Joyeuses Fêtes 2017

2017 was a big year. For me, a half century of memories since 1967, the year Canada celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of Confederation and Expo 67, Montreal's World's Fair.  I graduated from high school that year and worked started my first year at McGill University. It was all long ago, so I'm amazed to be in relatively good health and more or less "with the program".

Bob and I were fed up with winter by mid-February so we packed up and headed to Florida a few weeks early. We spent a few days St. Augustine, Florida, our first visit to that historic part of the country. We drove down the coast to Cocoa Beach where we were right on the beach for a week, before crossing Florida to St. Pete Beach. We especially enjoyed seeing other longtime visitors to our "March home", Sunrise Resort on Boca Ciega Bay, as well as meeting up with friends from my hometown of Temiscaming. Florida pics here.

Summer getaways included a family weekend in Wisconsin over Memorial Day, several Corvette trips to the North Shore of Lake Superior and La Crosse, Wisconsin, and a memorable week around Lake Michigan. One great stop was Milwaukee where we stayed on the top floor of the Hilton and enjoyed a fantastic view of the city. The Harley museum was great entertainment one afternoon, full of vintage bikes, photos and artifacts. I spent my usual  long weekend in Stratford with my sister Marilyn. On my way home from Ontario, my brother Steve and his wife June treated me to lunch in Toronto.

On the horizon: Hawaii in January, Florida sometime in February through the end of March, and the wedding of Chris and Melissa in June, when we'll have Melissa's three great kids as bonus grandchildren. 

Merry Christmas to all; Joyeuses Fêtes à tous.