Barrie and Friday Harbour

After that long trip across Ontario on the 23rd we arrived at our next stopping point, Barrie, where Jo-Anne's dad had spent the last years of his life and we needed to wrap up all the loose ends there.

We had arranged for an Airbnb just to the southeast of Barrie on Lake Simcoe. This was the resort called Friday Harbour and we had rented a two-bed two-bath condo for the week to do our work here.

I'm using one of their publicity photos and the place was outstanding. They have a variety of homes for sale, condos for sale, and rentals like the one we got. Our condo was just off the screen to the right and yet a quick walk to the shops and restaurants on their "boardwalk" and the parking garage below.

I settled onto the perfectly outfitted balcony to get a few words down on the blog before the real work began.

And the first order of business was to deal with the storage area containing Dad's stuff and an electronic piano we were going to bring back to our daughter. No problem, eh ....

In many trips much of the stuff was donated to a thrift store, the wheelchair and walker donated to brother Rick's living place, some to the dumpster, and the piano and other things pared down to fit in our car for the trip home.

In addition to the storage area we had to settle and close out all Dad's accounts and safety deposit box and all our accounts there at the same bank. OBTW the safety deposit box had to be drilled open because we had no idea where the keys were.

It wasn't all work as we met with Jo's brother Rick a few times and went to our favorite fish and chips place called Dannys; and here is the person not-so-fond of fish putting down some of the best F&C we have tasted in all of our travels.

By Friday the 28th we had accomplished our mission without any more hitches and prepared for our trip back to Texas with one more stop in Ontario the next night. That cartop carrier was superb and held a whopping 18 cubic feet of stuff and absolutely watertight for the entire trip.