Monday, July 18, 2011

Ontario, Ontario and more Ontario!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by, already 5 days since my last post and nearly 3 weeks since I left home. At first I was flying through the provinces but since I hit Ontario I have slowed to a crawl, or so it feels like it as it is so large! Since I left off  I have gone from "The Sue", Sault Ste Marie,ON to the itsy bitsy town of Webbwood, ON where I stayed with a family from the "Mennonite Your Way" directory. From Webbwood I went to Sudbury, ON and visited Science North and the giant nickel and went down into the mines. After Sudbury I was in Midland, ON where I went on another cruise, this time the 30,000 island cruise. I tried to stay at Awenda Provincial Park my first night in Midland, but I couldn't get through to them ahead of time and by the time I got there Saturday night all 333 sites were full, so another night at Walmart. The next day after being put on a wait list and going through "roll call", I made it in and that is where I set up camp last night. Of course there was a big thunder and lightening storm and it poured rain, so I ended up moving into my car for the night and rolling up a wet tent in the morning, but it was a beautiful park. Tree upon tree. While I was there I made use of their beach, which, has NOTHING on Okanagan beaches. The water was murky and full of sharp rocks so that you had to wear your sandals in the water. The sand was nice though, and I may have gotten a little pink on bits that haven't seen as much sun as my arms and legs!
Today I arrived in Toronto, ON and I was overwhelmed at first. I spent more money here in the first hour than I have in at least 2 days combined anywhere else. First of all just for parking, where the attendant told me I had to move everything from view or my windows would be smashed. I definitely felt a pang for home in that moment! Things turned around though, when I met a nice girl in my room, Catrine from Denmark. We wandered around town together and when I told her about my plans for Medieval Times, she was totally game to go which made it so much more fun than if I had gone on my own. It was an amazing experience! I caught a rose from our knight and the food was all eaten with our hands, it was delicious!
Tomorrow Catrine and I plan to go the CN Tower first thing and then maybe go for a city tour on a bus that goes right from driving into the water. We shall see what tomorrow brings!

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