Replies

>>I’d love to see May 5th Cinco De Mayo celebrations stop.

I agree. Foreign holidays needs to stay in foreign countries. But, I will eat friggin’ tacos any day I want and a bunch of crybaby students can just deal with it.

Ever visited Alexandria Bay, NY on the weekend before May 25th? Having lived in Alberta for more than 20 years, I presume that not too much has changed in upstate NY, other than increased border security in both Canada and the US. When I was younger, the weekend before May 25th was opening for "A-Bay". "A-Bay" is located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario (south side, of course), about halfway between the cities of Brockville and Kingson, two college/university cities, in the Thousand Islands.

A village of 1,500 during the winter, "A-Bay" blossoms to 10,000 until after Labour Day. The opening weekend? A celebration of Victoria Day, a Canadian holiday, opens the partying in the village, the unofficial start to summer. The US 'blowout' is Memorial Day, the next weekend. Both July 1 and July 4 are celebrated in "A-Bay" and especially memorable, are years when ~~Canada~~ Dominion Day falls on Friday and Independence Day falls on the Monday! (Sorry, being of United Empire Loyalist stock and very conservative, I LOATHE the name 'Canada Day', prefering the old standard, 'Dominion Day'.)

I would hope that those of us who spent the opening weekend in "A-Bay" all those years ago, were not too badly behaved and I hope the ones who do now, are not troublesome, like your neighbours to the south seem to be! Next week-end is opening week-end for "A-Bay" and the following week-end is Memorial Day. Two weeks early, I wish all FREEpers, a happy amd safe Memorial Day weekend, the beginning of summer!