Sept. 13 to 19

Monday
Sun and cloud today. The hotel in Newmarket had a nice hot breakfast. We went through a couple of rain showers on our drive. We travelled from Newmarket to East Gwillimbury to visit the Selby Cemetery where we located the tombstone for my gg grandmother Martha Abbs. When then headed north around Lake Simcoe to Baysville, Muskoka. This is where my g grandfather James Allen lived and died. We visited the Baysville Community Cemetery where we were shown the location of the family plot. There is no stone for him. However, there is a marquee close by that contains a number of tin name plates which used to be located an wooden crosses over grave sites. They brought them all together in one place. The research by the cemetery people has located the plot site. We took photos. we also located a provincial historic plaque about the founders of Baysville. After these two visits we headed back to highway 11 and then 400 and ended up at our motel in Toronto about 5 pm. We had supper at the nearby Perkins Restaurant. Walked 4.5 km. steps counted 8600.

Tuesday
A good day weather wise. Sun and cloud with a threat of showers. We had breakfast at the motel and then set off for the Archives of Ontario (AO) which was nearby on the campus of York University. We arrived there about 9 am. We both had items to research. The first thing we did is order any books etc. that we wanted to look at that were not on microfilm. I then headed to the microfilm cabinets to find the County Marriage Register films I wanted to look at. The AO has very nice viewers on hand and lots of them. The have film readers that will project the image onto a computer screen. Adjustments can be made to the image and the image can be saved as a digital image on a USB drive. We headed out of Toronto about 1:30 and after a pleasant drive arrived home in Ottawa about 7:15 in the evening. Walked 4.5 km. steps 19200.

Wedenesday
Sunny and cool, abt 19 C. Did Tae Bo today. Cut the lawn and did some tidy up in the garden. This evening I assisted in loading boxes of book from the Friends of LAC book sorting group for the book sale this weekend. I was really tired after I got home. I am reading the last Harry Potter book. Walked 4.6 km.

Thursday
Cloudy and cool, abt 16 C. Rain in the afternoon and evening. Read some more Harry Potter. Went shopping and picked up the tour information for our next trip. Walked 4.4 km.

Friday
Sunny but cool today, abt 19 C. Did some outside painting today on the garage door and frame. I am changing the colour from brown to yellow. Much brighter! Finished reading my Harry Potter book. Now I am ready for the next movie. Biked 12 km. Walked 21. km.

Saturday
Fog this morning, then it became sunny, abt 19 C. We did TaeBo again this morning. After a break I put on the second coat of paint while it was sunny. Late afternoon we dressed up and headed to Cornwall for the Charter Night Banquet of the St. Lawrence Branch UELAC. The meeting ran a little long and we got home about 11 pm. Walked 1.9 km.

Sunday
A little fog this morning. By mid afternoon it was sunny and warm. abt 22 C. This lead me to do some more outside painting. I am working on the next issue of the Ottawa Genealogist. Biked 11.4 km. Walked 2.8 km.