Hey. Been a while. Been busy. All that vacation you know.
Jeannette and I took last week off and headed up to Lion's Head ('bout 45mins south of Tobermory). Her parents used to vacation up there when Nette was younger, so we decided it would be cool to see how much has changed. It's all new to me, but we had a great time.
Since it was before their summer rush, we had a nice quiet room in the motel. It had 2 double beds, a kitchen, desk, couch, etc. Nothing fancy, but right on the beach. We left TO on tuesday (Ball game on monday night kept us in town) and arrived at Jeannette's parents place in Belwood at about 4:00 pm I guess. Spent some time visiting and picking up the digi-cam. After dinner we booked it north and made Lion's head about 10-ish I guess.
I could have used the Hella 500 Driving Lights I got for my birthday (in May), but I never got around to installing them. Some of those long flat, dark stretches of road would have been obliterated had I had them. They project to 5900 ft. ! Anyway, got to the motel and crashed.
Wednesday we spent in Lion's head, which I think we walked across the entire town in about 20 minutes... And I thought Fergus was small! Nice, quiet town. Not much to do unless you own a boat I guess. Spent most of the day seeing all the sights that Nette remembered as a kid. Back to the hotel for World Cup Soccer! Go Deutschland!
Thursday we headed into Tobermory after passing the "big Wind Spinney Thingie"... i.e. the Ontario Power Gen. Wind Mill. That this is HUGE! Once we hit Toberymory we jumped onto a glass bottom boat and toured some of the shipwrecks in the area, then headed out to Flowerpot Island. The island has a number of neat things to visit including some cool rock formations, caves, and the Flowerpot Island Lighthouse and Fog Alarm station. Once the main entry into Georgian Bay from Lake Huron for shipping, it's now a tourist attraction. You can camp on the island and the hiking trail is about 4 km.
Friday we spent back in Lion's head, and the weather looked kinda threatening. We spent most of the Day on the patio reading and chillin' out. Walked the boardwalk and into the marina. Some nice boats at dock too.
Saturday we checked out and headed back into 'civilization'. Headed back down number 6 highway into fergus and back to Jeannette's Parents. The day was super awesome weather wise and I really wished I had an airplane to fly. Fred (Jeannette's dad) and I had an unfortunate incident with mother earth that left my plane in a state of disrepair. I have a new one on the go, and I need like a weekend to sit and finish it up. Needs to be covered and have the final assembly done...
I also got to watch the sail planes fly by as they regularily use the Corbett field for thermals. the Aurthur sail club and the belwood club are just stone's throws away. I've been seriously considereing trying to get my sailplane licence. I think it would be cool!
Sunday saw us heading back into the big bad city, just in time to play a double header of floor hockey in a non-air-conditioned school gym, which was a sauna by 4pm. We split the double header losing the first game, but winning the second.
Back to work on Monday. Things are slowing down a bit for Blowfish, but I think it's just that time of year. If anyone needs some design work, web work, or anything printed in the GTA, drop me a line.
Well... that's all for now. laters.
Germany beat Sweden in World Cup action today, becoming the first team into the round of 8. I've become totally engrossed in the World Cup this year. I've watched more soccer in the last few weeks, than I have EVER watched before. GO DEUTSCHLAND!
