I certainly am living up to my reputation of "worst blogger in the history of blogging" Proof of this is that one other formal chapter tour, main club Get Away Tour, Model A Restorer's National Meet in Indiana and countless day trips have taken place and you have seen or heard nothing about them. It's not that I am trying to keep them a secret, I want to share but if we would just get some rain and an excuse to be inside on the computer when I don't HAVE to be for work, you may get more frequent blogs.
Saturday June 26th 2010
OK enough of the excuses. Lets start off with Country Heritage Park in Milton. A great tour, however, we had no Model A to drive at the time as they had just managed to get John's engine in ours the night before and no time for final adjustments. So we led the tour in our "modern iron". Not quite the same but the rain made it seem OK :-) After meeting the group in Mono Mills, we headed out along the scenic back roads to Milton where we arrived at Country Heritage Park right on time. We drove straight to the old Ford Dealership where we were met by several members of the Ford New Holland Collector Club. A very pleasant tour of the old Ford Building which housed many old for road vehicles, farm vehicles, die cast cars and memorabilia from the 20's and 30's. This club has done a wonderful job restoring and preserving these wonderful piece of history and were happy to show us around and answer questions. Glenn then took photo's of every one's car outside the old gas pumps. With a few minutes to spare before lunch they kindly opened up the Massey Harris building which portrays the history of this Ontario company which evolved into one of the world's major manufacturers of agricultural machinery.
The folks at the Ford New Holland Club had thought of everything, not only having donuts and coffee for us on arrival but also a wagon ready to take us to lunch and tour the rest of the grounds after. A pleasant and dry (thanks to the covered wagon) ride up to the Conestago Room where a lovely BBQ was ready for us with great food and wonderful company. After lunch the rain continued to fall but we stayed dry again as we were taken to some of the other buildings on site. All buildings are being lovingly restored and preserved to show Ontario's past. We were lucky enough to have the park to ourselves and visited
Lucas Family Farmstead: This house and farmstead depicts the lifestyle of the Lucas Family of Halton County in the 1860's. The large barn houses two special exhibits - "Seasons on the Farm" and "Gasoline Engines".
Troyer-Fraser Barn: This unusual eight-sided barn houses a collection of early machinery manufactured by the International Harvester Company.
Amongst other buildings. Finally a stop in to look at the beautiful quilts on display inside the Administration building.
Time for our thank yous and good-byes as the skies cleared for our way home. A beautiful drive with a stop in at Glen Williams where unfortunately the ice cream shop was not open but thankfully the Copper Kettle pub was as some enjoyed a coffee and others a beer - or wine.
Cheers to a great day.
BTW did you know that the Cooper Kettle Pub in Glen Williams is the oldest store front in Ontario built in 1825. Also, Timothy Eaton had his first job their, stocking shelves, sweeping floors etc. It is a very nice place to visit, have a meal on the patio and soak in a little history.
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