Timmins Road Trip Recap

Spent the past weekend up in Timmins ON with family. I've never been there, so it was nice to get away and see a different part of this province/country.

Before we got there on Friday, they had a pretty big forest fire nearby where the water bombers were picking up their water on the lake right in front of my relatives house. My uncle had several videos of the planes going right over his house that he showed us when we got there. On Friday afternoon, the fire had sparked up again and a few of the water bombers made a few passes over the lake to get some water for the fire.

I have some videos of the planes on the lake, but not sure how to upload it. Here's a link of someone's video from the day before.

Water Bomber over Porcupine


On Saturday we went up to Cochrane ON to see Polar Bears at an exhibition. On our way we saw a bear cub on the side of the road. We also say another on the way back at a different spot. Cool to see live bears on the side of the road, but no way was I getting out of my truck for a close up.

At the Polar Bear site, there is a wading pool that you can go into and "swim" with the Polar Bear while he/she eats. The pool is separated by a thick glass, so there is no danger of being attacked/eaten by the bear. It felt pretty amazing being inches from a polar bear.

Then on Sunday, we went out the the Timmins Airport and since my uncle works there, we managed to get right on the tar mat to see the water bombers.

And my kids and I went up into the plane and saw all the controls.

They also had an opportunity to see the "Bird Dog" plane, which is the lookout plane for the bombers at the fire site.

Later that day we went to a Provincial park for the rest of the day and enjoyed the beautiful weather we had.

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend, full of life experiences for everybody.

New York, New York Part II

Well we all survived the weekend! No muggings, attacks, 3-card monty scams, celebrity sightings, or bad weather. All in all it was a great weekend. What made it even better is that the Giants won, breaking their 4-game losing streak. I don't have any pictures at the moment (on my home compy), so I can't post anything.

The friends who came with us were totally amazed, as they had never been there. I would highly recommend visiting it if you ever get the chance. I know I'll be back.

Now back to work so that I can relax again.

New York, New York

Start spreading the news. I'm leaving today. I want to be part of it...
 
Heading to New York City this weekend for a pre 40th birthday celebration. Going to watch the Giants break their 4 game losing streak. Will post more after the weekend.

Vacation, Renos and Stitches

Well I'm back to work after being off for 12 days (including weekends) and what an interesting week+ it was. The plan was to paint 4 rooms and fix up our 2nd bathroom (new floor, window frame and light fixtures). Well everything was going well until I thought it would be great to slice the top part of my thumb. After spending 5 hours in Emergency I left with 5 stitches and a partially torn tendon. That kinda put a halt to the renos for a few days. The wife managed to finish the floor in the bathroom and she did a wonderful job, then we hired someone to finish the window frame and I finished all the painting once everybody else was done.

So even though there was a setback, all work was completed before coming back to work. Now I get to rest a bit.

On a side note, I did weigh myself the other day and only gained 1 lbs during the month, which had over 2 weeks of holidays and not juicing everyday. Overall I'm still down 6 lbs since I started juicing, so that is good. I didn't get the chance to check out my blood pressure or waist size, but I will at some point this month.

Holidays

Just got back from being on holidays for a week, and in a way, I'm glad to be back on a set routine. I missed taking my measurements last week, and in a way, don't want to know. After a week plus of eating bad and hardly juicing, I feel like I've gained weight. I'm going to wait until the end of the month before checking out my numbers. This way I can give myself a chance to maybe lose some of the extra pounds first.

Back to juicing tomorrow, after I get some groceries. Now to do some work!