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Hilton Falls Hike

October 15, 2016
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We went out to Hilton Falls Conservation Area on Saturday afternoon, there was a line-up to get into the parking lot, but it went pretty quick.

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The falls, I don’t think we have been here when the falls are more than a trickle.

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Angela was visiting a friend at Guelph.

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Claudia in the river above the falls.

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The trees are starting to turn.

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My selfie with Claudia.

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Although the parking lot was busy, there were parts of the trail that were not busy.

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I was taking photos behind my back.

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It was a good walk, even with the crowds.

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Heading back to the parking lot.

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Claudia’s Co-op

October 3, 2016
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Claudia is well into her co-op work placement this term. She is working for Rogers TV Mobile unit, mainly at the Hershey Centre doing Mississauga Steelheads hockey games. She did some orientation training earlier and did two games this past weekend. She helps to setup, broadcast and take down for each game. During the broadcasts she has done the audio and spends the game in the truck. So far she is enjoying it, although she was complaining about being sore from all the lifting of equipment and cables.

Here is a picture of Claudia setting up the audio .

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Here she is low key watching the baseball game.

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The type of truck she works in some nights.

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MAC Homecoming

October 1, 2016
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It was Homecoming Weekend at McMaster, my roommate Stam from our university days and I went down for the football game between McMaster and Guelph. It has been awhile since Stam had been on campus, the last time might have been when Susan and I got married and we did our photos on campus. A lot has changed since then. The rain held off and Stam, Angela, Gillian and I stayed until the end. Mac won 27-15 and are now ranked 8th in the CIS rankings.

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Afterwards we headed over to Matthews Hall, our residence for the first two years, it had been 30 years since we lived there, of course it has changed just as much as the campus has. Angela had one of her friends get us into the residence, and Stam and I gave Angela and Gillian a quick recap of some of our shenanigans. The concrete room in the basement that we use to play cave hockey in, is now a study room, with windows to the hallway and carpeting and lots of lighting. This is the bottom of the stairwell in Matthews, they have even repaired the floor since the first time we came with Gillian for a residence tour in grade 12.

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During our time Matthews was divided into five houses, we lived in North House, today it is now referred to Matthews North. Of the other four houses the only other one that remains is Centre, the other three no longer exist. Stam only has four more years before his daughter will be heading off to college or university, who knows maybe she’ll end up at her parents alma mater.

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A Week in the Soo

September 30, 2016
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My travel for work has been a little lighter this summer and fall, I was in Sault Ste. Marie for the week doing an installation and training at our site in the Turkey Lakes Watershed, about an hour north of the Soo. I stayed at the Delta Waterfront with a nice view of the St Marys River and the bridge to the US.

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The first two days we had rain, before it cleared up towards the end of the week. This is the Chippewa River Falls.

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The river crosses under Highway 17.

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Wishart Lake, one of the many lakes that the Water Survey monitors.

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Batchawana Lake, the fall colours were late this year, they were getting the same hot weather we were getting in the south. Although the hotels were full with the tour buses for the Agawa Canyon train ride.

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St Marys River early Friday morning.

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Family Skype

September 11, 2016
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This was the first weekend it was only Susan, Claudia and I. Gillian was working and Angela was busy at school, so they did not come home for the weekend. After some technical difficulties with Gillian’s Skype, we managed to do a group call. It only works if you are all using Skype on a computer or laptop. Angela was in her residence room and Gillian was in her bedroom at Lori’s. Here is a photo of the screen.

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Claudia is Starting College?

September 9, 2016
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Claudia is starting the Specialist High Skills Major program in Information & Communications Technology. It is a Ministry supported program that allows students to gain added experience in the Information Communication Technology sector and awards them additional accreditation on their diploma upon graduation. Part of the requirement is a 2 credit co-op work term which Claudia is doing this semester. She will soon be working for Rogers Television with their mobile unit, her orientation starts on the 21st.

She is also enrolled in the Humber Dual Credit Program, she starts next week with Orientation on Thursday and then it will be every Thursday afternoon at the North Campus up near Woodbine Racetrack. She is enrolled in Studio Production I. The Dual Credit program is a ministry-approved program that allow students, while they are still in secondary school, to take college courses that count towards the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) and earn credit toward a postsecondary diploma. The best part is there is no cost to the student. Course tuition, textbooks, materials and transportation is provided by the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

First Day of University and High School

September 6, 2016
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Today was Gillian’s fourth 1st day of university and Angela’s first. They met up at the #SelfieWithTheSenator bench on campus to take their photo with William McMaster.

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Here is Claudia with Susan on her way to her first day of Grade 11 (13th first day of school).

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Celebrating Mom and Dad’s (belated) 60th Wedding Anniversary

September 4, 2016
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Although their actual anniversary was on June 30th, they were in BC on holidays with Shanna. We didn’t get a chance to celebrate since they returned. Today we all got together at the Dragon Pearl Buffet. We were all able to make it, except for Melissa and Fernando and of course Shanna, David and Jesse. Here is Bear enjoying his dinner, it was Bear’s 1st birthday today.

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Claudia, Lily and Gillian.

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Lily with some ice cream on her nose.

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Bear trying to get as much watermelon in his mouth and fists.

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Claudia crocheted three Charmanders for Lily, Kaiden and Barrett.

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She even sewed in their initial on the bum.

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Mom and Dad looking good.

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Claudia with G-ma and G-pa.

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Claudia’s hair matched Alex’s t-shirt.

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Grandma and Grandpa with all the grandkids and great-grandkids. We were missing Melissa and Jesse.

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Kaiden giving G-pa hugs goodbye.

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With Gillian living at Lori and Dale’s, she is Lily and Kaiden’s new best friend. They were so happy to see her when they got to the restaurant. Lily insisted that she sit next to Gillian.

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It was a great meal and it was good to see everyone. One last hug from Lily.

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A Day at The Ex!

September 3, 2016
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We headed down to the Canadian National Exhibition on Saturday morning, we had been debating on whether to go and when to go. With Gillian working through the week, it left the weekends, Angela had gone with Dylan’s family last week, so it was just the four of us. Claudia wanted to do a few rides, here they are on The Crazy Mouse.

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They went on the Polar Express, it seemed like it was less than a minute long.

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Waiting in line for the Tower Swing. They did the rides first so they didn’t encounter any long line-ups.

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The Fire Ball.

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We caught some of the Air Show. Here are the Breitling Jet Team. They are based out of France.

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They fly in  Czech Aero L-39 Albatros jets.

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We came out of The Farm building to watch the U.S. Navy F/A 18F Super Hornet.
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Back to the cows in the farm building.

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Gillian and Claudia with their catch.

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Gillian holding her fish.

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Claudia got a new sunglasses, you can see Susan and I in the reflections.

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After lunch we walked down the midway.

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We were kind of following a guy down the midway watching him play the throwing games, either breaking the plates or beer bottles. He kept getting the first one, but then would miss the second one. Each time he would stop and play, not sure if he eventually won.

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We rode the Sky Ride.

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The girls have done this in the past, but it was the first time for Susan and I.

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It was starting to get busy.

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Claudia wanted a slushie, we spotted the booth from above.

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It was good day at the Ex, we had to get back home to feed Chloe, our usual help (Dylan) is off to college in Timmins and no longer available. We are trying to find a replacement. We did the Enercare Centre Shoppers Market and warehouse outlets at the end and it was getting packed. We had parked in the underground parking, so it was easy getting out and only took us about 35 minutes to get home.

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Happy Birthday Mom!

September 1, 2016
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We headed out to Dundas on Thursday to celebrate Grandma Swan’s birthday. Susan brought lasagna and cake and Gillian was able to come after her penultimate day of work. Angela was busy with Orientation activities, trampoline dodge-ball, she’s off to a good start at university.

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