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Lake Huron The Daytripper Ladies Bouque Womens Fashions, Jewellery, Purses & Handbags, Noveles & more. Just East of Sarnia on Cty Rd 22 Take Exit 15 off Hwy 402 USA Home & Garden Decor Garden Statuary, Bird Feeders, Home Decoraons, Pots & Planters, Clocks, Lanterns, Cards, Wall Art, Candles & so much more. Lake Huron Sarnia SHOP LOCAL 22 Bright’s Grove From Wallaceburg 26 401 From London SIPKENS NURSERIES Further north, now we’re in SARNIA, POINT EDWARD, CORUNNA & BRIGHTS GROVE 519-541-2323 tjfurniture.ca Wed.-Sat d S 12-6 2 6 • Sun 12-5 1644 London Rd on Sarnia’s “Golden Mile” (Across from John’s Restaurant) Auto Service by Gordon Lane When they mention that their motto Is the service of your auto Then they really ought to Do the same and more. When their sign says auto service Then they really ought to serve us Or they shouldn't hang the motto On their door When they don't give proper thought to Do the service they were taught to When you kindly take your auto To their store Then it makes a body nervous And they damn well don't deserve us And I shall not seek their service Any more. N SHOP FUN 2713 Old Lakeshore Road Brights Grove • 519-869-2794 www.skeeterbarlows.com A Desnaon Garden Centre, Gi Shop & Bouque 70,000 Sq. Feet of Retail Greenhouse! OPEN Monday to Saturday www.sipkensnurseries.com SHOP TJ's Join us by the Lake! • Authentic Hickory Smoked Ribs • Genuine Broasted Chicken • Seafood, Sandwiches, Wraps PRIME RIB WEEKENDS TUESDAY WING NIGHT NIGHTLY SPECIALS Reserve for panoramic views of Lake Huron from our patio! Take out • Lakeside parks & benches nearby Proud Member of... The Best of Yesterday and Today GIFTWARE & UNIQUE HOME DÉCOR FEATURING LADIES FASHION ACCESSORIES Home of Just-A-Nuff Antiques Tuesday-Friday 10 to 5 • Saturday 10 to 3 850 Colborne Street @ Exmouth Street Northgate Plaza, Sarnia • 519-336-3838 Goodbye 2020: The Year of the Breakdown Coping with a pandemic for the past year has been a lesson in patience by itself, but because of breakdowns, it’s really been put to the test in the Michaels household. They haven’t been of the mental variety, although the resulting expenditures may drive me into the the looney bin. We had to purchase a new vacuum cleaner, choosing to do so from a small locally run business on Mitton Street in Sarnia. The reason? I could get down on my hands and knees and probably suck up more with my mouth than the old, oft repaired one could. Decided to go with a top rated Miele. How can one go wrong when the only thing a company makes is vacuum cleaners? Paid more for it than I did my first car. (A 1976 Vauxhall that I had to crawl into through the passenger side because the driver’s door wouldn’t open. The rubber mat hid the pavement, you could see through the holes in the floor and my then boyfriend had to attach a wooden block to the brake and the gas pedal because the seat was welded in one position and I couldn’t reach the pedals). Next up: a new blender because the old one started to smell like the motor was burning every time we used it. Bought a new Kuradori from a nearby small, locally owned hardware store. Who knew blenders now cost close to $100? It’s so big you could bathe a newborn in it. Then we decided to finally cave in and buy a new stove because the broiler element on the 15-year-old Kenmore no longer worked and a new part, if I could find it, would cost over $100 plus labour. Didn’t feel comfortable having a repair guy in. Used to be the low rider, buttcrack revealing jeans were the deterrent. Now it’s the human air exchange I worry about. Ordered a new stove from another great small locally-owned and operated appliance shop on Cathcart Blvd. Had to wait eight weeks because simple ranges (not the type you have to have a PhD in Stove-ology to operate) were in very short supply. As are all major appliances over the past 12 months. (Friends ordered one of those new-fangled fridges that lets you see what’s inside from the outside. They waited FOUR MONTHS to get it. Never did figure out why people pay so much to see what’s inside their fridge when all you have to do is open the door.) But I digress. There’s no glass top to break on our new stove, no fancy schmancy push-button computer keyboard, but it still burned up $1,000 from the banking account. Now my baking, previously burnt on the bottom, raw in the middle because of uneven 201 Hill Street CORUNNA By Lee Michaels, Sarnia MI ONTARIO SHOP NY LOCAL Signs S • Jewellery • Bath & Beauty D Drinkware • Baby • Pet • More! SHOP TIL YOU DROP! New Owner 226-886-4592 Mon-Sat 11-7 cooking temperatures, no longer goes up in smoke. Then the seven-year-old Amana washing machine spun its last cycle. There was something wrong with the “lid lock” button. It would flash during the rinse cycle, indicating the lid was not locked, when in reality, it was. End result: the motor runs, but the agitator does not. Why does a washing machine always fail when you have a heavy load of towels or flannelette sheets inside and you have to wring the soaking wet, ice cold mass out by hand? Hung them out on the clothesline in the dead of winter. They were so heavy they were touching the ground. They froze into a solid mass and I had to drape them over every chair and table in the house to dry them off. All I needed was the cobwebs and my house would have matched the Munsters. I wish I would have kept the previous 32-yearold Kenmore. The only reason we had to get rid of the old warhorse is because the hose to the washtub was more duct tape than rubber following leaks and splits and they didn’t make that type of hose any more. Now they build washing machines to last seven years. Or to two days beyond your warranty expiration date, whichever comes first. Another grand down the wash pipes. The washing machine eventually arrived on the same day as the stove. Asked if I could get a 2-for-1 delivery rate (free). I’ll let you guess the answer to that one. Oh yeah, and then I decided to buy a battery operated hedge clipper. The old electric one weighed 18 pounds and is getting too heavy for this old broad to trim 150 feet of shoulder-high hedge. The new one, a Dewalt guaranteed to cut through branches 5/8ths of an inch thick, didn’t live up to the hype. I could more easily trim the hedge with nail clippers because the $185 non-working breed didn’t cut squat and had about a ten minute battery life. The good news? Home Depot staff didn’t bat an eyelash when I returned it and gave me a refund without issue. The bad news? I have to start the entire process again this year, because the old one, which ran like a charm, fell over onto the cement, cracked its handle and discombobulated the spring mechanism which works in tandem with the hand press. Dead in the water. The saving grace was that no longer wintering in Cuba resulted in a breakdown replacement fund to pay for everything. Hopefully the fridge and dryer will last until the money tree I planted in the backyard starts to bloom. If 2020 was a cocktail, methinks it would be a colonoscopy prep. Page 12 “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” (Oprah Winfrey) May-June 2021
- Southwestern Ontario Map - Unique Shops, Stops and Websites This pullout map appears in each issue of Daytripping Most, but not all, of our regular adversers are listed here. Many more unique shops that rarely or never run larger adversements in Daytripping can be found within these four pages. When travelling to a town, be sure to check these lisngs! Find more great stops on our FEATURE PAGES: “Where You Should Eat” (See PAGE 3 “Buy Local, Buy Fresh” Index) “Corkscrews & Cra Brews” #1 DAYTRIPPER THE Map & Wed Listing DI R EC T O R Y Visit us at... Four Page Pullout Secon! Remember, that all of our customers, events, links & more can be found on our website! www.daytripping.ca ABERFOYLE S-8 Aberfoyle Antique Market 519-763-1077 www.aberfoyle-antiques.com AILSA CRAIG M-11 Home Hardware 519-293-3202 ALVINSTON I-13 Munro Apiaries 519-847-5333 www.munrohoney.com AMHERSTBURG A-19 ARKONA I-11 AYLMER N-14 Aylmer & District Tourist Info. 519-773-3446 AYLMER-MALAHIDE Museum & Archives 519-773-9723 www.amtelecom.net/~aylmermuseum Elgin Feeds Country Store 519-773-8481 www.elginfeeds.com Gay Lea Dairy Heritage Museum 888-773-2955 www.cec-dairymuseum.com Mennonite Furniture Gallery 519-765-4386 www.mfgi.ca Pinecroft Pottery & Gift Shop 519-773-3435 www.pinecroft.ca Spicer’s Bakery 519-773-8404 www.spicersbakery.ca The Wood Connection (Copenhagen) 519-773-9049 The Woodpecker Solid Wood Furniture 519-765-4771 BADEN P-9 Castle Kilbride National Historic Site 519-634-8444 www.castlekilbride.ca BAYFIELD J-7 BEACHVILLE O-11 BELLE RIVER - ON THE LAKE D-17 Belle River - On the Lake Events & Info. 519-728-4624 www.belleriverbia.com BENMILLER K-6 BIRR L-11 BLENHEIM H-17 BLYTH L-6 Blyth Festival Theatre 1-877-862-5984 www.blythfestival.com BOTHWELL I-15 Joyce Farm Market (April thru Oct.) 519-494-6561 Parks Blueberries (March thru Dec.) 519-692-5373 www.parksblueberries.com BRANTFORD S-10 Bell Homestead National Historic Site 519-756-6220 www.bellhomestead.ca Crossroads Trading Post 519-759-8960 Serenity Country Candles 519-753-6374 www.serenitycountrycandles.com BRIGHT P-10 BRIGHTS GROVE G-11 Gallery in the Grove 519-869-4643 www.galleryinthegrove.com BROCKTON N-2 BROWNSVILLE O-13 BURLINGTON U-9 Tourism Burlington 877-499-9989 www.tourismburlington.com Find out... Where You S on page 46 BUXTON G-18 Buxton Historical Site & Museum 519-352-4799 www.buxtonmuseum.com CAINSVILLE S-11 CALEDONIA T-11 CAMBRIDGE R-9 McDougall Cottage Historic Site 519-624-8250 www.mcdougallcottage.ca Southworks Antique Mall 519-740-0110 www.southworksantiques.com CAMLACHIE CAMPBELLVILLE T-8 Antique Stained Glass Windows 905-854-2152 www.thestonehouse.ca CAYUGA U-12 Ruthven Park National Historic Site 905-772-0560 www.ruthvenpark.ca CHATHAM G-17 Chatham-Kent Tourism 800-561-6125 www.VisitCK.ca Birdie’s Nest 519-354-4040 www.birdiesnestonline.com Loads of Love Thrift Shop 519-352-0911 www.loadsoflove.ca R. B. Fabrics 519-351-7693 www.rbfabrics.com Roesch Meats 519-351-7711 www.rmeats.com Van Zelst’s Market (Collectibles/Decor) 519-350-1745 CLIFFORD O-4 COLCHESTER B-20 CLINTON K-7 Central Huron Tourism 1-866-695-3364 www.centralhuron.com COPENHAGEN N-15 The Wood Connection (Aylmer) 519-773-9049 COTTAM D-19 COURTLAND P-13 Courtland Bakery 519-688-2023 Courtland Collectables 519-429-8566 Find us on Facebook DASHWOOD K-9 DELAWARE L-13 Ska-Nah-Doht Village & Museum 519-264-2420 www.ltvca.ca/conservation-lands/ska-nah-doht-longwoods DELHI Q-13 Courtland Treasures Antiques 519-582-2929 Find us on Facebook Fernlea lVlX Used Books 519-582-1794 DORCHESTER N-12 Ziggy’s Feathered Friends 519-268-0888 www.ziggysfeatheredfriends.com DRESDEN G-15 Dresden BIA/Info & Events 519-683-4368 dresden.ca Babcock Jewellers 519-683-2463 Gary’s Gallery Antiques 519-401-7322 Kentwood Gardens 519-683-4956 Kimberly’s One-of-a-Kind 519-437-8064 McKellar’s Flowers & Gifts 519-683-4368 Dresden Plate Quilt Shoppe 519-683-2300 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site 519-683-2978 www.uncletomscabin.org Union Block Bakery Cafe 519-683-3000 DUBLIN M-8 DUNDAS T-10 Dundas Downtown BIA -- www.downtowndundas.ca The Keeping Room 905-627-5880 EMBRO O-11 Workshop Supply 519-475-4947 www.workshopsupply.com ERIEAU H-18 Information 519-676-8266 ESSEX C-19 Town of Essex www.essex.ca Canadian Transportation Museum 519-776-6909 www.ctmhv.com Earthly Elements 519-776-7111 Find us on Facebook Essex Stained Glass 519-776-4577 www.essexstainedglass.com Heritage Essex Railway Station 519-776-9800 www.essexrailwaystation.com EXETER L-9 FOREST H-11 Alton Farms Winery 519-899-2479 www.altonfarmsestatewinery.com Forest BIA 519-786-4062 www.shopforest.ca Forest Florist 519-786-2339 www.forestflorist.com Williamson Farms Country Store 226-520-0144 www.williamsonfarms.ca GLENCOE J-14 GODERICH J-5 (ALSO SEE BENMILLER) GRAND BEND J-9 Pinedale Motor Inn 888-838-7463 www.pinedale.on.ca Lambton Heritage Museum 519-243-2600 www.lambtonmuseums.ca HAGERSVILLE T-12 HAMILTON U-10 HARRISTON O-4 Davies Antiques 519-338-2449 ddontario.com/daviesantiques/ HARROW B-20 Blimey’s British Store & Gift Shop 226-787-1244 www.blimeys.ca Priscilla’s Presents 519-738-0001 www.priscillas-presents.com The Old Milk Shed Antiques 519-738-3084 HENSALL L-8 Iceculture Inc. / Hensall Ice Co. 519-262-3500 iceculture.com • Find us on Facebook-Hensall Ice Co. Cottage Culture 226-330-0330 www.cottage-culture.ca ILDERTON L-11 INGERSOLL O-12 Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum 519-485-5510 www.ingersoll.ca/cheesemuseum Modern Hipster Antiques 519-859-7387 www.modernhipster.com Patina’s Gifts of Art & Craft 519-485-6466 www.patinas.ca IPPERWASH H-10 JARVIS S-13 Nice Old Stuff Antiques 519-587-2058 Find us on Facebook KENT BRIDGE H-16 Kent Bridge Country Market 519-352-5226 www.kentbridgecountrymarket.com Roesch Meats 519-351-7711 www.rmeats.com KETTLE & STONY POINT FIRST NATIONS H-10 Thunderbird Crafts Trading Post 519-786-4775 www.thunderbirdcrafts.com If you are in DOUBT, change this TEXT. KINCARDINE K-2 KINGSVILLE C-20 Kingsville BIA 519-733-6250 www.kingsvillebia.com www.MyKingsville.ca Banded Goose Brewery & Taproom 519-733-9700 www.bandedgoosebrewing.com Can.Trans. Museum/Heritage Village 519-776-6909 www.ctmhv.com Cindy’s Home & Garden 519-733-9425 www.cindysgarden.com Distinctive Inns og Kingsville 519-733-5070 www.distinctiveinnsofkingsville.com Fehr’s Heritage Bakery 519-733-0303 Green Heart Kitchen 519-712-9329 www.greenheartkitchen.ca Jack’s Gastropub Restaurant 519-733-6900 www.jacksgastropub.com Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary 519-733-4034 www.jackminer.ca Kingsville Folk Festival www.kingsvillefolkfest.org Jack’s Gastropub Restaurant 519-733-6900 www.jacksgastropub.com (The) Main Grill & Ale House 519-733-8600 www.themaingrillandalehouse.com Mettawas Station Mediterranean Grill 519-733-2459 www.mettawasstation.com KINTORE N-11 McRatterson’s Collectables & Antiques 519-283-9876 Find us on Facebook KITCHENER R-8 Schneider Haus National Historic Site 519-742-7752 www.schneiderhaus.ca Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum 519-748-1914 www.waterlooregionmuseum.ca & on page 17
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