My good, horse loving friend Laura Ouellette from Denver wrote to me yesterday and reminded me that it has been a very long time since I have added anything to my Blog!! Alas, she is correct..it has been over two months so I am posting today. We are in Cochrane, Alberta right now just outside of Calgary and today we drove to Drumheller. Along our way, this fellow seemed to be waiting for us, so I took his picture and I am posting it for Laura.
I do journal everyday on our website though which can be found at http://www.coulsoncastle.ca/!
Being in Amish Country in Northern Indiana we are encountering a simpler way of life. We have always enjoyed it here; the country side and picture perfect homesteads are a sight to behold. Here is an Amish farmer with a team of horses pulling a corn harvester.
It seems like just yesterday when I posted here last, but then I looked at the date and realized it has been two weeks. How did that happen? We are in Ontario, Canada and have been revisiting old friends and old haunts. We have also been gearing up for our son's wedding next weekend. The days are whizzing by and ever so slowly, the temperatures are inching up. Along with warmer temperatures, at this time of the year, come tiny, pesky blackflies! Argh! Though I have yet to receive a bite, I know it is inevitable. Here is a picture of Gloucester Pool, part of the Trent-Severn waterway and where my sister's cottage is located. We've been fortunate enough to visit it making the cool weather and bugs not so bad after all!
Once again we are in Amish Country in northern Indiana. We have been here before, several times, each time during a different season and everytime we return we always notice how neat and tidy it is. There is a lot to be said about living life the "old" way without all of our modern conveniences.
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The Alabama coast, though small in comparison to Texas, Florida and Louisiana, is one of the most beautiful coastlines we have seen. The sand is white and the water is as turquoise as the sky is blue. Yesterday we cruised around on our motorcycle and at one point we stopped so I could take a picture on the beach. Dressed in motorcycle leathers is not the attire I would have liked to be wearing but it didn't stop me from getting this shot.
Yesterday we drove from Del Rio, Texas to Houston along the I-10. Everywhere we looked, on both sides of the highway and along the centre median, there were vivid colours radiating from the grass. Texas is in full bloom with spring flowers of all colours and it is beautiful! We passed folks pulled over on the side of the highway taking pictures but I did my best with a zoom lens while Rick drove.
After being parked in the Coachella Valley since October, we are back on the road again.If any of you have seen the movie "RV", you can visualize the rolling "turd" as it makes its way down the highway. (The difference is ours isn't a rolling turd!) Anyway we are heading east after spending over a year in the west and soon we will be northward bound too. Currently we are in Del Rio, Texas near the Rio Grande where the weather is overcast, warm and humid, a stark contrast from the dry heat of Desert Hot Springs.
The scenery is beautiful and different from California; no place is the same and isn't that wonderful? Unlike where we were in California, there are cowboys in these parts and though they may not be riding horses, they do ride in jeeps!
My good, horse loving friend Laura Ouellette from Denver wrote to me yesterday and reminded me that it has been a very long time since I have added anything to my Blog!! 
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