Leisurely start in the morning, as we're only off to Kingston. We take the autoroute through Montreal, but once in Ontario we leave the 401 at Long Sault and take the river route. The old towns are beautiful, and the leaves still at their best. Picnic lunch at a park at Long Sault. We spot Crysler's Farm, site of an 1813 battle, near Upper Canada Village as we drive and stop to look. A beautiful sunny spot overlooking the St. Lawrence, scene of a Canadian victory over an attacking American force more than twice their strength.
At Margi's by dinner time. Maddie is off to rehearse for Phantom, in which she will be playing the lead, but the rest of the family is there. We sit in the living room where a wooden box has centre place - the box in which our great grandmother, Catherine West, brought all her possessions from Ireland. So nice that Margi still has it.
JAWORSKI TRAVELS