The Daytripper (and your camera) Everywhere! TOWN NAME, TOWN NAME and another awesome TOWN NAME SHOP LOCAL Categories may include: • MOST CREATIVE • Photo of the Year • Cutest/Funniest • At a <strong>Daytripping</strong> Advertiser • Greatest Distance • Group Photo • Most Adventurous • Most <strong>Daytripping</strong>ish Win for Charity “Of course we take <strong>Daytripping</strong> Magazine with us to Cozumel, Mexico” says Yvonne Vanderbeld, Sarnia. Photo taken by Bill Yates. Giselle Addison of Tilbury, with sister Sue Nussey & her daughter, Katie of Comber, stopped at many favourite places including Picard Peanuts in Talbotville, Quai du Vin Estate Winery near St. Thomas and Sparta Country Candles in Sparta. <strong>Daytripping</strong>’s Charity of Choice for the <strong>May</strong>-<strong>June</strong> <strong>2021</strong> issue is: Sun Parlour Folk Music Society, Kingsville kingsvillefolkfest.org Your photo is eligible for great prizes when we print it, and you also win $25.00 for the charity of your choice! You can specify the charity of your choice when entering. Enter the <strong>2021</strong> Photo Contest! Brenda Harper of Watford, relaxed near Gowganda, Ontario while at her cottage. Charity of Choice: St. Joseph’s Hospice, Sarnia Renee Ouellette of Windsor sent us this photo of her Daytripper and a pretty chill frog. Be Original! Win Great Robert Wadlow, the world’s tallest man at Ripley's Believe It or Not! Prizes! Photo by Mark Moran <strong>Daytripping</strong> 7 Sisters! Georgina Swackhammer of Thamesville went daytripping with her six sisters: Margaret Carter, Ridgetown, Julianna Jubenville, Paincourt, Irene Stepniak, Ridgetown, Florence Huszka, Bothwell, Maria Lycke, Waterloo, and Roseann Lernout, Chatham. Charity of Choice: Diabetes Canada Send to: DAYTRIPPING, BOX 430, BRIGHTS GROVE, ON N0N 1C0 Email: info@daytripping.ca <strong>Daytripping</strong> will donate $25 to the charity of your choice (or one of our choice if one isn’t chosen) upon publication of each photo. Every entry we publish throughout the year is also entered into the annual contest for a chance to win great prizes from our generous sponsors! Photos must be mailed or emailed (minimum 200 dpi) and cannot be returned. Digital photos are preferred. You may enter as many photos as you wish. Be sure to include the photographer’s name, mailing address and phone number. Contest void where prohibited. <strong>2021</strong> prize winners will be announced in the November-December <strong>2021</strong> issue. Entries for the <strong>2021</strong> contest will be accepted until August 10th <strong>2021</strong>. Unpublished photos are eligible for future contests. For more information call 1-800-667-0337. *To be eligible, a cover of <strong>Daytripping</strong> must appear in every photo entry. Thanks to our Generous Partners! Uniqueness is what WINS! Think Outside the Box! Pinecro, Aylmer Victoria Playhouse Petrolia Coyle’s Country Store, Tillsonburg Millbank inSeason Home & Garden, St. Clements Crazy 8 Barn, Palmyra Sparta Country Candles, Sparta Sue Brouwer, Brights Grove in St. Petersburg, Russia at Catherine’s Palace during a Baltic Sea Cruise. Photo by her husband, Henk Brouwer. Charity of Choice: Sarnia & District Humane Society John M. Hall Linens, Paris St. Marys Berry Hill, St. Thomas Robert Hall Originals, St. George Page 2 The bottom borders in this issue contain quotes, proverbs & more for a belated Mother’s Day. <strong>May</strong>-<strong>June</strong> <strong>2021</strong>
C’mon, Who Needs a Great Big Hug? This issue was supposed to come out in <strong>May</strong>, but “You-know-what” got in the way. It’s a big relief to finally have it hitting the streets at the start of <strong>June</strong> and I have to thank our customers, the advertisers you see on these pages, for sticking with us. Some, like live theatres and most event organizers, are unable to do anything but wait and we feel so badly for them. A few others had to hold off and we understand that of course, but almost all of them will be back in <strong>Daytripping</strong> when the time is right. I am so gratified that we have this strong bond with them - please give them a chance to earn your business. There’s a light at the end of this tunnel and we can all see it coming in to view. We always have a column letting you know which shops are new to <strong>Daytripping</strong> or haven’t been in for a long time, but in the past year there have been only a scant few to mention. That list is on page 8 and it’s finally growing again. To be fair, about half the new listings are in Kingsville. The proactive folks in that town want you to discover all they have to offer when you and Doug Ford feel it’s safe to do so, and it is a terrific area to explore. Some towns are being very cautious about welcoming visitors, which I do understand of course, but this past year has given Ontarians the opportunity to discover what is in our own back yards, and there’s a lot. You have probably been to shops and towns and farm markets that you’d never been to before, or maybe re-discovered. Experts would tell us that we are creatures of habit, and habits are hard to change, but “You-know-what” changed a whole pile of our habits, didn’t it? If it rings true then your habits have already changed and you’ll continue to buy food at those markets you started supporting, and paint from the local hardware store instead of Gargantuamart. You’ll go back to that Inn on the Harbour in Port Stanley because you fell in love with it and it’s a part of you now. You’ll actually go sit at a table inside that local restaurant you’ve been ordering takeout from because you tried their chicken parmesan and it was the best you’ve ever had. <strong>May</strong>be you’ll order a Railway City beer or an Alton Help us build this big, lile paper! <strong>Daytripping</strong> has been wrien by you our readers, for 26 years now! We don’t have a reporter... you’re it! SEND US AN ARTICLE about your favourite town, shop, a daytrip or just a memory! TOWN NAME, TOWN NAME and another awesome TOWN NAME in Southwestern Ontario Farms wine because you went out of your way to support the local guys this past year and gained an appreciation for what they do. <strong>May</strong>be we’ll all be better tippers too. There are some things though that can’t get back to normal soon enough. You’ve probably heard people speculating that humans won’t hug each other as much. Screw that - I can’t wait to hug people again. If there’s no fall issue it will be because I was arrested for hugging complete strangers. I miss town wide yard sales too — they’re outdoors, don’t they count as exercise? Two years ago we had 113 of them listed in our spring issue, last year there was no spring issue and this year there are no yard sales. I don’t know about you but I’ve had the opportunity to purge at least a few times because of “You-know-what” and I have a crap ton of crap to get rid of. And I really want to buy others people crap to take the place of it! I think all these communities should change the date, for this year only, and hold their Town Wide Yard Sales on one of the weekends in September. I also can’t wait to see and support live music. Not large concerts, though they’re fabulous too, but I mean bar bands, duos, a solo act on a patio - and please tip them! Many musicians counted on performing as part of their income and have been among the hardest hit by all this. Hire them to play your backyard party... another thing I can’t wait to experience again. Imagine being able to talk to a whole bunch of people all at the same time without a computer! It’s coming folks... I’ve seen the future folks and it’s shining brighter than ever. Thank you so much for making it through this and for helping others along this difficult road. “You-know-what” may not be done, but it will be soon. If you can’t go daytripping today or this week, keep this copy and plan to visit some of these wonderful shops and stops that we’ve searched out for you when you are able. And please mention that you saw their ad in <strong>Daytripping</strong>. They’ve kept us going all these years, and so have you, by letting them know that their hard earned dollars are well spent. Thanks for reading! Mark Moran, Publisher To Advertise in our Summer <strong>2021</strong> issue Call us at 1-800-667-0337 info@daytripping.ca <strong>Daytripping</strong> Features Daytripper’s Directory Pullout Map..........13-16 “Where You Should Eat” List...........................46 Tourism Contact Information..........................15 <strong>2021</strong> Photo Contest...........................................2 S.W. Ontario’s (Largest?) EVENTS List.............. 48 Antique Tours..............................................28,52 Buy Fresh, Buy Local, Farm Markets......39,40,41 Recipes...................................................22,23,39 Corkscrews & Craft Brews................................17 On The Covers 1) Oakdale Garage - Photo by Dan Bellyk 2) Alice Street Antiques, Waterford Your Contributors Ruth Sharon, Dan Bellyk, Troy Loop, Dave & Lisa Broad, Ann Reams, J.J. Francissen, Wendy Rutherford, Cindy Sterling, Vicki Hornick, laurie burrowsbreakey, Mary Jane MacVicar, Janet Robinson, Blanche Haskett, Catherine Blake, Lisa Paddon, Joanne vanDam, Dot Sale, Gisele Levasseur, Ida Tillema, Bri Mitchell, Gordon Lane, #Local, Yvonne Vanderveld & Bill Yates, Giselle Addison, Sue Nussey & Katie, Brenda Harper, Renee Ouellette, Georgina Swackhammer, Margaret Carter, Julianna Jubenville, Irene Stepniak, Florence Huszka, Maria Lycke, Roseann Lernout, Sue & Henk Brouwer, Scott Manery, Luke Combs, Dave Steadman, Paul Schneider, Stan & Clare Champ, Jim Ryan, Debbie McCormick, Dave McClure, John & Nancy Van Geel, Tim Beaudette, Dorothy Debruin, Rick Wismer, Louis Vandermark, Brad Hamilton, Barbara Perrin, that persnickety, elusive unknown author, numerous graphic designers and printing firms, and the outstanding <strong>Daytripping</strong> office, sales and delivery staff have been instrumental in helping us create this issue. Printed with pride by the good people (Chris, Peter, Julli, Devin and so many more) at Huron Web, Wyoming, Ontario, Canada. Your Tour Guides Mark Moran ........................ Publisher, Advertising Sales & Design Carrie Ann Timm .................................. Graphics / Office Manager Laurie Dunlop ..................................................... Advertising Sales Carla Mejia..............................................................Graphic Design Rhonda Long .............................. Advertising Sales & Social Media Angela Lyon............................................. Editing & Graphic Design Ben & Dylan Moran ......................Design, Research & Distribution P.O. BOX 430 • BRIGHTS GROVE, ON • NON 1C0 1-800-667-0337 info@daytripping.ca • www.daytripping.ca Over 12,000 people Spring <strong>2021</strong> This issue is dedicated to live theatre actors & crew YOU Should Too! Subscriptions... 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