Shauna will be visiting her friends back in Sarnia for her summer hols, so she has decided to take some maple products as a hostess gift. It makes sense because our county styles itself as the Maple Syrup Capital of the province. The closest sugar camp, Fultons, is only about 20 minutes north of us. Sha does work for a living, and Fultons is only open for a few hours twice a week, so she asked us to run the errand for her.
Once we leave town we are soon into rural Ontario. There being an interesting sky, Sue wanted to stop for a photo, and I took one too, just for you folk. Look at the rough road, which caused a bit of a rattling ride for our car with non-viable shock absorbers.
Fortunately, the road soon became less bumpy although it remained gravelly.
Then, we saw a young deer just off the side of the road. We stopped at some distance for a photo, but after awhile, when it didn't bound off, we inched closer, so I got a pretty good photo.
The deer is so beautiful, a stunning animal.
ReplyDeleteThe maple syrup place looks interesting, and the containers are very attractive.
Love maple syrup, but not sure about bar-b-que sauce. Would love to hear what the ingredients might be! Super photos. Don't know where Sarnia is so I looked it up. So many Canadian towns I've not heard of!!
ReplyDeleteTaught there and started this blog there. Just across the river form Porrt Huron, Michigan.
DeleteThat bumpy ride paid off in that you got some wonderful close-up images of the young deer, AC, and bbq sauce too!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a double day -- you did a nice thing for Shauna and had a wonderful time yourself. What a charming looking place. It all sounds delicious! That's a great idea for a hostess gift.
ReplyDeleteMmmm a delicious gift. I like the maple syrup lady's face, she does look kind.
ReplyDeleteWell, the deer own the place! We are intruders. So it's nice to see the deer reclaiming their territory.
ReplyDeleteWhat an excellent gift to take!
ReplyDeleteWe've a sugar shack across the road. Joe always says he is grateful to be able to see the trees our syrup comes from.
P.S. It does look mature. The deer, I mean!
DeleteYou've had the gravel-road experience! I'm not looking forward to my "long" walk today. We had so much hard rain last night that 3 miles on a squishy road might be fairly unpleasant. If I'm lucky, it won't be raining again when I finally get myself out there. -Kate
ReplyDeleteNice pics of the deer and a good gift to take.
ReplyDeleteHow can you be the maple syrup capital? We have a maple syrup tour here that attracts a lot of people!
ReplyDeleteI wish there was a Fulton’s near me!
ReplyDeleteI've never had maple bbq sauce. My friend who lived in Canada sent me a pack of maple cookies a few years ago and they were good.
ReplyDeleteMaple syrup and candy and anything maple is a great gift. Authentic too.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great time, John! Lovely photos!
ReplyDeleteThose first three photos are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteNice road trip!
ReplyDeleteThe gift will be welcome. You were able to get some good photos of the deer. Very nice of it to accommodate you. I live on a gravel road. They can get bumpy.
ReplyDeleteThat does look like a rough road. In my area, those clouds would definitely herald rain. I love maple and would enjoy many of those products.
ReplyDeleteNow this is a place I would dearly enjoy visiting, especially having those magnificent deer to announce my arrival.
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