Alisha's 4th Birthday Party

The purpose of the long driving days was because that we had a very important event in Guelph to get to by Saturday the 25th.  Our little granddaughter was having her 4th birthday party.  She had sent us an invitation a month ago and when I talked to her I had reminded her that Nana & Papa lived very far away and would not be able to come.  You might be wondering why if we were heading this way anyway, that I would say that we were not coming to the party.  You never know what can happen when you are travelling and what kinds of detours that may come up that would cause a person to be a day late for a destination.  I mean we could have run out of gas somewhere and been stuck and extra day because we would have had to hitch hike to some point of civilization because of course, we would have run out of gas in the middle of some godforsaken place!  I would have felt awful if something made us late and did not want to disappoint her.  Anyway as we drove down the street on Saturday towards the house with the balloons tacked to the tress, I called Alisha on my almost "dead" cell phone.  Riki had Alisha out in the front yard.  I asked Alisha how her party was going and she said it was fun.  I said it is too bad that Nana and Papa lived so far away and then told her to look up the street, which by then we had pulled up to the curb and parked.  I said to her on the phone as she is looking in our direction, "we did come to your party Alisha,,,,we are here"!  Remember she is only 4 years old.  She looks up the street at me standing by the truck and just stares with a confused look on her face!  Of course being a Nana, I ran towards her.  I think she was in shock because it took her a few minutes to realize that we were actually standing here.  When she took off into the back yard yelling "my Nana and Papa came to my party",,,, I knew that she was beyond excited!

 

Let the party begin!

 

 

On the drive from Eagle Lake to Guelph was a bit "interesting"...especially when we drove through Orangeville. I have driven this route south from Hwy 400 a few times and felt that I knew pretty much where I was navigating.  But I have always bypassed Orangeville and not actually driven through it.  Every time I tried to get the GPS to direct us back to the direction of Guelph, it appeared that it was taking us down these country roads.  Well GPS are much more accurate then me especially as without mountains to guide me, I do not know North from East, if you catch my drift.  We did not get lost, but we had arrived later than I thought we would at the party.  I am adding this simply so you don't think it is only Ray that does "crazy" stuff!

 

 

Until next blog,,,,,,