When I mentioned on Facebook that I was in Cobourg, Ontario, a friend commented that they were thinking about visiting Cobourg and asked what it was like. Now I knew that WE were in Cobourg to visit family – my stepmom Jo and her son Charlie and his family. And a lovely, lovely visit we had!


(Sorry, Charlie, you never made it into a picture!)
But little did I realize that lots of folks come to Cobourg because of “its appealing location along the lakeshore and abundant opportunities for feel-good fun and play.” Located about an hour east of Toronto, the Cobourg area was settled in 1798 by United Emipre Loylists (you know, the folks that weren’t too happy with how that Revolution played out), and was also enjoyed by wealthy Americans in the late 19th century and early 20th century who built their summer “cottages” there. (For many years there was ferry service between Cobourg and Rochester just across the lake. Today you get to take the long way around the lake.)
There is a lovely downtown -


filled with parks and restaurants and shops. On Saturdays there is a Farmers’ Market that is outstanding!



And while there is a beautiful sandy beach right in the downtown area, we enjoyed stops at some of the less-traveled beaches -




But while the downtown was lovely, and Lake Ontario stunning, we also enjoyed the beautiful countryside just outside of town.



So, while we will always go there (with great delight) because of family, YOU might want to go there just because it’s a beautiful place to be! (Of course, you’re welcome to stop by and say Hi to Jo, too! She’d love to meet you!)

We’ve been having a lovely time here in Cobourg, Ontario, visiting with my Canadian Family, but I wanted to share just a couple more (“couple” being a relative term) vingnettes/pictures from our time in Vermont. You know, just in case you were wondering if I REALLY liked the place!
First of all, you have to know that my dear husband LOVES the Cabin. Not just the food and the quiet and the utter restfulness of the place, but the fact that he can set up his tools on the screened-in porch and play with wood! The only defined chore that he had was to finish constructing the last three screens on said porch, but believe me, this guy just kept going until he ran out of wood! (And then we would just take a road trip to Home Depot and buy more!)

New wood box, new sink “surround”, new bench at the pond,new screw box, new grill station. This was definatly a case of a man with too much time on his hands and too much wood available! (But I confess, I loved every last little bit of “stuff” that he made!)
Then there were the ATVs! My brother brought over his two ATVs for us to use during our time there. What a blast – and what a blessing! Whether we were exploring

or using it for hauling -

we surely loved having them at the Cabin. Thanks, Dewey and Sharon for sharing!

Ah, and the company!
Besides Josiah and Abigail, with whom we shared the first week -

(loved that!!!!)
we also had Lynne and Roger for an overnight. More fun!!!!

Plus we enjoyed several visits from family in the area!

Here we are enjoying that blackberry pie with my SIL, brother, BIL, and sister. Great company to accompany that great cabin food!
Personally, I can’t think of a better way to spend a late summer evening!

Oh, and a couple more pond shots -

OK, I know this is dark and fuzzy, but if you look very closely there is a Blue Heron standing at the edge of the pond (down from the left side of the boat). You can actually see his reflection more clearly. I’ve never seen one here before (although my niece reported a sighting earlier this summer), and we’re delighted that he graced us with his presence.
And the pond did have other activity too!
Josiah gave a brief stab at fishing

And great-nephew Marshall went for a swim (joined by a couple of the dogs).

While Gary was busy doing the final construction on the new pond bench, I was busy with my camera. Imagine that!

The Burn Pit -
One of the chores we had been assigned was burning the burn pit – which had accumulated an abundance of branches and trash over the last summer or two-

It took us several days of attempts before we got it to actually burn all the way -

but by the time we left we felt we had it pretty much down to the basics.

Who knew there were actually stones at the bottom of the pit! I’m sure by next spring it will be filling up again (and the blackened edges will all be green!).

OK, OK, enough is enough!
We’re here in beautiful Cobourg, Ontario

but more on that later!
Thanks for hanging around for one last (for this year anyway!) post about The Cabin!

PS – if you’d like to see a couple more pictures of our time in Vermont (like one of Gary as a cow at the Cabot Creamery), feel free to browse the bunch HERE!

In honor of our 39th Anniversary (yesterday, the 3rd), Toby and Tammy presented us with a brand new (first ever for the family) grandson!

Welcome to the family, Noah Pierce!

We’re glad you’re here!