Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 19:47:23 -0700
Reply-To: phil cain <bearsvw2000@YAHOO.COM>
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From: phil cain <bearsvw2000@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: The United Empire Loyalists Fall Colours Tour
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--- Greg Potts <Greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
> Hi Volks,
>
> Development continues on the Fall Colours tour
> planned for October 4th
> and 5th in eastern Ontario, Canada. While my parents
> scouted the
> Kawartha Lakes arm of the route this afternoon with
> their Westy I was
> busy collecting maps and scouring the web for things
> to do and points
> of interest.
>
> Jamie Rivers ran last year's Fall Tour, following
> the Niagara
> Escarpment from Rattlesnake point up to Collingwood.
> This year we are
> going to head into the United Empire Loyalist
> territory of eastern
> Ontario.
>
> The leaves are only starting to think about turning,
> and since
> hurricane Isabelle turned out to be little more than
> a heavy rain I am
> pretty confident that two weeks from now the colours
> should be
> magnificent. We're planning a route to avoid 4-lane
> highways and keep
> us on 2-lane blacktop and well-maintained gravel at
> all times.
>
> The tour will start off at the gates of Darlington
> Provincial Park, at
> 9:00 AM Saturday October 4th. For those who arrive
> early (or camp over
> at Darlington the night before) we'll probably get a
> pancake breakfast
> going to feed the crew. Once we gather up all the
> buses we'll head NE
> to the shore of Rice Lake near Bewdley, then veer SE
> towards Trenton
> and Quinte Island. Quinte island is the heartland of
> the United Empire
> Loyalists, and the area is rich with history and
> full of victorian
> architecture. The local artists of Quinte Island are
> having a Studio
> and Gallery Tour that weekend, so there will be lots
> to see. After
> exploring the island we'll head through Kingston and
> take the ferry out
> onto Wolfe Island. There's a nice campground out
> there with a great
> view of the Saint Lawrence river. I will also get
> B&B and motel info
> soon for those who prefer not to camp out in
> October.
>
> Sunday's festivities will begin at 8AM with
> Breakfast Burritos. At 10AM
> we'll start back west towards Toronto, in a route
> TBA. I'm thinking it
> would be good to follow the Trent/Severn system,
> going North on 62
> through Madoc and picking up highway 7 west to
> Norwood before dropping
> south to Hastings. There's a bit of planning still
> to be done on this
> leg of the route but it is sure to be a good run.
>
> If you're interested in coming along, please email
> me and let me know.
> Can someone please pass this along to the Vanagon
> List?
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**
> 1977 Sunroof Automatic
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> http://www.geocities.com/busesofthecorn
>
>
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