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12 economist suntribune saturday august 31 2002 passport to advertising feature if the sounds of dolphins and whales keep you up at night its worth the drive to cottage country by bart card contributing travel editor horror stories of a friday afternoon heading north on hwy 400 baking under the hot sun and sucking in smog fumes courtesy of the bottleneck traffic ahead of us the stream of red brake lights appears endless as daylight turns to night thank goodness my cottage weekend trek begins by heading east to port perry before veering off toward ottawa and a reclu sive cove in ompah a tiny little speck on the map but three-and- ahalf hours from york region is worthy of a weekend respite in paradise everyone knows what cottage life is all about but when you really appreciate the appetite for weekend living is early in the morning walking down to the dock surveying the tranquil morning waters to my left is a beaver swim ming by breaking the mirrored glass appearance of the waters surface nearby a loon lands on the lake as the sun slowly etches above the horizon all of a sudden theres a giant splash i wipe the water from my eyes and soon realize its thunder my faithful golden retriever and best friend thunder lives for the water and dives in for his morning swim the first of many on this day as my wife sits on the dock relaxing and reading im often off in the bush chopping fire wood for the cool autumn nights that are unfortunately fast approaching but this particular morning its simply far too nice to be within the trees instead i grab hold of thunder and we are off in the boat for a fishing excur sion dressed in my tilleys vest and my favourite tilleys hat im hop ing theywill bring a little luck to my fishing rod to be honest in my lifetime ive only ever caught one fish in ompah a beautiful trout when i was just a 15-year- mam close your window only at the renaissance orlando resort at sea world located across the street from seaworld and adjacent to discovery cove we have the largest guest rooms in central florida an olympic size swimming pool tennis and basketball court game rooms 4 restaurants and 2 lounges on property contributing travel editor bart card stands by the water with his faithful golden retriever thunder while decked his tilleys garb for a funfilled day of fishing s edge out in old boy unfortunately my luck does not arrive this day but at least im comfortably dressed in my tilleys wear the children catch fish endlessly off the end of the dock i swear its always the same one and it is 40 years old the saddest part is leaving this all behind on sunday venturing back home is it worth it seven hours of driving on one week end indeed it is renaissance orlando resort at seaworld orlando florida wwwrcnais8ancehotelscom 6677 sea harbor drive orlando florida 32821 for reservations please call 18003276677 ier 25 26 and 27th markham fairgrounds 3 days of unlimited sales opportunities the home show with a difference featuring pet pavilion in the kitchen healthy lifestyle centre kidsmart building renovation interior design decor chouinard bros roofing aluminum windows call today to secure prime exhibit space at this sales building event 905 6421908 ext 232 18882117288 ext 232 wwwmarkhamhomeshowcom homes masrille ford yfifc m events manaoh publishing group fordlirmgolrsjsvt events management