Geoff has been going up to Canada every summer since the late sixties. In fact, he's there right now with his sister Liz, her son Jacob, and their brother David. Family traditions are nice. We refer to Ardshona, the little island that his family owns, within the Thirty Thousand Islands of the Georgian Bay in Lake Huron, as "Canada". His grandmother started renting Ardshona when her Cincinatti friends vacationed there in the 60's. She bought Ardshona in the early 70's when there was no electricity on the island- it was a rustic get-away. There is electricity these days but it can easily get knocked out and telephone service is through a radio phone, it's quite spotty. There isn't a tv or the internet, which leaves plenty of time for sailing, canoing, kayaking, swimming, reading, picnicking, cooking, and family.
Cushions that Geoff's mom, Janie, made
David, Liz, and Geoff by Janie
Geoff and David at Hangdog Island
My Mom and David on the Sunfish
What they used before there was electricity
The dining area
Part of the living area
Sunset over the neighbor's islands take from the front rock
My Mom sitting in the screened porch
(photos from my last trip to Canada in 2004)
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