August 2024
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Note 53 – Exploring Collingwood, Ontario, and Our Return to Houston Post-Hurricane
To wrap-up our “Toronto” trip, we decided to get out of the big city for a couple of days and explore more of the Ontario “countryside”. I was perusing Google maps for ideas up towards Georgian Bay and Lake Huron when I spotted a town name that seemed familiar – Collingwood. I couldn’t quite place…
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Note 52 – July 2024 Books
Total Books: 3 Total Pages: 1164 Longest: 656 Shortest: 191 Genres: 3 (Biography – 1, Historical Fiction – 1, Mystery – 1) With our trip to Ontario and then hurricane clean up and other activities in July, I didn’t get a lot of reading done. Up first was Kate Quinn’s The Rose Code. I read…
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Note 51 – Niagara-on-the-Lake Winery Tour
For our final full day in Toronto, we left the city again on a private tour to visit three wineries in Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) with lunch included at a local restaurant. I had researched small group and private tours from Toronto online and finally booked a private tour directly with Ontario Group of Touring Companies (OGTC).…
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Note 50 – Visiting Toronto’s Castle – Casa Loma
As mentioned in Note 49, we decided on a relaxed sightseeing day in Toronto following our day in Niagara Falls. We used the Hop-on Hop-off (HOHO) bus to get an overview of Toronto’s various districts and use it as our transportation to Casa Loma and back. Casa Loma History The HOHO stop is about a…
Notes By Nancy 