Wednesday July 25, 2007

 

 

An Interesting Day

 

How interesting to connect with Milton, a driver from Arborg, Manitoba, and discover that he and his wife have friends from our hometown ~ and we know them as well.  He also served at the same mission location (Popular Hill) out of Red Lake, Ontario, Canada, as Cerwin’s sister and her husband ~ and we know some of the same people.

 

Chaplain Len and Milton ~ waiting to load supplies into the chapel in preparation for Fergus.

 

Sue and I followed the chapel for the hour and a half drive from Woodstock to Fergus.

 

Entering the Fergus Fairgrounds.

 

Finding our spot.

 

Other vendors were beginning to arrive and volunteers were setting up vendor tents.

 

After the chapel was in place, we located the tent where Len and Sue had a vendor space.

 

 

Sue quickly located T9 ~ their spot.

 

 

As we walked back toward the chapel, we met the fairground director.  Len wanted to make sure we were in the correct location before setting up the steps.

 

He said it was perfect.

 

Len and Cerwin set up the steps while Sue and I enjoyed watching other early arrivals.

 

We should have easy access to good coffee, as Tim Horton’s spot is just across from us.

 

This Michigan rig is so long (over regulation in Ontario) that a shorter tractor had to pull it to the fairground.  After it was on the grounds the entire rig was put together again.

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After we were set up, we enjoyed lunch in a restaurant, then went to Erb Transport where Len showed us an old TFC tractor that is parked in the back lot.

 

Cerwin and Len talk about the possibility of it being restored and placed with a chapel sometime in the future.

 

Following this we drove back to Woodstock through beautiful farming country.