10 Things I Love About Goderich.

A handmade purse we bought at the market- Jill Butler fabric.

Gifts of our hands, spelt chocolate chip cookie mix I also bought at the market and they were delicious.

10 things I love about Goderich :

1. The walking bridge over the Maitland river- use to be for the salt mine freight trains but the town converted it.I have a great running route that takes me past all the stately homes and over that bridge. It is breathtaking.

2. Tiger Dunlop- in the museum they have a glass jar that is called one of the Apostles. It was filled with whiskey as were the other Apostles and taken with him everywhere he traveled. The one called Judas was filled with water. His history and the history of the Attawandaron are always in the back of my mind as I explore this town.

3.Celtic Festival being held Aug 7. An amazing gsthering of Celtic artist and a great kids camp where they can learn to play the harp.

4. The markets on the square- actually a hexagon. Keeps the old part of the town thriving especially when it has to compete with Walmart and Boston PIzza.

5. Eating at the Park House while my kids sit on top of cannons or run around the park. Other food delights are the Beanery- my kind if food and I finally tried the infamous Culbert's Bakery and now understand why their donuts are famous. I hate donuts but my mouth is watering thinking about theirs.

6. The Musesum and jail. We can spend hours here, such an excellent display of life and the birth of a town. Even the jail represents a thrill for my kids mainly because of the old dummy slepping up in the top cell- scares the lights out of them everytime. Last time we let them have the phones to listen in but weren't expecting stories about the crazy woman who tried ot saw off her neck with a piece of wood!

7. Reuben Sallows . This photographer is a national treasure. Thank Godhe captured life before the plastic revolution took over. I look at the apple pickers with their wooden ladders, wooden bushels, the cotton clothing and think how little thier impact was on the environment compared to our oil dependent world now. My favourite is of the woman snowshoeing- she is my model feminist. Oh, I do like the old woman trimming her husbands beard.

8. The beach of Lake Huron. We spend hours collecting our own special obsession. I collect rocks with fossils one day but on another smooth round white rocks for painting and on another driftwood. It  usually stays on the beach in a pile. Of course sitting on the beach one gets to view the sun sinking into the lake every evening.

9. Shopping: Irresistables- a little clothing boutique that carries Sandwich, Mexx and Espirit and I seem to hit it everytime there is a sale. I usually hit the shoe store with my kids as it is nice to get service and their foots properly measured. If only they carried leather Mary Janes instead of GEOX. And of course the market always has treasures

10. The Berry farm and Bayfield. I love supoprting local farms, and small business initiatives especially for locally grown and cooked foods such as the Berry farm on Hwy 21 on the way to Bayfield. Bayfield always makes me happy. I love to just browse the shops and the occassional time have lunch at the Little Inn.

Comments

[sue]

Do you remember that your dad was the last physician for the historic jail, before it became a museam. This part of the world is simply fabulous.

[Half Magic Mama]

That would make it 11 things I love about Goderich

[Amanda B]

Hey thank you so much for making mention of my Amy Butler puse. :)
The first time I walked over that bridge I was amazed to see a tie that had my initial my future husband's initial and what would become our last name. It made me feel so happy. Goderich is a great town. We love coming to visit.

[Ann]

Another thing I like about Goderich is that it isn't Toronto, or Picton or Coney Island. It's beauty and history are understated and classy without being too commercial. I also like that Goderich is becoming more unified as ONE town - not just the harbour or just the Square or JUST the YMCA - it's ALL of that...and more.