Friday - July 21

 Mark folded his bike in 1/2, loaded in rental car and off to Enterprise to return the little Mitsubishi.    Then rode his bike back to the boat.  We had pancakes and sausage and on with the day.

Mark called Colchester Marina for a spot tomorrow night, but they are full - so another day in Leamington and we'll go there Sunday.

Had a good chat with Maeve and family and talked about her big birthday party this afternoon with 16 friends!   Fun times in NC with all the birthdays and partying!

We went for a nice walk on this very pretty, refreshing day (after the deluge/storm) yesterday.    Stopped at Lakeside (a gourmet shop with breakfast/lunch, wonderful bakery, deli, wine, coffees, etc.)    We checked this out last year.....today we shared a BBQ pulled pork with melted provolone panini - excellent!   

Stopped at WalMart for a few things - no bags!    Just can't get used to checking out and then having to carry all your stuff.    We didn't know we'd be going there or could've taken a bag.   I guess the Canadians are used to that!    There was a lady with a cart full of stuff that she had scanned (only have self check-out at this Super Center.)   After she scanned each item, it went back in her cart....so then she had to take it to her car, unload everything and then same thing when she got home???    Whew!!!!

Leamington is by far the largest town (30,000+) we're visiting here in Canada with the smallest, being Turkey Point at 176.    It's funny....the little towns/villages often have a neat little coffee shop, but only thing in Leamington is Starbucks and Tim Horton's.

Some of the many blooms around Leamington...

They look like hibiscus, but in Canada?
A boatload of beauties
All along the wall at the Rick Atkin Park
The brick walkway (Promendae) separates the marina from this park and is full of blooms!






Every Friday night at the marina, there is live music under the pergola with an area for dancing, lots of tables to sit at + a big yard for those who bring their chairs.    This is obviously a very popular weekly event as they had a nice crowd (many townspeople brought their chairs and jackets).   The man and woman singers were really good and sang a variety of pop, rock 'n roll and oldies.    They sang "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond which always makes me emotional - Patrick sang that song at every show and always such a big hit with the crowd.

Ending the day with this awesome sunset over the Leamington Harbour





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