SOME EXCITMENT IN OUR PARK WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

My turn to drive this morning so I picked up my good buddy Richard and off we went to secure a couple coffees and accompanying carrot muffins.  Our travels earlier today took us south of Goderich along Highway 21 checking out a number of side roads leading to the shores of Lake Huron.  At the ends of those roads at the lake are small communities of various types of housing from mobile units to quaint cottages and million-dollar+ homes.

 A FEW PHOTOS FROM OUR MORNING DRIVE AND IT WAS THE LIME GREEN AND GRAY COLOR COMBINATION THAT CAUGHT MY EYE AT THIS SHORELINE COTTAGE/HOUSE

 ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PHOTO SOMETHING CAN BE SEEN IN THE TREES THAT IS NOT OFTEN SEEN ANYMORE.....IT RHYMES WITH 'SHOUT MOUSE'

 WHAT A LOVELY PLACE TO SIT AND WATCH SUNSETS OUT OVER THE LAKE

 A RARELY SEEN HURON COUNTY RUBICON ROOSTER

We had a little excitement in our Park on Wednesday.  Sitting in my recliner quietly reading Wednesday afternoon I suddenly heard a very loud bang.  So loud in fact that it even made the sleeping Pheebs jump right up off the floor.  Checking my watch right away I saw that it was 1:22 p.m.  I slipped outside and noticed a pall of smoke over near the Park's maintenance yard and office less than a hundred yards away.  I dashed back into the house, grabbed my camera, and hurried out to the edge of our property.  A large white truck with the word POLICE on the top front was on fire.  Although I didn't see any flames, I could see smoke billowing out from underneath the truck and up along the sides.  OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) officers were there with fire extinguishers along with other officers in khaki gear.  Our Park's owner was already busy with a garden hose spraying water underneath the truck.  We found out later that this was a 'bomb disposal truck'.  What the heck was going on?????

 PARK OWNER ADAM CAN BE SEEN HERE SPRAYING WATER ON THE RED HOT BRAKE DRUMS

JUST ONE OF THE HALF DOZEN OR MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE SCENE

They got the fire out but as a precaution, the fire department was called and arrived to check the vehicle over.  A tactical canine officer was seen with a black dog on a leash and I figured that was probably a 'bomb sniffing dog'.  I took a bunch of pictures of all this excitement and one of the chief police officers walked over to talk to me.  He said what had happened is that the rear brakes on the truck had seized up on it's way from wherever it was coming from (possibly London) and the driver hadn't noticed it.  When the truck arrived at our Park and stopped, the red hot heated brake drums now not being cooled by the air while driving, ignited and set the truck's surrounding wheel well insulation afire.  That in turn caused one of the truck's rear tires to explode and that was the loud bang I heard.

 THE BAYFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVES ON THE SCENE

 ADAM CHATS WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS AFTER THE FIRE WAS OUT 

 THE FIRETRUCK HEADS PAST OUR PLACE ON IT'S WAY BACK TO BASE

 THEY MANAGED TO DRIVE THE BOMB TRUCK AHEAD A BIT TO MAKE ROOM FOR A TOW TRUCK ON IT'S WAY

 KELLY AND PHEEBS CHECKING THINGS OUT

With the truck now immobile, a heavy-duty tow truck had to be called to tow the bomb disposal truck back to London, Ontario.  When the big tow truck pulled in I recognized the name Ross on it.  Anyone familiar with the TV series Heavy Rescue 401 will know that Ross (based in London) is one of the companies featured on that show.

 THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVES AND BEGINS MANEUVERING INTO POSITION

 THOSE TWO SETS OF FRONT WHEELS UNDER THE CAB ARE BOTH TURNING WHEELS

THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER GETS READY TO HOOK UP

 THIS IS THE POLICE OFFICER WHO TALKED TO ME AND HERE HE IS TAKING A PICTURE OF THE POLICE TRUCK GETTING HOOKED UP

 ALL HOOKED UP AND READY TO PULL OUT

Okay, so now for the big question.....what was an Ontario Provincial Police bomb disposal truck and a bomb-sniffing dog doing in our Park????  Kelly talked to Adam, our Park's current owner this morning and he said that while doing renovations to the large onsight shop recently he found some dynamite hidden in the walls.  A call to the police ended up having a bomb-sniffing dog here as well as the bomb disposal truck Wednesday.  It is not known who may have hidden the dynamite in the wall or why.  Maybe the previous owner or maybe the previous owner before that.  It is likely that it will never be known who hid the dynamite there or why.

 THE BOMB-SNIFFING DOG AND ITS HANDLER 

Thanks to everyone who has suggested solutions to our Jeep's starting problem.  Excellent suggestions.  When I tried starting the Jeep this afternoon it started right up just fine.  I guess we've got some more thinking to do about the Jeep's future. 

Al's Music Box:)) Bluebird by Paul McCartney & Wings from their 1973 album, 'Band On The Run'.

 SEEN ON OUR TRAVELS THIS MORNING

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Little Pete came home from the playground with a bloody nose, black eye, and torn clothing. It was obvious he'd been in a bad fight and lost. While his father was patching him up, he asked his son what happened.  Well, Dad, said Pete, I challenged Larry to a duel. And, you know, I gave him his choice of weapons.  Uh-huh, said the father, “that seems fair.  I know, but I never thought he'd choose his sister!  

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A flight attendant's comment on a less-than-perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."

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Ole and Sven went on a fishing trip to Canada and came back with only three fish.
Ole says, "The way I figger it, Sven, each of them fish cost us $400.  Well, at dat price it's a good ting we didn't catch any more of em than we did," says Sven.

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Sam had proposed to young Lisa and was being interviewed by his prospective father-in-law.  "Do you think you are earning enough to support a family?" the older man asked the suitor.  "Yes, sir," replied Sam, "I am."  "Well," said Lisa's father, "think carefully now. There are six of us."
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