Day 15 - Oakville

We spent the whole day today painting the inside of the house downstairs. Julie and I managed 2 coats of paint on the kitchen, dining room and family room. Non stop. But no change there. We were doing that for the last 3 or 4 weeks before we left. At least Julie was.

Tomorrow we are setting off for the Great Lakes tour. Setting off north in the car from Oakville and heading up to Tobermoray. This is the peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. Then taking the ferry across to Manatoulin which is the largest inland island in the world and then driving up to Sault Ste. Marie. Then we go across the border into the US and head south through Wisconsin, ending up in Chicago.

We are then going to go and visit Nick and Lindsay in Pittsburgh. They were students who stayed with us at 74 King Edwards Gardens for about 3 months this year. We are really looking forward to this as they were great house guests for us and it will be so interesting to meet them in their homes. One of the benefits of having so many people live with us over the years. It's time to go see them.

We may be "off the air" for a few days if we are unable to connect on our travels. We will take my Mum's laptop with us but since Julian loaded up Age of Empires - Titans Expansion (about 3 GB of stuff) this computer has struggled to stay afloat. We will be in touch.