Portable Shelagh

Greetings from Ontario!

The only thing more exciting than an adventure is an unplanned adventure. On Thursday, we were given an opportunity to travel to Ontario. We jumped on it. I begged and pleaded for the days off to make the trip and as a result of the worlds greatest boss, I got the days off.

The plan was to have a 2 day trip, with a return on the red eye on Saturday night. Mother Nature decided that we needed to experience more of Ontario. Planning and winter are not good travel partners.

On Saturday we drove to Kingston Ontario to visit my sister in law. We really wanted to surprise her so we showed up unannouced. As we stood on her door step looking at a doorbell that was not in working order and an ineffectual attempt to knock on the door, we called. After 3 minutes of convincing her that we were actually on her doorstep, she finally let us in.

Our plan was to spend the afternoon with her and then head back into Toronto to catch our flight.... too bad our flight was cancelled. The next flight that I could find that wasn't executive class was the Red Eye Monday night. So our few hour visit turned into a few day visit instead. After some scattering to extend our kittysitters and a trip to the mall to buy more underwear, we settled in for a nice visit.

We are just now getting ready to head back into Toronto for dinner with a friend before heading to the airport. Looks like we are going to hit Toronto at 5 PM. I'm sure the traffic will remind me how much I love Halifax and our offensively polite drivers, respect for speed limits and rush hour traffic that means you have to wait a light for one complete light cycle.

On-Board GPS Navigation is absolutely the best invention since clumpable kitty litter. Anyways, the next post will be from Nova Scotia! Cross your fingers for us!!