March 29, 2005
At 10:00 AM, Ice Queen said...
"Sounds like a great idea.
Except: WHO WANTS TO VACATION IN GLENCOE?!
(I'm allowed to say that, having spent my formative years there.) "
The IQ's comment, along with that of Lois
At 11:52 AM, Lois said...
Not sure where Glencoe is (sounds familiar) but I grew up in southwestern Ont (Wiarton, Markdale, Chesley, Hanover) and many home exchangers would love a holiday in beautiful rural Ontario!I have lived most of my adult life in London, England, and have operated a worldwide home exchange agency, Home Base Holidays, for 20 years. Have a look at the exchange offers available.
have made me curious as to whether anyone out there would be interested in spending a week or two of their valuable vacation time in a small village of 2000 people in Southwestern Ontario.
Glencoe is a rural community with a high school, a public elementary school and a Catholic elementary school. It has 3 small factories, 2 auto parts and 1 shoes, along with a number of other small community features such as playing fields, a public swimming pool, an arena ( ice hockey and figure skating), a small business district, and a rail road track that splits the town into 2 parts. It has churches and a Lions Club, a Lioness Club and a Rotary Club. It is part of the Municipality of SouthWest Middlesex http://www.southwestmiddlesex.ca
We live just outside the Glencoe limits on a 31 acre hobby farm. We lease the land to the farmer across the road. We have a 4 bedroom house, built in 1981. It has a living room, dining room and family room. It is about 2300 sq. ft., with a partially finished basement. The house is air conditioned.
We have a dog, a very friendly Lab, and a very old (20 yrs.) cat along with a number of goldfish, number unknown, that survived the winter in our backyard pond.
We have birds, finches, tree swallows, etc. and the occasional raccoon and skunk.
We are about a 40 minute drive from London Ontario and about 2.5 - 3 hours from Toronto. We are also about 1.5 hours from Windsor and Detroit.
I will give some more details about Glencoe in another post, possibly tomorrow.
So to the 1 or 2 none-family members who might read my blog, other than the IQ who has already expressed her biased opinion, what do you think?
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