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Oh, Canada
Well, so much to update on. Quick run-down: first week spent at Heather's cottage at McKellar Lake, with Kurt, Gaelene and baby Connor; back to Toronto on Monday, to Toronto Zoo on Tuesday with Mary-Jane, Sarah and Abigail; lazy day on Wednesday, mostly spent playing Yu-Gi-Oh! on Angel's GBA; Canada's Wonderland on Thursday with Joy, Tim, Shawna, Neil and Kent; rest day on Friday; Marineland and Niagara Falls on Saturday with Heather and Kent.
The cottage was lovely as always, although the weather got worse as the week progressed, so it was less favourable for fishing. Angel had plenty of fun swimming, paddling around in the tube, and fishing. Baby Connor is very sweet, but not very interactive yet - mostly eating and sleeping at this stage. Heather made it up after work on Thursday, and Shawna and Neil came up on Saturday, so the weekend was a full house and great fun.
We were meant to be going up to Elgin on the weekend to stay with Arthur and his family, but decided to stay at the cottage so we could see Shawna and Neil, as they had a busy schedule and we weren't sure we'd see them again. Instead, Mary Jane drove down with Sarah and Abbey on Monday, and Angel and Abbey started a production line of jewelry from a kit that Angel had bought at the Dollarama in Parry Sound. We went to the Zoo on Tuesday, where half the stuff was closed, but we had fun anyway. The highlight for me was the orangutans, who could have been any average family stuck inside a cage with orange hairsuits on.
Midge and the girls had to get back on Wednesday, so we had a rest day as we had Wonderland planned for Thursday. Canada's Wonderland is a Paramount-owned theme park with more rides than I can remember Disney ever having; there must have been 10 rollercoasters and another 10 other rides, plus a water park and a kid's area. Tim was up for all the rides, and after a shaky start, Angel followed him, and by the end of the day was a self-proclaimed expert.
Friday was a another rest day, and yesterday we went south to Niagara Falls and nearby Marineland, where we checked out all the wildlife before Angel had to go on all the rides. After doing Minebuster at Wonderland (the world's longest wooden coaster) she of course had to go on Dragon Mountain (world's longest steel coaster). The belugas were amazing, such serene-looking creatures and amazingly playful and quick for their size.
Today's been another rest day, although I've been trying to get all Angel's possessions in one place so we don't leave anything behind. As she's bought so much stuff, we may need to buy another bag to put it all in.
Photos up at http://picasaweb.google.com/barry.delarosa and on facebook.
The cottage was lovely as always, although the weather got worse as the week progressed, so it was less favourable for fishing. Angel had plenty of fun swimming, paddling around in the tube, and fishing. Baby Connor is very sweet, but not very interactive yet - mostly eating and sleeping at this stage. Heather made it up after work on Thursday, and Shawna and Neil came up on Saturday, so the weekend was a full house and great fun.
We were meant to be going up to Elgin on the weekend to stay with Arthur and his family, but decided to stay at the cottage so we could see Shawna and Neil, as they had a busy schedule and we weren't sure we'd see them again. Instead, Mary Jane drove down with Sarah and Abbey on Monday, and Angel and Abbey started a production line of jewelry from a kit that Angel had bought at the Dollarama in Parry Sound. We went to the Zoo on Tuesday, where half the stuff was closed, but we had fun anyway. The highlight for me was the orangutans, who could have been any average family stuck inside a cage with orange hairsuits on.
Midge and the girls had to get back on Wednesday, so we had a rest day as we had Wonderland planned for Thursday. Canada's Wonderland is a Paramount-owned theme park with more rides than I can remember Disney ever having; there must have been 10 rollercoasters and another 10 other rides, plus a water park and a kid's area. Tim was up for all the rides, and after a shaky start, Angel followed him, and by the end of the day was a self-proclaimed expert.
Friday was a another rest day, and yesterday we went south to Niagara Falls and nearby Marineland, where we checked out all the wildlife before Angel had to go on all the rides. After doing Minebuster at Wonderland (the world's longest wooden coaster) she of course had to go on Dragon Mountain (world's longest steel coaster). The belugas were amazing, such serene-looking creatures and amazingly playful and quick for their size.
Today's been another rest day, although I've been trying to get all Angel's possessions in one place so we don't leave anything behind. As she's bought so much stuff, we may need to buy another bag to put it all in.
Photos up at http://picasaweb.google.com/barry.delarosa and on facebook.
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I passed my theory test today with no problems - 35/35 on the test itself, but only 54/75 on the hazard perception part, which is a bit dumb really. I lost 5 points because of one stupid clip; you are driving down a country lane, there's a farm, and almost immediately you spot a horse and rider (click) and they are moving along quite erratically (click) and as you draw closer it's obvious the horse is out of control (click) and of course by the time you approach it it swerves across the road (click) - and then the clip ends. You've been clicking pretty much through the whole thing so of course the software thinks you've just been clicking randomly... dumb.
As my PC's away (not fatal this time, just an odd problem with the graphics cards, so I sent it back to the company I bought it from - should be back soon) I've been out in the garden a bit to help Mum. There's a bit round the back of the garage where she's been dumping garden waste for ages, but the problem is the bank is so steep there and the people who came to look at fixing the bank to stop erosion, have said that it's actually making the problem worse. So I've been trying to clear away years of rotted down garden waste, and uncovered the original path and a pile of rubble, all mixed up and a pain to move because of the gradient.. Anyway, good exercise and a few brownie points with Mum.
Not so fussed about the PC going as I've been getting a bit bored with Vanguard recently - too few people (as ever) but as my Ranger gets closer to lvl 50 there's little I can do solo. And my Main is pretty much just a crafter now, which is tedious as hell. Lvl 38 but I can't see myself grinding up to 50 at the moment. So, I might just wait until the big server merge they've been promising for so long - or I may get into the beta program for either Tabula Rasa or Pirates of the Burning Seas, which looks gorgeous. In any case, a rest from Vanguard is in order. So to that end I've bought a couple of new books - The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross, and Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon. I've run out of Iain M. Banks novels so I asked the nice girl in Waterstones for a couple of recommendations.
I passed my theory test today with no problems - 35/35 on the test itself, but only 54/75 on the hazard perception part, which is a bit dumb really. I lost 5 points because of one stupid clip; you are driving down a country lane, there's a farm, and almost immediately you spot a horse and rider (click) and they are moving along quite erratically (click) and as you draw closer it's obvious the horse is out of control (click) and of course by the time you approach it it swerves across the road (click) - and then the clip ends. You've been clicking pretty much through the whole thing so of course the software thinks you've just been clicking randomly... dumb.
As my PC's away (not fatal this time, just an odd problem with the graphics cards, so I sent it back to the company I bought it from - should be back soon) I've been out in the garden a bit to help Mum. There's a bit round the back of the garage where she's been dumping garden waste for ages, but the problem is the bank is so steep there and the people who came to look at fixing the bank to stop erosion, have said that it's actually making the problem worse. So I've been trying to clear away years of rotted down garden waste, and uncovered the original path and a pile of rubble, all mixed up and a pain to move because of the gradient.. Anyway, good exercise and a few brownie points with Mum.
Not so fussed about the PC going as I've been getting a bit bored with Vanguard recently - too few people (as ever) but as my Ranger gets closer to lvl 50 there's little I can do solo. And my Main is pretty much just a crafter now, which is tedious as hell. Lvl 38 but I can't see myself grinding up to 50 at the moment. So, I might just wait until the big server merge they've been promising for so long - or I may get into the beta program for either Tabula Rasa or Pirates of the Burning Seas, which looks gorgeous. In any case, a rest from Vanguard is in order. So to that end I've bought a couple of new books - The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross, and Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon. I've run out of Iain M. Banks novels so I asked the nice girl in Waterstones for a couple of recommendations.
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