Another Medical Day...

We finally had a break in our hot weather...bonus! Today was overcast, and actually ended up raining for a good part of the day... we needed it! Big drop in the temperature was a bit of a blessing, as it has been so hot over the past week.

We had afternoon appointments in London, at our Cardiologist Office. First time we have gone there, as we both were just recently referred by our new Family Dr. We both had to have the fancy ultra sounds done. We will go back next week and discuss results, and a stress test for me! I go for annual cardiac assessment since I had a bypass operation 7 years ago.

Both our Family Dr., and our Cardiologist have their Offices in this fancy dancy building above, on Springbank Drive, in London, Ontario. Is it ever nice inside, all made of marble! It is nice though, to have all our Dr.'s in the same spot!

After we finished at the Dr.'s Office, we flew over to Brantford, which is about 40 klms. east of Woodstock. Our good Friend, Pat from Orillia, recently lost her Brother Peter, and we joined in on the Celebration of Peter's Life this afternoon. He was a very avid golfer, so the Celebration was held at the 130 year old Brantford Golf and Country Club... very historic, and located right on the Grand River.

Till tomorrow...

 

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Road Trip!

Kristina came up with a great idea this morning when she gave us a call, and asked if we wanted to go for a picnic and hike, up at the Elora Gorge! Why not!

This is a beautiful part of our Province, where the Grand River Runs through the Town of Elora. There is a large Conservation area here, where you can easily go and spend the day, or week, or month!

 

The Gorge runs very shallow, only being a foot or two deep along the way...however the water runs pretty fast, with a couple areas that produce rapids. The Gorge is about 100 feet deep along most of the Gorge area... very nice to hike along.

You can see above, the river is quite wide, and the Conservation area takes in both sides of the Gorge.

Gwenny was all set for hiking, and at least we got to hike in the shade of all the trees along the bank of the Gorge, as it was very hot and sunny again today.

 

As we were hiking along the ridge, we came across this place called "hole in the rock'! It led down to the water... kind of neat!

Great spot to visit...

 

There were quite a few holes in the rocks when we started coming down...

Of course we had to stop for a nice picnic lunch... needed shade for this!

 

You can get an idea of the size of the Gorge above...

 

Found these really neat exposed roots off some fur trees...

 

Along with Camping, one of the biggest events in the area is tubing! People were having a blast floating for about a mile down the river. You got wet while doing it, but it was hot so probably felt good.

We left the conservation area, and drove downtown Elora. It is full of tourist trap type stores, and appears to be doing very well! Nice spot to walk around in...

The Mill above, is right downtown, and on the Grand River... it is being renovated for future use.

While not very busy downtown today, on the weekends this place will rock!

All in all, a great way to spend a day touring around! We had a blast!

Till tomorrow...

 

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Records fell today somewhere...

Record setting temperatures hit us again today... we keep climbing the ladder here, it is getting crazy! We remain under an extreme heat alert here. 36.4 deg. today, breaking the old 32 deg. record...

Needless to say not a lot was done today...in the physical department that is. This morning, Judy and I had to go to London and meet up with our Family Dr. All the news was good today! Blood test done a month ago are all good! Even better, we talked about my thyroid gland!

That is that funny thing located in your throat... I had another scan done last month and all the results showed no changes, and all was good! I do have a spot on my thyroid that is in question, but it appears just to be sitting there minding it's own business. I will go for another scan in a month or so, to keep the Docs all happy and feeling good!

Back to London again on Thursday, for more cardiac testing as we meet our new Cardio Specialist. Gotta do all this stuff while we are here in Ontario! Winter is coming soon!

This afternoon was so hot, the only thing was to go swimming! We invited Gwenny out for a swim, so she brought her Mom and Dad with her...

Gwenny had to take a noodle call from Judy while we were all swimming... they talked for a long time back and forth!

The kids stayed to enjoy a nice Italian dinner tonight, but it was way too hot to think about eating outside, so we enjoyed the A/C inside the RV, even if seating was a bit tight!

Hope everyone is staying cool out there!

Till tomorrow...

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