Labour Day Saturday

Spent a good part of the day today in the little car.  What a gorgeous end-of-summer day!

Drove east on the Lakeshore Road.

We visited the Nawautin Sanctuary, a wetlands area right next to the lake near Grafton.  The wildlife we encountered most was mosquitoes!  Should have taken bug repellant.

Some turtles skedaddled into the pond when they saw us.

Lovely water lilies.

There were a few Monarchs around, like this one that settled on an old bullrush.

I have never seen so much golden rod as there is this year.  Sure glad I'm not allergic to it! 

We stopped in to the Big Apple for "lunch".  It has been improved a lot since last we were there.  They've even planted an orchard of dwarf trees.

"Lunch" - an apple dumpling and coffee.  :-)

Besides the train, there is Mini Putt, kid-sized ping-pong, bocce, shuffleboard, and a few animals, such as llamas, sheep, goats, ducks, geese, chickens, and rabbits.

Back in town, a drive by the beach - it was packed on such a nice day!

By tonight, the weather was a little iffy, with much cloud, but we went walking down by the lake anyway, and didn't get wet.