Orillia's Lake Couchiching is named after the Indian word for windy lake. Perhaps we could rename it after the Indian word for laughing lake until Spaw comes up for a winter month, then we'd have to name it back to Couchiching.

The good news is that Carol is indeed coming up for a McGill pilgramage or a McGillgramage. The bad new is that the timing is not as great as Sophocleese thought. Carol's train will arrive about two hours after Orillia Folk Society's Winterfolk at Blackberry Hill Farm ends. This is worse news than you might expect. We don't have a lot of winter events so, believe it or not, we might have to make up a few non-events.

Shophy is a world class singer. She also read music, writes songs, and plays guitar, bodhron, recorder and rhythm things attached to her ankles. She and her musical partner Terry (who is president of the Orillia Folk Society), play great music. I may catch their act, Brookes and Cooper, at Winterfolk before heading down to meet Carol's train.

When Carol arrives we will have to nominate her for Ms McGill 2001. For those who don't read long rambling Don't Post threads, McGill Environmental is an Orillia company that rents beautifil blue plastic toilets to events like folk festivals. To advertise, they attached one of their toilets with a stuffed man in it on the back of Rombo's restaurant.

Carol claims to have written the first limerick about our McGills. I can't find it even when I supersearch. The 'Don't Post' threads are such a mess. Her limerick should put her in a good spot with McGill's totally biased judges. I trust mudcatteers will be proud if Carol becomes Ms McGill 2001. Banjer wrote the second McGill limerick. He might have a good chance of winning Ms McGill 2002.

And yes, Spaw has a good point. You can visit most of Orillia's tourist sites in under 40 minutes. It shouldn't take four weeks but Carol needs more time. To win the title of Ms McGill, one must sit on a winter cold McGill and meditate. The longer a contestant sits the more likely that they will be picked a winners. Former winners have had tough exteriors.

Carol wrote that she would like to meet Canadian mudcatters on her visit. We should be able to get easily together with Toronto mudcattters. Clinton, you might split the drive and meet us at a Toronto gathering. I'm thinking of asking Jim if we can have a party at the Newmarket Corner Coffeeshop. It's just up the 404 from Rick's house. Ottawa and Godderich are a fair distance but eating hot Beaver Tails on the Rideau might be tempting. I'll write more about get togethers later. Today's a very bad day for writing. Post your ideas on meeting to this thread please.