Lisa Stokes
Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus
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Saturday September 6 – Another Fall
Patti wasn’t available for a run this morning so I had a bit of a sleep-in and a lazy breakfast. Then Trystan, Owen and I headed out to run errands. We started by hitting the shoe store for indoor shoes for school. They have the same size feet this year. Then Staples for a…
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Wednesday September 3 – School, Power Outage and Climbing
The day started with wet feet again as we walked on the grass to get around the construction at the school. Once again there were no construction workers in sight. To keep the children safe from moving construction vehicles long parallel fences were set up from the road to the back of the school…
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Friday August 29 – Final Day of Golf Camp
Parents were invited to come an hour early for pickup today so they could see their children putt and chip and to have a buffet lunch. Owen enjoyed his week at golf camp. He was especially excited that lunches were included. It was a beautiful day to be out on the course. Blue skies…
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Tuesday September 2 – First Day of School
Trystan and Owen started back to school today. Alun just had to go in to have his picture taken and to pick up his timetable. Megan did that last week. It was back to elementary school for Trystan. When we opened our front door this morning Owen’s friend Emma was walking by with her…
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Sunday September 1 – Last Day of the Season
Today we went to Wild Water Kingdom for the final time this summer. The adults hung out at Caribbean Cove for a bit and then Michael and I took a revolution around the Lazy River. Boy was it lazy this morning. Joe and Michael went to the driving range next to Wild Water Kingdom. …
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Thursday August 28 – Culture Day with Alun
A couple of weeks ago, Owen, Trystan and I visited the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Frank Gehry addition is quite stunning and Alun has expressed an interest in architecture so I invited Alun to go to Toronto with me to check it out. After dropping Trystan and his cousins at Canoe and Kayak…
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Sunday August 24 – Back to Wild Water Kingdom
Today, as we have been doing on many Sunday mornings for the past few years we headed to Wild Water Kingdom. My sister and her husband and two boys gave us passes for Christmas. Today Victoria and her family joined us. Victoria is my sister’s sister-in-law. I stayed out of the water because of…
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Saturday August 23 – Nostalgic Play Day
Today we didn’t plan an outing. Michael and I cooked a big breakfast of waffles, sausages, bacon and eggs. Our friend’s children always ask for it when they visit us. It has become a tradition. By the time breakfast was prepared, consumed and cleaned up most of the morning had passed. Instead of heading…
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Chinguacousy Park
This morning I rode my road bike to physiotherapy for my wrist. The round trip which normally takes just over an hour took 43 minutes. I love how much faster I can get around on my new bike. What I don’t love is the learning process for riding with clipped in shoes. I had…
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Great Summer Day
My friend Victoria and her children from St. Thomas are visiting us this week. One of the activities we always do when they visit is go for a bike ride. Here we are about to head out. It always surprises me how long it takes us to get going. Sunscreen needs to be applied.…
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