Daytripping Spring 2024

DESTINATIONS TO EXPLORE
AT = SW Ontario Antique Tour
BF = See our Buy Fresh Pages
CC = Craft Brews & Corkscrews Pages
They Read it for the Ads?
I have a question for you, but please allow
me to bore you with some background
information first.
This issue is what we call really “tight.”
If we were a hard rock band that would
be the ultimate compliment, but to us it
means that the ratio of articles and filler
compared to ads is a bit lean. There aren’t
too many ads - we’re in this to promote as
many unique shops as we can so there can
never be too many ads - but we wish there
was more content to go along with them.
This issue caught us a bit by surprise.
Proprietors and event organizers, many
whom have never been in Daytripping,
kept calling and emailing and we want to
get them all in, but I had already designed
the magazine to be 68 pages. We could
add pages of course, but we have to add
four pages at a time and it seemed like that
would be overkill, and a whole lot of extra
work on a looming deadline. So this issue
still has a lot of great articles, photos and
funny fillers... but it’s tight.
So here’s my question — to those
who’ve been reading Daytripping for
years and to newer readers as well. How
much does that matter? I have my own
opinion and we discuss it as a team, but
we’d love to hear your thoughts. If this
was a newspaper you’d be complaining
that it’s all ads, and rightly so... but the
ads are the main attraction in Daytripping.
Our self-appointed job is to promote small
businesses that stand out among the
crowd and are worth travelling to discover;
to encourage all of you to shop locally,
wherever you may be; and to encourage
tourism and be all-around good people.
A friend named John Redden gave me
the idea for this magazine just about 30
years ago and the rag he showed me as an
example (from Kentucky I think) was about
95% ads for antique and craft shops. He’d
hung on to it for two years, planning to
use it to find the type of shops he loved
the next time he made a trip down there.
Daytripping went off in a different direction
and encouraged our readers to send in
articles and man, did they ever follow
through. The “Daytripper” has always been
written by our readers — we’ve never had
a reporter — and we’re always welcoming
new writers so please don’t be shy!!!
Deadline for entries
es
is December embe
31, 2024
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or mail to P.O. Box 430,
Brights Grove, ON N0N 1C0
Ideal length is 500-800 words,
but go crazy if you want.
Three entries will win $100 each.
All submitted articles may be printed in
Daytripping. Submissions may be used,
published, edited, distributed or stored by
Moran Advertising, in whole or in part, in
print or by any other means.
Tell Us About Your
in Southwestern Ontario
by Mark Moran,
Publisher
That decision has set Daytripping apart
from pretty much any other ‘paper’ I’ve
ever seen, and I’ve been searching for
decades. It’s made many friends over the
years, and we’ve been at it for so long that
we’ve also lost more than a few. Just to be
clear, we won’t be doing away with articles
in Daytripping anytime soon, or ever I
don’t imagine, but I’d still love to hear your
thoughts on what keeps you reading. Is it
the articles? Is it the ads? Is it the funny
or sentimental fillers in between? You can
email or send a note but you can also just
give me a call at the number that’s always
on page three. I love talking to our readers
and generally answer the phone when I’m
in the office and, if not, my staff love to talk
and are much more interesting.
And if you don’t like this issue, just wait
for the next one. Now that I’ve brought this
up, the Summer issue will have to be so
very loooooooose — it’s going to take you
a week to read it all!
You know what stuns me? Almost
30 years after our first issue came out,
where almost everything seems to have
changed dramatically and print media
was supposed to have gone the way of
the dinosaur (the experts declared it dead
about 10 years ago) we have a list on page
67 with the names of 56 businesses that
are in Daytripping for the very first time
or are back after a significant absence. We
had to change the usual font and type size
in order to fit them all into one column.
I’m not sure, but think that is probably the
highest number of new shops in any issue
since we released our first three magazines
in 1995.
There’s a familiar, lingering doubt
that creeps into my mind every time the
calendar turns and I begin working on
Daytripping for the year… I start wondering
if we still have it? Are people still going to
want to advertise in a print publication?
And so far I’ve always been amazed, and
so thankful for the wonderful customers
we promote, that it all seems to fall into
place, even 29 years later, even with all the
changes in society and media. So thank
you for the start of another great year!
Thanks for reading!
P.S. The Town Wide Yard Sales are on
page 47.
Tell our readers about
Daytrip!
your trip to shops
& stops in Daytripping!
Daytrip!
What were your favourite stops?
Where did you start? Who went with you?
Did you take in a show, go for a hike?
What did you see along the way?
We’d love to hear all about it! Be sure to include
at least two places you found
in Daytripping,
and send us
photos too!
Daytripping Features
Daytripper’s Directory Pullout Map..........13-16
TOWN WIDE YARD SALE LIST........................... 47
Buy Fresh, Buy Local, Farm Markets.......... 39-41
Corkscrews & Craft Brews................................66
“Where You Should Eat” List...........................54
Photo Contest Entries..................................... 30
SW Ontario Antique Tour.................................68
S.W. Ontario’s EVENTS LIST....................... 44-47
Tourism Contact Information..........................15
Recipes.............................................................63
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On The Covers
“Twin’s Ice Cream Parlour, Port Rowan
Daytripping Destinations
Bluewater Bridges, Dudek Photography
Your Contributors
Don Millard, Susan Chapman, Russell Tonks, Adina Haas, Helen
Irwin, Fred Parry, Debi Wiese Spencer, Kelly-Lynn Musico, Tim
Phillips, Catherine Harrison, Barb Day, Michael Badyk, Diana
Spremo, Tammy With, Nancy McSloy, laurie burrowsbreakey,
Dudek Photography, Joanne vanDam, Jacoba Bos, Francis
Martin, Chris Moody, Carrie Hedges, Bill & Dodie Wilson,
Robin & Rob Pickle, Barb McEwen, Irene Minielly, Donna
Cain, Virginia Jones, Gail Dennis, Netty McEwen, Yvonne
Vanderbeld, Bill Yates, Dave Steadman, Jim Ryan, George
Abel, Dave McClure, John & Nancy Van Geel, Mark Holmes,
Dennis Caille, Fred Sinke, Louis Vandermark, Allen Hawkins,
Brad Hamilton, David Noel, Devin Horton, Ruth Sharon,
Barbara Perrin, that persnickety, elusive unknown author,
numerous graphic designers and printing firms, and the
outstanding Daytripping 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, Pam, Jerry
and so many more) at Huron Web, Wyoming, Ontario, Canada.
Your Tour Guides
Mark Moran ........................................Publisher, Advertising Sales
Carrie Ann Timm ............................................ Associate Publisher
Laurie Dunlop ..................................................... Advertising Sales
Rhonda Long .............................. Advertising Sales & Social Media
Carla Mejia..............................................................Graphic Design
Angela Lyon............................................. Editing & Graphic Design
Ben & Dylan Moran .......................Design, Research & Distribution
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Aberfoyle
49,AT
Alvinston
25,BF,CC
Amherstburg
4,CC
Ancaster 60
Arva 43,63
Aylmer
55,56,57,BF
Baden 40
Bayfield
31,BF,CC
Bayham 57
Belle River 4
Belmont
BF
Blenheim
10,11, BF
Bothwell
18,BF
Brantford
64,AT,BF
Brigden
AT
Bright 28
Brights Grove 22
Brussels 33
Burlington 67
Buxton 9
Cainsville
64,AT
Cambridge
36,65,AT
Chatham 9,10,12,18,18,BF,CC
Clifford
34,AT
Clinton
29,32,AT
Copenhagen 57
Courtland 57
Courtright 20
Delhi
57,AT,BF
Drayton 36
Dresden
19,AT
Dundas 67
Dutton 50
Elginfield 43
Embro 60
Essex 5,7
Forest
26,27,AT,BF,CC
Freelton
67,AT
Goderich 32
Grand Bend 23,3138,AT,BF,CC
Harriston
34,AT
Harrow
6,AT
Ilderton
42,BF
Iona
50,AT
Kent Bridge 18
Kingsville 7
Komoka
BF
La Salette
CC
Lambton Shores 26,27,31,BF
Leamington
8,AT
Listowel 34
London
42,43,AT,BF
Melbourne
BF
Millbank 35
Mooretown 20
Mount Brydges 42,AT
Mount Pleasant 65
New Hamburg 40,41,BF
New Sarum 55
Norwich 60
Oil Springs 23
Paris 62
Petrolia 1,21,24,25,AT,BF,CC
Plympton-Wyoming 23,CC
Point Edward 20
Port Burwell 57
Port Dover 62
Port Franks 27
Port Rowan
62,AT,BF
Port Stanley 52,53
Putnam
BF
Reeces Corners
BF
Rodney 50
Ruthven 7
St. Jacobs 36,40,41,AT
St. Marys 48
St. Thomas 50-53,55,AT,BF
St. Williams 62
Salford
BF
Sarnia 20,21,22,23,AT
Seaforth 32
Shakespeare
41,BF
Simcoe
62,63,AT,CC
Sombra
20,BF
Sparta 55
Stratford
CC
Strathroy 42
Talbotville
BF
Tavistock 40
Thamesville
18,AT,BF
Thedford
CC
Thorndale 61
Tillsonburg 58,59,AT,BF
Tiverton 33
Union
BF
Vanessa
63,AT
Vittoria
62,BF
Wallaceburg 20
Wallacetown 50
Waterford
63,AT,CC
Waterloo 36,37,38,AT
Watford
BF
West Lorne
50,CC
Wheatley 8
Windham Centre 63,AT
Windsor
2,BF
Woodstock 28, 59,60,61,63,BF
Wyoming
23,BF
Zurich 32
Spring 2024 A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. - German Proverb
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