(August 18)
Dear Folks,
Here is another text. We wanted to give a few shout outs to folks.
The last two legs of our trip are pretty long. Some people have asked why. In this part of ON, it is beautiful and rural. There aren’t many settlements with lodging after this, much less wheelchair accessible lodging. That is why our next stop will be Kirkland Lake. We stayed there three years ago. It is a lovely town. When we called the Microtel the last time to reserve their wheelchair accessible room, they asked which one. They have eight. We were surprised. They said that they take accessibility seriously.
And why Drummondville, Québec ? It is on the far side of Montreal. We want to get through there.
So…Paula, we will be doing a lot of singing and car dancing. Thank you for that wonderful gift.
We send a huge thank you to Ricky Goupille. He is BEYOND LIMITS’ media person. He has been turning our texts into blogs that he puts on the BEYOND LIMITS website. Ricky, you have been getting readers. You are helping BEYOND LIMITS so much.
Before we left home, our good friend Pam reminded us that our organization isn’t called “BEYOND LIMITS” for us to sit home and stare at the walls. We hear your voice frequently, Pam, cheering us on.
Jill, our writing coach: you said that this trip should be a chapter of our book. We think this could fill several chapters–maybe even a book of its own.
Kristin, thanks for cheering us on, despite your life challenges right now. You know better than anyone that this trip is a piece of cake compared to the one in 2022 when Saint was so old and Dusty had not been diagnosed or medicated.
Betsy, you gave us a special strand of beads before our last trip. It is still proudly hanging on Karma and brings us luck and good things. The customized muslin bag that you made us has been reinforced by both Sharon and Lucinda. It has been a perfect bag. It is falling apart, but will make it through the rest of the trip. When we send you our reverse care package of mendable items, we will include the bag and hope that you can find time at some point to make another.
Jason, we still love to drive. We reluctantly think that we maybe should give up on the idea of bringing a long-distance truck driver. We are not fast, and time is money.
And a big, big shout out and thank you to you, Sharon, for all you do for us–past and present. You did not have a choice in the sibling market. But we are so glad you got stuck with us. 💕😇
Hugs and Wags.
The Lowman Family