A time away

This past week Ralph and I went to Collingwood for a few days.  We were joined by Lawrence and Teresa and John and Grace and enjoyed some golf together.  Ralph and I went a day earlier with the intention of shooting some stars and simply to relax and have some fun.

It's interesting how the weather is changing.  We found that it was much cooler especially being close to the water.  Thankfully we had planned for this and had sweaters and jackets with us.  Ralph and I enjoyed a lovely sunset up near Thornbury.  There was some nice clouds adding some interest to the sky.  It amazes me how much earlier the sun is starting to set.  It goes down close to 8:00 pm now.  We stayed until about 8:30 and then headed back to the hotel to relax for a while before going out to photograph the milky way.  We weren't sure what to expect though as it had been pretty cloudy for most of the day.

We left the hotel at around 10:15 and headed back towards Meaford.  We had found a spot with a barn in the foreground which we thought would be nice to include in the photos.  Of course it depended on where the milky way was in the sky.  Hah hah, when we drove down the road, it was so pitch black out that we couldn't even see the barn.  We had to guess and only saw later if we captured it in our pictures.

There was still alot of clouds which added some interest.  What we didn't realize when scoping out the area, was that there were so many hydro wires.  I sure had to do a lot of editing to remove them.

We stayed at this location for a little over an hour and then thought we might try another spot however as we were driving it started to rain so we had to call it a night.  It was  probably a good thing as we had a round of golf planned for the next morning with everyone else.

The next day we played golf at Monterra which is right by Blue Mountain.  This was a pretty course to play and we enjoyed our time all together.

We enjoyed a nice bbq afterwards at a beach beside Georgian Bay.  There was lots of delicious food and it turned out to be a very beautiful day.

The following day we played at Lora Bay.  This is one of my favourite courses.  I love the scenery as it overlooks the Bay. It's so pretty.  Ralph and I arrived early so we went down to a beach just down the road and enjoyed a coffee.  We were surprised to still see colour in the sky from the mornning sunrise.

Golf was fun.  We sure do enjoy our time all together.  I look forward to our next adventure.