On Saturday Tom, Tom Townsend, Laura, and myself joined in the RM Classic Cars 25th Anniversary celebrations by going to Canada’s greatest custom and classic car show. It was held at RM Corporate Headquarters on #40 Highway.
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Friday evening was still young so we headed to Chatham to see what was happening on King Street. For the RM celebrations they had a classic car cruise along “The Drag”. The downtown was a buzz with people, revving engines, and rock and roll. It brought back memories of the 70?s.
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What a Weekend for Chatham Kent! On Friday evening Tom, Laura, and myself ventured to Thamesville for the Thrashing Days Festival Parade. We parked our lawn chairs by the hotel’s patio and had a good view with the sun at our backs.

Cubby was on the patio, so of course we had a brew together before the parade marshal went by. It was another great parade with lots of horses, tractors, old cars, floats, and of course Shriners and my favourite the firemen and their firetrucks. We saw Joey Roesch on his restored Ford tractor and Wes Thompson was having fun driving his antique fire truck. We had lots of fun and Laura even caught a string of Mardi Gras beads.

Well it appears Ian isn’t going to post anything so…

Calgary Herald [Fri. Jul. 16 2004] — Calgarians stared down torrential flood conditions as 50 millimetres of rain and hail lashed the city Thursday evening.

Springbank and south Calgary neighbourhoods weathered the brunt of a severe thunderstorm that cut a swath from the Northwest to Southeast quadrants of the city. Roads turned to rivers and hail pummelled neighbourhoods around Discovery Ridge, Signal Hill, Lake Bonavista, Woodlands and Queensland.
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Meet Lucas, our newest family addition. We adopted him yesterday. He is a 5 year old dark tabby with four white mitten paws and white markings on face, chest and belly. He is an awesome cat with a friendly personality plus he is declawed and neutered.
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Happy Stampede Calgary cousins!
This morning I woke up to watch the Stampede Parade. It was a great parade with all the beautiful horses, floats and bands. I even saw the marching band from Bishop Grandin H.S. I think I will cook a pancake breakfast for Tom and Laura.

Lots happening this year on the 1st of July for Canada Day. Everyone loves a parade including the Gilliers. We set off to Chatham with our lawn chairs, sunscreen and sodas for the parade. We found a shady spot on the Kornacker’s driveway on King Street just down from Lacroix Street.
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The installation people from Airnet just left and announced there is no way we can have broadband internet at this time. Airnet is constructing a wireless network for the whole Chatham-Kent area and we cannot connect to their Chatham tower because it is obstructed by the neighbours woodlot. No way to go around it or over it and this broadband internet service requires a direct line of sight to the tower.

This weekend officially marked the opened of the new wing at Copper Terrace. Irene has been watching the comings and goings of the workmen and renovations to the building all winter long. She took me on a grand tour of the new dining rooms, front door, foyer, kitchen and elevator. The entry code to push is 1990 and the elevator floor is 2R. It is a welcomed addition! There will no longer be the parking lot of wheelchairs waiting for elevators. The old dining room will be used as an activity and entertainment room.

On Sunday Laura and I went to a lovely baby shower for Karyn Bernard (Roesch). She is due on the 28th of July. She looked radient if you can say that about a pregnant woman.