June 22, 2006

June 22, 2006

Escapees Chapter 18 Spring Rally, Waterloo, Ontario

YEAR 3 DAY 5

 

Today was sunny and hot.

This morning most of the Escapees group went to the Farmer's Market in St. Jacob's, just a few miles away. We went with Erbon & Lorraine in their car. We've always really enjoyed a day at St. Jacob's Farmer's Market. It is an indoor and outdoor market. Indoors are mostly bakers and butchers. Outdoors are mostly produce and flea market vendors. Many of the vendors are Old Order Mennonites.

We spent the morning browsing inside, deciding what we wanted to buy, but not yet buying anything perishable. We had a wonderful ethnic lunch in the ethnic food court. After lunch we browsed outside, and bought some produce. We went back inside and bought our fresh meats and fish just before leaving.

We bought cherries, corn, green beans, cucumbers, veal schnitzel, turkey schnitzel, pickerel, turkey sausage, turkey luncheon meats, turkey paté , sourdough rye bread, 2 types of perogies, cinnamon roll loaf, blueberry strudel, cookies, and tzaziki.

Social hour was from 4:00 to 5:00 P.M. in the campground's large recreation hall. From 5:00 to 6:00 we were entertained by an 8 piece Brass Band, made up of old men who have been playing together longer than I've been alive ! One of the band members is also a member of our Escapees chapter. Dinner was a communal affair. We won 2 small raffle prizes. Erbon & Lorraine won a small raffle prize. They don't have use for it, so they gave it to us.

The evening was calm, clear, and warm. We sat around the communal campfire, socializing with old friends and new, until 11:30 P.M..

DSK