This is a three day weekend in Canada, since Carol & Rich had not made proper hotel reservations; they had to “get out of town”. They traveled south to Barrie, Ontario on the western shore of Lake Simcoe. They luckily came upon an event called Kampenfest going on there. The Fest lasts the whole weekend and occupies an area about a mile and a half long along the shore of Lake Simcoe with more than 400 vendors, 40 antiques dealers, live entertainment, and carnival rides for children. It is operated by the Optimist Club of Barrie who also operate the food concession. The picture below does not do the event justice, the Fest wrapped around from where the picture was taken to the tall condo buildings in the distance. The area was clean without papers and other litter on the ground. Canadians are neat people.
These ponies walked around in a circle and carried children on their backs. I am sure the animals’ rights groups in the States would have shut it down.
The following pictures were taken by the owners of Sweet Pea. They show what it was like for me going to the Kirkfield Lock and passing through it. You can enlarge any of the pictures by double left clicking on them.
 |
| Narrow Channel huh? It is also shallow |
 |
| At the top |
 |
| Down I go |
 |
| Finally an exit |
No comments:
Post a Comment