Continuing our explorations closer to home

Since we have arrived at home, we have had several days of rain and cold temperatures. But today - May 4 - is sunny and mild so we decided to hop in the car and follow the Grand River north to Cambridge. We found a bike trail right along the river and will bring our bikes on another day. Today, we drove north a few more kilometers till we came to the Waterloo Regional Museum.

The recently opened Waterloo Regional Museum has a really unique design. The colours come from the quilts that are made in the many Mennonite farms in the area. The design is a translation of a quote from Sir Wilfred Laurier translated into the hexadecimal system representing the computer technology companies in the area. The quote is "Let them look to the past, but also let them look to the future. Let them look to the land of their children."

Inside the museum, the cool design continues. The Huron road outside the window continues indoors with this plank road. It, in turn, crosses the Grand Trunk railroad of the Elmira to Galt line. The engine on the tracks is at a railway station that marks the entrance to the Doon Heritage Village.

The Peter Martin home - a Mennonite family. The grandparents had rooms at the front of the house and the family lived behind the parents on the ground floor and the 17 children had bedrooms upstairs.

Children's bedroom

Our guide takes us to the cellar to show us the results of last summer's canning efforts.

Doon village - circa 1914

The tailor shop and the Post Office.

The village church

Close-up of the steeple - not the usual cross but a finger pointing the way!

A last look at the Grand River just north of Cambridge

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