Stayner - A Little Town Where Very Polite and Kind Folks Live

The downtown street in Stayner, Ontario

We have been to Collingwood many times for skiing trips and for summer vacation.

On our way to Collingwood, we always drive past Stayner but we were always in such a hurry that we never had time to stop and enjoy this small Canadian town.

Lots of interesting shops

Today, Hanna and I visited a friend in Stayner and we took advantage of a more leisurely day and spent a little more time around town.

Beautiful historic buildings in Stayner

We left Toronto around 10:30 a.m.and had a nice smooth drive on highway 400 going towards Barrie, turning into highway 27 and arriving at Stayner around 12:00p.m.

My yummy brisket sandwich at Friends' Bar and Grill

 We were greeted by a beautiful downtown street draped with Canadian flags on its street lamp posts.






What surprised us were the choices of local restaurants we had. There were a number of restaurants right downtown:   Friends - a bar and grill restaurant, a cafe place,  and Jongs Chinese Restaurant.

A  store selling locally made wooden furniture and crafts items

A little further down, there were more eatery: a Tim Horton, a pizza place, a local diner and a take out place.

                                                                                



We really enjoyed browsing in some of the woodworking and local craft shops.

As we came out of one store and trying to decide which would be the next store we should go, we did not realize that we were standing in the middle of the road.

Beautiful historic buildings line the main street of Stayner

We were smack in the middle of the road and there was a lineup of vehicles waiting to proceed.  The drivers from the oncoming traffic on both sides waited patiently for us smiling and waving at us to cross the road!

There was no honing, no rude finger gestures nor road rage; something quite common in a big city under the same circumstance!

The owner of this tricycle used a ribbon to secure it to a post

A little later, we bought a couple of things from the stores and were putting them into the our car.

We noticed there was a tricycle tied to a lamp post with a ribbon!
 We were looking at this ribbon and amazed that someone used this flimsy ribbon to secure the his/ her tricycle.

A couple of young men walked by us and asked if we needed help to load this tricycle into our car! Another random act of kindness displayed by the inhibitions of Stayner!  Barely been in this little town for a few hours, we experienced the kindness and politeness of the residents here.

Wow! With pleasant people,  a quiet little town with interesting shops, big open space and fresh air,  Stayner is a  nice place to live and work, and to retire!

R.T.
Stayner, Ontario