King Size Bedbugs

 

Well, third day of a five day trip and can hardly wait until it is the sixth day of the five day trip.

Don’t get me wrong, northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful… northern Ontario is beautiful…

Too much of anything gets boring really, really fast. Plus, the number of people that can be taxed to improve the roads and services is pretty small so they do the best they can do. It is a process. I imagine it will be a decade or two until there are enough charging stations to drive an electric car from sea to shining sea.

It has been a long day. Mind you, I guess anyone that starts their day in Winnipeg gets to say that every day. I have a feeling the same will apply to Thunderbay. On the plus side, three fifths of the trip out has been accomplished and now we know what hotel won’t be getting any more business from us. I know that COVID has given the hospitality industry a nut punch and I am willing to overlook certain things that are an expense which were allowed to slide until the cash started to flow again. No wifi because the hotel is full is just bullshit. They seem to have wifi at the front desk to take reservations and credit cards. Oh well, I do have a book and I could talk to Louise, but I suspect that after a full day of driving with me in the car, she is less than willing to chat.

Tomorrow the destination is Sault Ste. Marie. Hopefully it will be a day without the sporadic rains that were the norm today and that the hotel there will have wifi and I will be able to post this then. Good news for me, bad news for anyone reading this drivel.

At least we have a king size bed. The hope is that we don’t have king size bedbugs. I live to dream…

PICTURE THAT

 Toronto Trip September 2022

We are driving to visit Maegan and Ryan in their new house. It has been quite a while since we have been in Ontario and are looking forward to seeing Maegan in her natural habitat. 

I remember when the kids were young and my mom and dad came out west to visit us. They were always welcome of course but there was always some stress. Anytime that more than two adults shave a home the dynamics get very complicated. I missed my parents and couldn’t figure out why they visited so seldom. I mean, it was much easier for them to come to us than for us to load up the kids and travel to them. Now I understand.

I have become the age they were and find that my world has condensed and continues to shrink. I suppose that my world will eventually consist of memories and pain control. I am very comfortable in the world I have created and resist change. At home I don’t have change, but travelling is change by its very definition. I don’t particularly enjoy driving and paying hundreds of dollars for gas and lodging over days just seems crazy. However, this trip is the right thing to do and I am trying to enjoy it.

We just drove thru Winnipeg for the first time in fifty years and I now remember that fifty years hasn’t been nearly long enough. The only plus is that it isn’t winter or mosquito season, meaning that I have managed to hit a two week window.

Also for the first time in fifty years we are driving the trip entirely within Canada. Our last trip left  a bad taste in our mouths and the rest of our bodies. Yes, it is a very beautiful country but it is also a very large beautiful country. I wish I could say that we have gotten the worst of the trip done, but that would be a lie. The worst (and most beautiful) begins tomorrow and carries on for the next two and a half days. 

I am excited by the possibilities the trip will bring me.

Oh, I have somehow forgotten to bring my two camera battery chargers so there will come a time when that perfect photo presents itself and I will be holding a dead camera. Thankfully, I do have my cell phone camera and Louise did remember to bring her charging cables.

Picture that.