Oh pshaw, on Thu 06 Dec 2007 12:51:19p, Dave Smith meant to say...

> When my wife and I were first married I used to take her to the Oban Inn
> for dinner at least once a month. It was quite reasonable back in the
> 70s, and I could afford it on my student budget, but prices seemed to be
> climbing up about 25 cents every month or two. That added up after a
> while. Luckily, we have an excellent restaurant in our town that has
> great food, a lovely setting, and is affordable.

I loved the Oban Inn. We stayed there a few times, and had quite a few
meals there, but that was years ago. Didn't it burn down some years ago?
Did they rebuild and restore it? It had a lot of charm.

> Some of the local winery restaurants are outrageous. The last time I
> went to one was about 5 years ago, at which time it was charging $14.95
> for a bowl of vegetable soup, and what the hell can you put in vegetable
> soup that would make it that expensive. It might be understandable if it
> was downtown in a big city and had high real estate costs, but this was
> on a farm in the country. That being said, one of my nephews is a chef
> in one of the winery restaurants. If he gets me comped I might go and
> try it out.

It's probably whatever the traffic will bear. It's true of so many places
these days.

> It is a beautiful ride. From where she drops me off to where we meet in
> Virgil is about 25 miles. I start off through the side roads in the
> city, over to the gorge where you ride along and look down into the
> rapids. Then you coast down the hill at Queenston and the trail runs
> alongside the calmer stretch of the river. One of these days I might be
> in good enough shape to turn around and go back up the hill after 20
> miles of pedalling, but I don't see that happening in the near future.

I've driven the Parkway so many times that I can visualize that.

> It is also nice cycling upriver from the falls to Fort Erie. It is a
> little tamer, but there always seems to be a head wind.

I've only been to Fort Erie a couple of times.

> There are lots of bicycle wine tours going on in the nice weather. But
> it is getting cold here now. I made the mistake of planing a walk along
> that trail one day last winter. They don't clear the snow off it.

Ow, that would be a cold and messy walk!

Cheers!

--
Wayne Boatwright

Date: Thursday, December(XII) 6th(VI),2007(MMVII)

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