October 2000

Closing Time

by Paul Rush

The dock is hauled, the pipes are drained, and the heart’s a little heavy. End-of-season reflections on the rituals of fall.

Privy Eye 

by David Cameron

As chairman of the Outhouse Preservation Society, photographer Sherman Hines has taken more than a few pot shots.

At Your Surface 

by Gary Walchuk

Here’s a hard-working cottage coffee table that supports your feet, mugs, mags, and games in style.

Auto Pilot 

by Lee Oliver

Trapped on the slow road to heaven? At 4,500 feet above cottage country, traffic reporter Russ Holden knows where the jams are and how you can avoid them.

Out-Of-This-World Wedgies and a Doggy Bag for Beauregard

by /Diane Forrest

We called for cottagers’ favourite stops, and you answered. Presenting your top roadside respites.

• The right rope for the job 
• Oscar Peterson plays a cottage tune 
• When to cut down a tree 
• Real estate: Lake Kashagawigamog 
• Cottage classic: old towels 
• The bear caterpillar 
• Cottage Cook: Thanksgiving turkey on the grill