A Foggy Drive

Last week we were out and picked up sandwiches for lunch.  Looking for someplace to sit and eat them, we drove to Thornbury.  But then Mrs. F.G. felt like a longer drive so we headed on to Collingwood.  But just before we got there we turned off and headed south; we just ate our sandwiches  the way.  Eventually we found ourselves on the winding road up through Pretty River valley.  As you can tell, we were just wandering.

And it was foggy, not a good day at all for pictures!

We did come out at the former Rob Roy schoolhouse, now part of the Osprey Township Museum.  It is quite interesting to step inside and see what an old one-room school was like.  Did you catch the Scottish reference in the name?

Most barns were too far from the road to catch anything but a foggy outline, but this very sad one was close by.

We passed the old stone Kolapore church, long since a private residence.  I was there for a meeting once, to discuss a book we were writing.  Mac Kirk was a champion conservationist in this area.

And then we stopped at the Ravenna General Store for butter tarts.  They have this great mural on the outside wall, representing all the folks who stop by for lunch (or butter tarts).  I think it is more of a lunch spot than a store.

Cycling is popular on area roads, with relatively little traffic.

And families of tourists or skiers.  I'm not sure whether this is meant to welcome them or chase them away!

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Still snowing gently here today, though we've only got 4 or 5 inches.  We are getting some quite cold temperatures, -21°C at night (-25 with the windchill.  And we're supposed to get 4-6 inches of the white stuff tomorrow.  After all it is winter.

The Scottish reference is to the famous Rob Roy McGregor, the best known of Scotland's outlaws. 1671-1734.  Must have been some early Scottish settlers in this area.