Nancy
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Note 55 – Southern Food, Wine, and Gold
In early August, we flew into Charlotte, North Carolina, because we had American Airlines credits to use by the middle of August and it was one of nine US airports with non-stop flights from Houston on AA (we didn’t want to mess with connections). After booking, we had to decide what to do once we…
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Note 54 – August 2024 Books
Total Books: 6 Total Pages: 1845 Longest: 382 Shortest: 223 Genres: 3 (Biography – 1, Mystery – 4, Thriller – 1) I kicked off August by reading John Grisham’s latest thriller – Camino Ghosts. This is the third book set on the fictional Camino Island located off the coast of Florida, near the Georgia border.…
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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…
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