Huybers Retirement Adventure: I’m Back Again!

Where did she go?

For those faithful followers who have been checking into my blog (and finding nothing new) I do apologize. There have been a lot of things going on here but unfortunately, I cannot blog about them in a public forum. However, if you know me personally and would like to find out why there have been no recent blogs, then please email me directly and I will be glad to fill you in. J

Last Saturday, March 23, Ron celebrated another birthday. I love it when I can say, we celebrated another birthday because that means we aren’t dead yet! LOL

We spent the day travelling around the island, driving on roads we’ve never been on before. The weather had started out sunny but quickly clouded over. A few flakes of snow tried to fall but held off long enough for us to enjoy the ride.

We found a new Parkway to drive on from Brackley to Dalvay which ran along the coastal shores of The Gulf of St. Lawrence. The ice had mostly melted from the gulf but left blocks of little ice bergs floating ashore. The water was running really quickly and the ice bergs floated by fast. We stopped the car in Covehead Bay and took some photos of the floating ice bergs. It was a sight I had never seen before. Another first for me!

I found the drive along the new Parkway not as interesting as the other Parkway between Cavendish and North Rustico. Maybe it was because we didn’t see one fox along the way. We did see a skunk on the road though … but I like the foxes better. J

When we arrived home I made Ron his birthday dinner. We had BBQ steak, lobster tails with melted garlic butter and fresh carrots. For dessert I made him a homemade lemon cake with real lemon frosting. It was really good. After dinner we decided to go in the hot tub and reflected upon the day. It was pretty cloudy and looked like it would snow but then all of a sudden the sky opened up and you could see the moon and the stars. Ron was really happy about that because I had given him a telescope for his birthday and he didn’t think he would be able to use it because of all the clouds. We decided to get out of the hot tub so Ron could play with his new toy … I mean use his new telescope. He was so excited to be able to use it! It only lasted about 10 minutes before the clouds rolled back in but it was enough time to impress Ron with what he saw. I’m sure he will get a lot of use out it. Usually the stars are incredible where we live. We are out in the country with no bright lights from the city to brighten the dark skies. It’s a perfect spot for star gazing.

So that is all I can report on in the blog as to what has been happening to us lately. There is of course a lot more to say … but just not here. I will try and post more often. Until then … I wonder what new adventure we will have next. J