A stop along the way and a couple of pictures of the fearless adventurers.
We arrived at Killarney in the early afternoon, and after circling the town a couple of times, the navigator finally got his bearings and we were headed for lunch.
We found the Wilderness Inn and checked in, before going to Wayne and Marcella's.
Once checked in, it was off to Wayne and Marcella's. We spent the afternoon with them, had a few cocktails and Marcella provided an excellent dinner. Time for an early night at the Wilderness Inn.
Up early and off to Boissevain, the home of Tommy Turtle a 10,000 lb, 28 ft turtle that is the city mascot. The turtle was built to show the importance of the Turtle Derby as an international event.
Of course we have some pictures.
We left Boissevain and headed for the turtle mountains and the International Peace Gardens.
The International Peace Gardens is at the heart of the turtle mountains. The peace gardens was dedicated on July 14, 1932 saying, "To God in his glory, we two nations dedicate this garden, and pledge ourselves, that as long as men shall live, we will not take arms against one another" To bad we all can't live like that.
Apparently 150,000 plants are planted each year. Here are some of them.
For the folks who have poor eyesight like your fearless adventurers, the plaque says. "A promise of peace"
A picture of the group in front of the gardens
So far we have been on turtle mountain for about 2 hours and have not seen hide nor hair of a turtle.
With no turtles in sight we thought we would look at the cactus gardens.
Still, we never saw one damn turtle on turtle mountain
Back to the Wilderness Inn for Marcella's wonderful lasagna and we were going to have a chocolate peanut pie for dessert, but apparently Bob ate most of it, and hid the rest for himself later in the evening.
Oh well, we ended the night with an exciting game of "pass the ace" and then off to bed.
It seems that there is a mammoth parade in Killarney tomorrow. Stay tuned.
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