Connections through the ages

It was windy in Pembroke today. My new walking friends had planned to meet at Cafe Ole then walk along the river front. However we decided to find shelter from the wind by walking through town. We walked up one of the cross streets in downtown Pembroke-Moffat and kept on walking to the end. Moffat starts off downtown in the commercial area then crosses close to a couple of churches and winds its way along the Indian River. It is a peninsula on both sides of the river- an oasis of older homes hidden away from the downtown traffic. I had heard via some mutual friends that Suzanne Nadon and Rick Metcalfe, a United church minister couple, had purchased some land at the end of the street and were planning on building their retirement home, insulated with strawbales. Well the rumour was correct as we found them hard at work. One of my walking friends actually knew Suzanne many years ago so they caught up and we had a tour of their property as we climbed over the tree roots and admired the country in the city!