July 7: Curve Lake First Nation

Today we went to Curve Lake

This morning, I woke up early and started reading my comic. 

After breakfast, we went to Curve Lake, which is a First Nation reserve close to where Aunty Lorraine and Uncle John live.

We went to church at Curve Lake with a bunch of Native ladies and a 91 year old man named Murray Whetung. He was nice. Aunty Lorraine played the piano at church. I sang and I like singing.

After church, we went across the road to a place called the Whetung Gallery.  There I found out that Aunty was exaggerating again, because she told me there was a fierce tribal cat and it was only a nice old pussy cat who liked to be petting but I couldn't pet him because dad said I would get allergic.

The Whetung Gallery was pretty big. It had two downstairs plus a big main area. I saw a lot of cool rocks, jewelry, and knives. There were also a lot of books, fake bow and arrows (which I got by the way and the guy said the rule was that you couldn't shoot the arrow at something bigger than you). There were lots of paintings, and sculptures, and moccasins, stuff made of fur, lots of Indian clothing, and lots of other stuff. 

After that we came home to Lakefield and had lunch and after lunch Aunty Lorraine and I looked at information about the Toronto Zoo, where we are going tomorrow. While I was looking at the information I accidentally snapped my retainer and it broke. This made me really sad. Aunty Lorraine and my dad fixed it with special glue for skin that you use instead of bandages. Now it feels better but I will have to get a new one.

Then we went for a long walk. We went with Uncle John and we went to see the bridge and locks in Lakefield close to Uncle John and Aunty Lorraine's house. We walked across the locks and we went downtown. While we went downtown it was getting late so Uncle John left without us to pick up food for supper and then we had to find our way home which took 15 or 20 minutes. Uncle John cooked supper, and then I did my journal, and now we have to go to bed, because tomorrow we are going to the Zoo and then we are going back to the airport to fly home.