{"id":30630,"date":"2026-08-30T01:19:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T06:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/?p=30630"},"modified":"2026-08-30T01:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T06:19:37","slug":"oshkosh-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abelfamily.ca\/wordpress\/oshkosh-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Oshkosh Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The last weekend of July is the Oshkosh Weekend due to Oshkosh Air Show which I would attend every second year or so. Even when not attending the air show, we usually travelled on the Oshkosh weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year we didn’t travel far but packed quite a lot into 4 days in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael, Nancy and AJ Visit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They visited Niagara Falls a couple of years ago (click here<\/a> to review) and we spent an enjoyable few hours over a couple of days including a visit to Casa Loma which we haven’t visited in a very long time. Thanks for visiting, we hope that we will see you again soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel free to expand the photos below by clicking on any of them, that will allow you to skip from photo to photo using the arrow keys. As usual, photos that appear in the blog are degraded, to view the photos in their proper resolution, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On their way home, Michael, Nancy and AJ stopped at the wonderful African Lion Safari and traversed the newly opened Gordie Howe Bridge. They sent some photos; have a look here<\/a>. As usual, I have done no photo editing nor is any required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Angelo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angelo is both a close and highly respected friend who was the best man at our wedding. Sadly we fell out of touch for quite a long time. Luckily Angelo spotted me on Classmates.com and contacted me a couple of months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By amusing coincidence, Angelo is working at our old high school which made our meeting doubly nostalgic. We met during the Oshkosh Weekend for a wonderful couple of hours reminiscing about high school days. I’m sure that we will remain in touch for a long time to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lillian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1990 was an enormously consequential year in our family history. In April, Samantha was born, in August, I accepted an offer to join the opening team of the Moscow Aerostar Hotel. In September, I travelled to Moscow and in November, Mumtaz and Sam joined me. Lillian was one of the few executives in place before I arrived. She was a colleague and friend and we navigated a great many challenges during my time in Moscow. Some time ago, I found out that Lillian was living in LA (London Area in Ontario). We don’t get out there that often but we kept in touch. Recently Lillian and husband John moved to Toronto so we met during the Oshkosh Weekend for a delightful couple of hours reminiscing about our days in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shakespeare in the Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ended the festivities with a performance of Twelfth Night in the open air amphitheater at High Park as proposed by friend and colleague Maureen and joined by friend and colleague Ellen. Years ago, we found a couple of portable chairs which we stored in our suitcase closet; finally, a good use for them, the amphitheater requires that you bring your own chair. So, we opened chair 1 and it deployed perfectly. When we opened chair 2 a disconnected cascade of broken chair parts cascaded out. So, I had to rent a chair which when deployed, put me at the level of everyone else’s feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weather was fine, the staging of the play was actually brilliant and the performances were very good indeed and the audience was enthusiastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the performance, as I struggled to get out of the rental chair by rolling to the right, Mumtaz slowly rolled uncontrollably to the left. It took a while for us both to get upright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All that said, the evening was a smashing success which was a fitting end to a very busy and successful Oshkosh weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are Maureen’s photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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