From May 30 to June 6, we attended our 7th Titanium owner’s rally at Rideau Acres Campground in Kingston, Ontario. Many of the group have now purchased different brands of 5th wheels but attend as “Titanium alumni”.
Thursday night Doug and Sue joined us for dinner so we could catch up on the news of their trip from Florida to California and back to Ontario. They covered 1000’s of miles and have wonderful photos of their trip. We were glad to learn that they are going to join us back at Fun N Sun for the winter as are Gillian & Gary.
Friday morning we truck pooled to the Thousand Islands Casino in Gananoque. There were only a few lucky players in our group (Doug being one of them) so most of us left and headed to Kingston for an early lunch on a sunny patio. Later that day, we boarded a school bus which took us to the 1000 Islands boat cruise docks for our dinner cruise. The food was great and the entertainer was fun – the same corny jokes as last year. Steve even joined him as Julio Inglesis.
Our first stop on Saturday morning was the Kingston Penitentiary Museum or Correctional Service Museum housed in a lovely building which was originally the warden’s residence. The architecture was where the beauty ended since the museum is full of displays of tools of escape and tools of punishment just short of torture. It was an interesting glimpse into a side of life we don’t often see. http://www.penitentiarymuseum.ca/
Later in the morning, we boarded the Canadian Coast Guard Ship, the Alexander Henry which is part of the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes. http://www.marmuseum.ca/
Our tour guide was a student who knew the bare essentials of the ship’s history so we finished about 45 minutes before the other group who’s guide was a 79 year old Master Captain with over 60 years of experience. Our next stop was lunch on a rooftop patio in downtown Kingston.
On Sunday we did lots of eating and socializing – starting at the campground sponsored pancake breakfast ($5.00 for all the pancakes, bacon and sausage you could eat) and ending with the Titanium reunion potluck. Edna and Andy serenaded us with their fiddle and keyboard prior to dinner as we visited with more of our friends. Of course, there was too much food at both events but we had lots of fun!!
Monday morning Paul and Doug headed out to play golf so Sue and I went shopping at the Kingston outlet mall. The fashion outlet was having a great sale so after several hours of trying on clothes we headed back to Rideau Acres each with a large shopping bag full. Once the golfers returned we served them lunch of leftover ham, veggies and dip (our contribution to the pot luck). Later in the afternoon, Sue and I joined some folks for a happy hour of sampling various types of shooters – obviously we weren’t too hungry for dinner that night.
Doug was our chauffeur to Spindletree Gardens which is just south of Tamworth, Ontario and about 45 minutes from Rideau Acres. We had a fascinating 2 hour tour of the gardens given by the 75 year old owner. He was originally an architect in Toronto who is now building a greenhouse and reception hall and who knows what else. The man epitomizes the adage “if you rest, you rust” because it is obvious that he doesn’t sit around much. Some of our group stayed for lunch in the tea room but we headed Wendy’s and Dairy Queen for a “fast food” lunch.
Since Bill and Margaret were in England, Doug took over the annual trivia contest on Wednesday afternoon. The retired geography teacher managed to stump many of us but it was fun anyway. While we were there, we saw Carl and Lee who we know from Fun N Sun pull into the campground to attend the annual Escapees Rally. Wednesday evening, the campground owner put on a delicious steak dinner as we said “au revoir” to our friends.
Thursday morning we were among the last to leave since we were just moving the Titanium into the rally field so that we could park it until Monday June 10th when we would be getting ready to head to Syracuse for the Good Sam Rally.
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