Let's finish our quest for the rest of Grand Bend's strip(s) - starting at the intersection of Hwys 21 & 81

and along the Hwy 21 strip south on Thanksgiving weekend and then it's back downtown (in the summer) for some of our favourite spots and things to do before heading home to the Klondyke. We will do more on our park later. This is a full version of Natalie's "not enough to cry" you can link to her myspace page on the right. One of my favourite songs. Go Bend, Go song quest, Go Nat.

Time for another sunset - how about 300 in 5 minutes

Couldn't decide on one more sunset pic so here's 300 in 5 minutes with Brian and friends doing "sail on". I just shuffled the deck and this came out. Hope you like it - nominations end Friday midnight. Not sure what the next phase will bring but this has been fun. I don't think we're quite ready to "sail on" just yet.

(Sorry folks. To see this one just click on the sunset video to the right. I had the video here but it was messing up access to the video bar - if you want a bigger screen for the video bars just click again and you will be right in youtube for bigger screens)

Lake Huron is a great lake

... it's one of 5 actually but it happens to be our favourite. It's constantly changing in colour as these pics illustrate. It can be dead calm or have 6 foot swells. It is the 3rd largest fresh water lake in the world with over 6,000 kms of shoreline. As large and majestic as Lake Huron is - it is fragile and needs our help. We have to take better care of our beautiful lake so our grandchildren and their grandchildren can enjoy Grand Bend and Lake Huron as much as we do.
Go Huron. Go Bend. We had a great Aquafest celebration this summer (in the rain of course) where the focus was on water. In addition to a free "pedal powered" concert, the guest speaker was Canadian Maude Barlow a former senior advisor to the UN on water issues.

We are still in first place in Ontario. According to the CBC last night the nominations keep rolling in for Grand Bend. Keep up the good work everyone. Actual voting begins next week.

No place I'd rather be ...

Here is another attempt to illustrate the youthful electricity of Grand Bend. These were sent to me in the middle of the night with the title - "No place I'd rather be". The pictures are of memories of another summer in the Bend from the viewpoint of some young ladies who electrify the room with their smiles when they walk in. It's all part of that magic of this place. The pictures end fittingly but sadly on the last jam night of the summer at Gables on labour day. It was the 12th year of jam nights. Where else would you get 300 people every monday night of the summer?

(just holding on this slide show for the moment waiting for ok from Heather - Heather are you out there anywhere? comment back)

Time to throw in another SUNSET - Nominate Grand Bend

I shouldn't go too long without trying to cast another spell. Enjoy, and nominate Grand Bend. You know how to do it. You can get there from here, just click on the CBC link to the right, pick Ontario and write in Grand Bend. By the way, we're leading this nomination round as a write in candidate - how neat is that? This blog is solar powered. Go Bend.

Keeping with yesterday's couch theme

Well, in addition to all Grand Bend's other attributes, we do have a couch. It's not a rock but it didn't come from Ikea either (at least not recently). View, priceless. These are not your usual couch potatoes. thanks, Doug.