Activities in August ...The Hugh A Campbell Memorial Run

Greetings ...

Since arriving on this fair Isle on Aug. 5, 2013, much has transpired and plenty of visiting has gone on. Our blog entries have been reduced to naught as well !

On August 7, 2013, the Hugh A. Campbell memorial run was held - One of the reasons for scurrying across the continent with that date of arrival in mind.   This first ever run, and hopefully annual, is named after Steve's grandfather - hence Stephen's middle name - Hugh (mom Margaret Elaine Dimond nee Campbell) !   The run was a great success for a first time event, getting some 50 runners signed up ... with various other hangers on and photo buffs to document the day.  The run commenced at the corner of Graham's Road and Princetown Road ... see right side of pic below at intersection ... the Masonic Temple is on far side of road at the corner, and cousin Robert Campbell lives on the corner.

Click for a Google Map of the race path

Hugh A Campbell's Farm ... centre of pic, far side of road (Graham's Road).
Race start @ intersection- right side. 2004 pic.

Memorial Run location on Prince Edward Island - Aug. 7, 2013 (Red view of Air Photo location )

Patty, Janet, and young Alex joined the race while the rest of us photographed and chatted :-)  Many thanks to David Campbell for his efforts on putting on this event !  Well attended ... and well appreciated !  Winning time of 30:58 min. ... well short of Granddad's best of 25+ min.  ... but this was a tough course, not to be compared ... !

Link to Photos of the Hugh A Campbell Memorial Run

   

   

After the race, we all descended upon the Sou'West Bar & Grill in New London. Alan Brennan has done a fine job opening up the re-imagined restaurant with a steady stream of diners.  The view from the deck is outstanding !   It made for a fab locale to celebrate Janet Dimond and Sandra Campbell's coming BDays (Aug 13th).

Family dining on the Sou'West deck .... Janet & Sandra's BDay celebration (13th)

This was a grand day and a fitting tribute !  Many thanks to organizers and runners.


A few others had some recaps of the event :

• Erin - Swift Fox's blog page
   
• More Photos taken by the Bain Family
   
• Race Results - PEI  Roadrunners 

I registered hughacampbell.ca and will hopefully get a lot more information on the web in due course !


Cheers
Astrid n Steve

Our Journey East - Clarks Mills, PA and Day 9 into Toronto

Astrid and I spent a very enjoyable respite in Clarks Mills, Pennsylvania with the Heckman's ... one of Astrid's on-line gaming acquaintances.   Al and Kathy were a delight and we had a nice visit, great food, and we took away some recipes to try (we think we did .. Astrid may have left them there ! ha ) .... Al is quite the chef and a fisherman to boot, so fresh was the 'flavour' of the day... and the special brown beans were to die for ...

Zoe, their blue healer dependent, was excited to meet Connor and Ceilidh ... Connor not terribly impressed with the licky kisses :-)  ... Zoe was eager to show them her yard ... 10 acres of freshly mown lawn !

(Click images for enlargements.... )

Meet and Greet - Kathy, Astrid and the hounds.

New Friends ....

Zoe Heckman - Host

Welcome rest for the moho.

Many thanks for the short visit, it was definitely a port in the travel storm :-)   Great to meet fantastic people.   Up and back on the road in the late a.m.  ... with some Lake Erie Perch in the freezer  ... out the country roads up to Erie, Pennsylvania.  Astrid decided to grab a short sleep on the way, and we veered on to the Lakeside route for a ways... nice to have some scenery to view ... vineyards and ports on Lake Erie, south shore.

Port at Dunkirk (I believe)

Vineyards ... south shore of Lake Erie

Travelled for about an hour on the shore side route, then ventured up to i90 toll road and made it in to Buffalo and Niagara Falls area ... pic below over the many bridges with the Falls spray in distance.  Astrid overlooks the gorge as we cross the border ... once again we were lucky.  Notwithstanding about 45 minutes in line, the actual crossing took less than a minute !  Another nice border guard ... we must look harmless :-)

Spray from Niagara Falls in middle of pic ... over bridge in Buffalo, NY

View over the Niagara Gorge ... welcome back to Canada

Electricity Generating facilities for Niagara Falls.

Once in Ontario, we zoomed along and decided to get on the Toll 407 highway ... it was choked up with traffic as well ... stop and go .... and we are to pay for this ?   I checked on-line and the supposed toll with be $100 !! ... there will be something to say about that ... red lights not good.  Blood from stone?

Finally arrived at John & Nancy's place ... had a wonderful lamb dinner with Lobster bisque starter ... unreal after a long journey :)   Janet (sis) and Mel joined us for a fabulous night of chatter, good food, and wine.  We and the dogs get to relax a little by the pool ... and the travelling motion subsides.  Nice to be still for a coupla days.

We'll camp out here till likely Sunday, Aug. 4th, then head east.

Check out the route on Google Maps ...

Cheers for now...

Astrid 'n Steve