Bon Echo Park to Rideau River Park
We are somewhat reluctant to leave Bon Echo, but after an evening of pouring over guide books and maps we have decided to move a little closer to Ottawa and into an area with a few more tourist options. Bon Echo is relatively isolated and once you?ve done the pictograph thing and the beach thing there?s not a lot left. Besides, they are doing major improvements to the parks roadways and there is heavy equipment all over the place!
Perth is a lovely town, it is also the home of the Stewart School.
So there you have it, all Stewart?s come to this school to learn how to be a Stewart. It?s not easy being one and only the very few are selected. It?s not a name we just hand out to anybody! Lynn finds this hard to believe, looks like she needs to attend for a refresher.
Smith Falls is also interesting, it is home to one of three Hershey chocolate factories in Canada. Hershey’s has a self guided tour of their plant and we urge everyone to take it. If not for anything else but to see the monotony of ?working on the line?. Imagine spending hour after hour packing five almond bars into a box or inspecting peanut butter cups for blemishes! It is all women working in this section of the plant so that also says something about wages and equality and anything else you want to read into it. It is also a very good tour just to see the machinery working and for learning how they make chocolate bars.
Chocolate … mmmm!
As close as you can get with a camera!
The park here on the Rideau River, part of the Rideau Canal, is very pretty and we manage to get the last electrified spot for the weekend. It is not hard to see why this spot is not very popular! The site is pretty enough but it is right next to the highway. Oh well, we will adjust or get therapy.
on July 4th, 2004 at 12:03 am
Well the secret is out…….was going to mention this school but hoped you may pass it by or at least missed it . Be that as it may, you may as well know the truth!!! Yes, it is a school devoted to instilling various “STEWART” attributes mostly in males……occassionally females are included but to a much lesser degree except where the “Why don’t we do this” aspect arises or, “It was Wednesday…no, it was Tuesday”.
In any event the cirruc….cerric…..curicc…..courses include how one becomes opinionated, pigheaded even, confident in all areas of voiced opinions. At times, due to over enthusiasim, one may even become a “Bloody Dictator” but that is a most extreme result and only occurs in the older students. The shool also instills a great sense of humor, lovable characteristics - even those of the rectal types, which make each and every male sorely sought after and a joy to be with.
While the school does not have a coat of arms it does have a motto enscribed in Latin……….”Nil Bastidius Carborundum Sunt”….translated…..”Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You Down”. Fitting to say the least.