Acton's "3 Musketears
Skatepark" grand opening was celebrated with a performance by the West49
Flow Riders. The skatepark is right behind the Arena and Community Centre
on Highway #7. Local youth have been flocking to the park since the concrete
was dry.
Most of the pro
skaters didn't wear protection and when they moved to the stairs leading
into the park they rarely hit the landing - so it was very painful, just
see the video below and another here.
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July
26, 2007
Family trip to
Lake Erie
Ann had so much
fun in the Lake Erie area of Ontario with her girlfriends that we decide
to take another trip into the region. Here we are in the forest surrounding
the Winter Wheat country folk store
in Sparta, Ontario. It is very Alice in Wonderland and you can wander and
take in the installations and metal sales as well as stop in little houses
and have some tea and cookies.
Our first stop
was at TCM Metal Art in Harrietsville where we had to buy another piece
of art.
For more pictures
and information on our adventure in this great part of Ontario just click
on this link.
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July
29, 2007
Fergus Truck Show
The trucks were
pulling in Fergus at the 22nd Annual Fergus
Truck Show so we dropped by the small town located about a half hour
away from Acton and watched some of the truck pulls, wandered around the
show and shine (see above reflection in a shiny truck hubcap) and visited
the booths for free pens and stuff. You can see some of my truck pull videos
here and here.
Our annual visit
to the Band family cottage at Kawagama Lake (near Dorset) was another beautiful
mini vacation. Bruce and Linda, Ann's Aunt and Uncle, invite all their
family up for the August long weekend every year and this year there were
lots of kids enjoying the weather and fun. We missed the Lake Kawagama
Regatta which was held the previous week so they decided to make their
own games for the kids to play. The watermelon eating contest was started
by the kids and ended by the adults. You can see a slide show movie of
the weekend by clicking the video below - it even has a baby bear. You
can click on the videos showing Erin
waterskiing, the
sunrise over Lake Kawagama or the 2007
Kawagama Lake Fireworks.
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August
12, 2007
Leathertown Festival
Erin was crowned
the 2007 Leathertown Ambassador during the opening ceremonies of the Leathertown
Festival. She will also assist Miss Acton during the Acton Fall Fair. Here
she cuddles with TJ the baby lion cub, picture from Exotic Animal Tales.
Ann sold quite a few art prints at her booth she set up in the Festival.
The day started out so nice but rain soon started falling - only to let
up when the Festival was almost over.
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August
14, 2007
Spencer's Gorge
Taking a weeks
holiday I set out on a few adventures that are close to Acton. I decided
to explore Spencer's
Gorge in Hamilton and soon found myself at Tew's Falls and Webster's
Falls. These falls set in the Niagara Escarpment are spectacular. Pictured
above is Webster's Falls - you can just see a person in white on a rock
near the bottom left of the picture.
Here I am under
the falls in a cave type area carved out underneath the lower part of the
falls. Again you can see a person in blue near the bottom left of the picture.
You can also click to see my videos showing the side
view and underneath
the falls. Tews Falls, not shown, is almost as high as Niagara Falls.
