Elmira- the world's largest maple syrup festivalWayne and I have been buying camping equipment for our big trip out west. We have just about everything we need and we thought that what we save on accommodation and eating out will be quite considerable and allow us to see and do so much more. We also bought 2 bicycles from Wal Mart for $100 each and they are surprisingly sturdy and comfortable.
Last Saturday 5th April, was a beautiful Spring day so we drove up to Elmira, a village about 40 min north of Woodstock.
This village was hosting "the world's largest maple syrup festival." Now how true that is I'm not exactly sure for I suspect Canada might be one of the only countries that has such a festival.Nonetheless, the festival consisted of wall-to-wall people with lots of food stalls. All roads into the village were jammed with traffic, in fact on one road they were backed up to the village of St Jacob's, about 7 kms away.
Modern world in stark contrast to the world of the MenonitesWayne and I parked the car at St Jacob's and rode our bicycles in to Elmira. We enjoyed the beautiful sunshine, beat everyone in cars and got to stop and chat with the local Menonites who lined the road selling their maple syrup.
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