The second leg of our trip entailed leaving Orillia at 6:00 AM to head back to Toronto. It was so ea

The second leg of our trip entailed leaving Orillia at 6:00 AM to head back to Toronto. It was so early it was still dark out. Of course hubby needed to stop at Tim Hortons for his Timbits (aka donut holes). I grabbed this shot while sitting in line at the drive through window.
I was really excited that our hotel was two doors down from a Harvey's. Their veggie burgers are the best I've ever had and we don't have them in the states or western Canada boston to bermuda cruise so the last time I'd had one was four years ago when we were in Toronto.
We had some time to kill after lunch and hubby wanted to "drive around" for awhile. After having just spent four and a half hours in the car I was sick of being in the car and just wanted to hang out in our hotel room for a bit. Hubby loves being in the car. Remember he took that 22 days around North America road trip a few years ago where he drove about 12 hours a day to keep to his schedule?
Later that night we met up with Shel, one of hubby's best friends, for dinner at a place called Moxie's. It's a really hip restaurant with two locations in London. One was three doors down from our hotel but hubby still wanted to drive around more so we ate at the one in downtown. LOL
I had the Spinach Salad with Champagne Strawberries which consisted of ruby red grapefruit vinaigrette, fresh orange segments, warm herbed goat cheese and slivered almonds on flatbread. boston to bermuda cruise It was really delicious!
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A cute, custom painted smart car with red maple vinyl stickers we spotted in a parking lot one morning. There aren't a lot of them around but I definitely noticed more on the road here than in San Jose. Which makes sense. They've been available in Canada longer than in the United States.
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There's a river that runs through the park. It's called the North Thames River. The water level was pretty low but it still brought an abundance of wildlife as water always does so I spent a few minutes along the riverbank to see what I could see.
After my riverbank inspection we headed out along a walking trail to trek into downtown London for lunch. We spotted this tree and I told hubby to go stand in front of it and jump. I thought it would make a funny picture but it turned out being a pretty awesome picture. I think it was my favorite image from the whole day.
And this, this was pretty magical to me. We don't have chipmunks in California boston to bermuda cruise so I'd never seen one there or in Washington state where I grew up. We spotted one running through boston to bermuda cruise a parking lot in Gravenhurst when we went for the ferry ride last week but it was moving too fast to really get a good look at it.
So imagine my surprise when I spotted this little guy right off the walking path. It apparently has no fear of humans because it didn't mind at all that I stopped to take its picture. A real live chipmunk!
It walked straight up to me and climbed on my foot and started boston to bermuda cruise trying to climb up my leg! I think someone must have tamed it, maybe rescued and raised it when it was even younger, then tried to release it in the park. Which doesn't bode well for its survival because it is way too friendly for its own good. As cute it was the encounter left me a bit troubled worrying about its future odds of surviving in the wild.
There I found this rather interesting Gyokuro Green Tea which is considered to be the finest of all green teas according to the container it is kept it. I got 25 grams to try and if I like it can order more online as they ship to the states.
After lunch we walked back to Gibbons Park and parted ways with Shel. We stopped by a Starbucks and I had my first Starbucks and soy milk Cafe Mocha. It was great! I loved it! From now on when I have the option I'll be having soy milk mochas. boston to bermuda cruise Since arriving in Canada I've now had three more mochas bringing my lifetime total to seven.
That night we headed over to the White Oaks Mall for dinner. When in Canada hubby always has to have A W because the food in Canada is slightly different (he says better) than the food in the states. I looked at the mall's website and saw there was a restaurant called Cultures that was exactly the kind of place I would love.
We make all of our items from scratch everyday with the freshest and highest quality ingredients. Healthy choices and healthy living is no longer a trend - it is a way of life. Cultures is dedicated to offering boston to bermuda cruise light, nutritious and delicious foods to health-conscious customers. We carefully evaluate all of our products and recipes because we are passionate about great tasting food.
Hubby had his flame roasted hot dog, again, while standing boston to bermuda cruise in the rain as it began raining shortly after we arrived. I skipped the fair food because boston to bermuda cruise there was another treat I wanted to try after we left the fair.
For me the high point was seeing some Silkie roosters. These are the kind of chickens boston to bermuda cruise I want to get if I ever do have some backyard chickens. But I'll only have hens because roosters aren't legal to keep in the city and they don't lay eggs which is the whole reason I want a few chickens.
After the fair we went here to Twistee Treat. I'd seen it the night before on our drive to visit Shel and had to go back to try out a local specialty. Right? They do twisted soft ice cream flavors, I was on the verge of ordering banana and strawberry soft serve swirled together but instead boston to bermuda cruise decided to try a local specialty "Shaw's" hard ice cream's "Sweet and Salty Pretzel."
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