Oops-- edited to correct error in gas cost.  I WISH it were only $137-- wouldn't that be nice.

While most of you (and most of the relatives with whom I have been Reunion-ing all week) are sitting in church, I am sitting poolside at a nice Best Western in Cambridge, Ontario.  The kids and I had pre-planned to take an extra day coming home.  Yesterday we walked from one end of Niagara Falls to the other, and today we are supposed to be at African Lion Safari.  But it is raining and we are tired anyway, so we have nixed that plan and are enjoying the hotel instead before we drive the remaining 5-1/2 hours home.

Turns out that the camp at which we Reunioned had wireless internet after all, albeit a verrrryyyy sllloooowwww connection.  It also turned out that I had virtually no time or inclination to be on the internet anyway.  The only real "down time" I had was when I was flat on my back on the sports field after foolishly trying to "kick into high gear" so as not to be beaten in a race by my 61-year-old aunt.  Oh, I forgot to mention that this was a Backwards Race.  Not a good idea for people over 40, although most of the others made it through in one piece.

Anyway, whatever other "downtime" I may have had was spent mostly conversing with aunts, uncles, cousins, & sibs, which is sort of the point of a family reunion anyway.  I also took a couple of afternoon naps, which I rarely ever do but had some need of this past week!  I did take my computer to the pool and the campfire a few times (as did some of my cousins), but the only things I did on it were typing up a Reunion Survey and downloading pictures.  And downloading pictures, and downloading pictures, and downloading pictures.  I went thru both memory cards twice, I think, which means I took hundreds and hundreds of pictures.  I pretty much have a folder for each day, several of which have over a hundred pics in them.  Digital is cool that way.

Perhaps I will post more about the reunion later, but for now, I will summarize...

Gas to and from Machias, New York:  about $237.00
Speeding ticket on the Ohio Turnpike:  $120.00
Cottage rental:  $472.00
Reunion T-shirts for my crew:  $15.90
Backwards race:  Bruised tailbone and lots of ibuprofen
A whole week with aunts, uncles, and cousins from various parts of the country:  PRICELESS!!!