looks like "where are we going?" look
Bill and
I made our drinks to go and Ptooties left the Ridge at 7:30am. We arrived in
London by 10 and found Zubick’s Scrap Metal on Clarke Rd. I’d discovered last
night that they have a drop off out front of their business where any and all
things can be dropped, 24/7/365. Perfect, they can have our old microwave oven.
We dropped it off and carried on north to visit our friend, Derrick next. He
lost his wife, life partner, world in March and it rocked all of us who knew her.
☹
The sky started to clear 10 minutes after we left home 
I like the backdrop here of the farm
I have to
admit to a bit of uneasiness/nervousness over the drop in but knew we had to make a point
of seeing how he was doing in person. We were pleased to see that he was in the
garage just getting ready to meet his former business partner and good friend,
Jeff, for a bike ride. He was happy to see us and took the time to sit out back
on their deck for half hour. It is important for him to keep busy so we didn’t
stay long.
A stop at Zorra Highland School for a piddle
and then he sat 😂
Baby
steps is what he’s taking as he deals with his grief and his/our friends in
London and his family are being ever-present in his life. Dinner invites,
visits and the afore-mentioned bike rides across the city. We’re sad that we
don’t live closer to do our part but in actuality, we are very happy not to be
living in London aka The Forest City. The traffic, the long lights, the new
developments etc. are more than we care to be a part of anymore. After our
visit, we realized that he has a long way to go but we had a great talk and a couple of really good hugs.💗
I love the metal insects at Zubick's
From
Derrick’s, we drove back across familiar streets, working our way to CanAm on
the southwest corner. Gibbs was a hit with a few of the staff, Wendy especially
enjoyed the little furball. She loves puppies. 😊 We got our new ‘warrantied’ oven into the car and drove to
the Flying M to fuel up. The chores are almost done. Lastly, we drove east to
Costco. Oh, my goodness! There were traffic lineups to get into the parking lot
and then a long lineup to get into the store once we parked.
A '67 Mustang zoomed by
We’d
decided that I would stay with Gibbs and Bill would take the list and do the
shopping. That may sound odd, but he is much better and faster in this store
than I am. He texted when he had a question but other than that, he was in and
out in 40 minutes. Pretty awesome. With everything crossed off the list, we
headed towards Dorchester for lunch. The A & W there is a good stopping
point, just nicely out of the busy-ness of the city. It was 1:00 and we were
hungry.
The Furrion Oven rides behind Gibbs
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| More interesting sky |
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| I think it is cool to see the remaining drive-in still in business The Mustang is popular, well, not during Covid it is |
Rolling under the wheels of the no-carb wagon, I ordered the Bacon Cheddar Uncle Burger combo again. At least the Root Beer was diet! The sky to the southeast was quickly turning blacker as the clouds rolled in – again. Have we not had enough rain? Back home, the forecast was for 99% precipitation today and at least here, in this part of southwestern Ontario, we’ve been blessed with some sunshine. I texted Kim that we were on our way.
Drive through A & W
As we
drove to Ingersoll on the 401, the sky opened up for a bout of heavy rain. It
didn’t last long and by the time we reached the Wilson’s home, it had stopped
and the sun was back out again. They had asked us to stop in if we made it to
London today and if we had time. 😊 It’s always nice to see them. Today was a bonus visit because
we got to meet the ‘boys’. They talk a lot about their 3 grandsons so it was
our pleasure to meet Seth (“7, I think”), Ethan (“11, Grade 6, I think”) and
Aden (13) who had no doubt who he was and how old. All handsome young people.
There goes the sky again
It was raining on the north side of the highway
Two minutes later, we all had it
We were
home by 4:30 and unloaded the SUV. At least the groceries came inside. We were
both very tired so the oven stayed in the vehicle for the night. Bill
filled our fridge water jug and I separated the mini sausages into freezer
packs. Gibbs was quite a good little boy today. It was a long time in the car
for a pup but he fared well even through the driver changeover after Teviotddale. He was happy to be home and ran around without a
leash while we took care of business.
Driving into Ingersoll
The Wilson's lovely home
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| Isn't this an interesting grain mill? I don't know what else to call it |
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| When traffic came to a stop on the way home, we soon found out that the drivers were all animal lovers 💕 He looks a little harried but he's safe |
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| And the sky has cleared |
After a long, busy, enriching day,
Good night from the Ridge!
Thank you
for your visit today. Your comments are always welcome.
