I have uploaded all the photos that I received from members in the group. I have tried my best to get them into the correct date sequence.
Again, thank you to everyone who contributed these!
They accessible via the same web page as the tour, and you'll notice a new link called 'Click here to see photos'.
Just a reminder, it's www.karlandjoanne.com/tour
If you are talking to our non-online members, ask them to see me and I can lend them a memory stick with all these photos.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Sep 23 - Thank You !! (by Karl Euler)
As the tour and this blog slowly wind down and getting home is on everyone's mind, one thing I want to express is the gratitude I feel for those who have helped me this week:
1 - those who contributed to the blog, and in doing so added more detail and variety than I ever could have. I have received a great number of compliments and thanks for 'doing' the blog, and it certainly was not a 'me' effort, rather a 'we' one. Special thanks to Colin, Jeremy, and Denise
2 - those who contributed pictures. In some instances I have added a few into the blog, but then so many neat ones were sent to me that I thought it better just to post them all, separately. You'll see the second link (to the photos) on the 'tour' webpage. Thanks to Sheila & Paul, Mike Haffner, John Black, and Margo, and probably a few more whom i have forgotten at this moment.
3 -to the many of you who came over to express concern, support, and well-wishes when i ran into a medical issue. Your thoughts are truly appreciated!! Here I will further mention Colin who gave up a day of touring with the group in order to ensure that I wouldn't be sitting alone in a strange place, and to ensure that someone was there to help if I needed anything.
4 - to Bob and especially Terri for helping with travel arrangements to get me home as quickly as possible. Terri sacrificed a good amount of her evening time to make this happen
5 - to Jeremy for being willing to help with bringing the truck home (even tho it turned out he was unable to do so), and to Colin who stepped up to help when the need arose, and to Fred who shared the driving and had to put up with me for a good number of days.
The blog will be online for a long time and you can always refer back when you want to recall things.
Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable trip home!
1 - those who contributed to the blog, and in doing so added more detail and variety than I ever could have. I have received a great number of compliments and thanks for 'doing' the blog, and it certainly was not a 'me' effort, rather a 'we' one. Special thanks to Colin, Jeremy, and Denise
2 - those who contributed pictures. In some instances I have added a few into the blog, but then so many neat ones were sent to me that I thought it better just to post them all, separately. You'll see the second link (to the photos) on the 'tour' webpage. Thanks to Sheila & Paul, Mike Haffner, John Black, and Margo, and probably a few more whom i have forgotten at this moment.
3 -to the many of you who came over to express concern, support, and well-wishes when i ran into a medical issue. Your thoughts are truly appreciated!! Here I will further mention Colin who gave up a day of touring with the group in order to ensure that I wouldn't be sitting alone in a strange place, and to ensure that someone was there to help if I needed anything.
4 - to Bob and especially Terri for helping with travel arrangements to get me home as quickly as possible. Terri sacrificed a good amount of her evening time to make this happen
5 - to Jeremy for being willing to help with bringing the truck home (even tho it turned out he was unable to do so), and to Colin who stepped up to help when the need arose, and to Fred who shared the driving and had to put up with me for a good number of days.
The blog will be online for a long time and you can always refer back when you want to recall things.
Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable trip home!
Sep 22 (by Denise Dolff)
The day got off to a bit of a gloomy start as the wind and rain that had moved through south and eastern Ontario caught up with us in Halifax.
However, with no agenda for the day, other than enjoy, there was little concern. For those who wished, Lester did a couple of shuttle runs to the wharf, while others chose their own agenda, some simply enjoying ‘down time’ at the hotel.
And by noon the sun was shining again, and all was well. Then, at 5:30 we all boarded the bus for our final dinner at Murphy’s on the wharf. The setting was magnificent, especially as the sun set over the bay. The fellowship around each table was a great reminder of what this chorus is about, apart from the singing.
We missed Karl who was already headed for home, and he remains in our thoughts and prayers as he learns more about his health issues.
And thanks to Colin for stepping in to help with driving the truck and uniforms home.
Now, just time to pack our suitcases and prepare for tomorrow’s journey back to KW and home sweet home.
However, with no agenda for the day, other than enjoy, there was little concern. For those who wished, Lester did a couple of shuttle runs to the wharf, while others chose their own agenda, some simply enjoying ‘down time’ at the hotel.
And by noon the sun was shining again, and all was well. Then, at 5:30 we all boarded the bus for our final dinner at Murphy’s on the wharf. The setting was magnificent, especially as the sun set over the bay. The fellowship around each table was a great reminder of what this chorus is about, apart from the singing.
We missed Karl who was already headed for home, and he remains in our thoughts and prayers as he learns more about his health issues.
And thanks to Colin for stepping in to help with driving the truck and uniforms home.
Now, just time to pack our suitcases and prepare for tomorrow’s journey back to KW and home sweet home.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Sept 22 - Winding Down (by Colin Ross)
We're coming to finale,
The tour has reached end days,
Our tunics boxed and loaded up
In truck, - soon on our ways.
The tour has passed so quickly,
Reflectingly, we see
Th'enjoyment that we passed along
By singing harmony.
The prep, before we started,
The details that were striven,
In planning venues, rooms and towns
By those with foresight given.
So to that team, and Terri too,
Who stepped in, near the end,
We give our full "CONGRATS" to you,
Your expertise, commend.
But yet there's one we still have missed,
Oft times we would, him, pester
The quiet man with best of view,
Of course, we speak of Lester.
Manoeuvring that monster bus
'round bends - ninety degrees,
Up hill, down dale, in sun and dark,
Performed with such an ease.
The friendships that were started
The memories we will keep,
Those burly, head-lamped, digging guys
We call 'Men of the Deep'
And of the dollars that we raised
'It's nothing' we concede,
By doing something that we LOVE,
Assisting those in need.
We know "Pride comes before a fall"
But we can shout aloud,
'We did our best, - nay, - did excel,'
Of THAT, we SHOULD be proud.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Sep 21 - (by Jeremy Snyder)
A free day for the Chorus found a lot t of us boarding the bus for first a tour of Peggy’s Cove. I myself joined Sheila and Paul in the orange fury Mustang following the bus for a trip to the Cove.
Climbing the rocks brought back the memories for myself having traversed these same rocks back in 1975. Six years old back then and climbing what I recall rather fondly as the mountains up to the lighthouse.... I guess the ocean eroded the rocks since as the mountain was more like a decent sized hill.
Plenty of opportunities to pick up items from the gift store or enjoying an expresso.
Back the bus and after a short ride brought us to the Swissair Flight III memorial for the 229 men, women, and children that perished on that flight back on September 2, 1998. The chorus all huddled around the memorial sang Amazing Grace under the direction of Sheila Wallace. A very moving experience for all us remembering those that lost their lives.
The order sequence for the next couple of stops depends on whether you were on the bus or in the Mustang but we stopped next at Mahine Bay for some incredible pictures of the three churches in the area as well the nearby water.
Hopping back in we travelled to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia for lunch and a ‘lemonade’ and thoroughly enjoyed a tour of the Fisheries Museum and the 110 foot Theresa E. Connor, a fishing clipper.
Climbing the rocks brought back the memories for myself having traversed these same rocks back in 1975. Six years old back then and climbing what I recall rather fondly as the mountains up to the lighthouse.... I guess the ocean eroded the rocks since as the mountain was more like a decent sized hill.
Plenty of opportunities to pick up items from the gift store or enjoying an expresso.
Back the bus and after a short ride brought us to the Swissair Flight III memorial for the 229 men, women, and children that perished on that flight back on September 2, 1998. The chorus all huddled around the memorial sang Amazing Grace under the direction of Sheila Wallace. A very moving experience for all us remembering those that lost their lives.
The order sequence for the next couple of stops depends on whether you were on the bus or in the Mustang but we stopped next at Mahine Bay for some incredible pictures of the three churches in the area as well the nearby water.
Hopping back in we travelled to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia for lunch and a ‘lemonade’ and thoroughly enjoyed a tour of the Fisheries Museum and the 110 foot Theresa E. Connor, a fishing clipper.
Sep 21 FAMILY (By Colin Ross)
It's just been proved today, to me
This chorus IS a 'family'
A tour to Peggy's Cove was planned
But then I heard, we're down one man.
As the Benevolence Officer
And just because, it's 'me'
Whene'er I heard the plight of Karl,
I HAD to go and see
That he was not in pain, alone,
A problem shared is eased,
I wouldn't have enjoyed the day
And would have been displeased
If anything severe had 'curred
With no one there, beside,
Forever I'd feel guilty
And prob'ly, myself, chide.
However, as the bus did leave
It was assured to me
That my wife would be looked after
Alone, she would not be.
So when I did contact our 'Bob'
Regarding Karl, with news,
Delighted was I to have learned
You all had paid full dues
And made sure Liz was taken care
And not alone, was she,
So thank you all, for being YOU
Extended FAMILY.
This chorus IS a 'family'
A tour to Peggy's Cove was planned
But then I heard, we're down one man.
As the Benevolence Officer
And just because, it's 'me'
Whene'er I heard the plight of Karl,
I HAD to go and see
That he was not in pain, alone,
A problem shared is eased,
I wouldn't have enjoyed the day
And would have been displeased
If anything severe had 'curred
With no one there, beside,
Forever I'd feel guilty
And prob'ly, myself, chide.
However, as the bus did leave
It was assured to me
That my wife would be looked after
Alone, she would not be.
So when I did contact our 'Bob'
Regarding Karl, with news,
Delighted was I to have learned
You all had paid full dues
And made sure Liz was taken care
And not alone, was she,
So thank you all, for being YOU
Extended FAMILY.
Sep 21 (by Colin Ross)
Friday Sept 21
Just a quick update
Learnt this morning that one of our truck drivers - Karl, has admitted himself into the hospital.
One of the chorus members says that he has a Urinary Tract Infection (U.T.I.) so nothing too serious.
Once I find out more I will let you all know.
Colin
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