It came as a great
realization to me how easy it is to over-estimate someone’s stamina and have
that too-weary feeling after having tried hard to make an event pleasurable and
interesting!
Recent visitors to my home in
Bracebridge wanted to come and “see the leaves” – so the day was set for an
excursion by car. With me driving, there were four others in the roomy vehicle;
sun was shining and everyone had a full tummy!
We toured several smaller
towns and stopped at three lookout points through the day, as well as lunch at
an adorable restaurant in Dorset named Zachary’s.
The end of the afternoon
found us back where we’d begun – but astonishingly, our visitors were tired and
seemed almost bored. I felt foolish that
I had taxed their energy and enthusiasm….heads bobbing as they dropped off to
the land of nod from time to time wasn’t rewarding for them or me. The pleasure
of being a positively scintillating tour guide was lost!
After supper, everyone
settled in front of the television for a movie we’d all been anticipating.
Shortly into it they were snoozing in their chairs – jolting into wakefulness
from time to time and wondering what they’d missed.
A lesson well learned –make
the jaunt shorter and it will be all the sweeter if you want to host friends
and family at Leaf-Peeping time in beautiful Muskoka
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