07Jul2009

So I've just come back from a trip to Ontario. It was another trip to Goderich (you may recall some talk about this from a while ago... In this entry, to be precise... This time my grandmother just turned 95 years old (on Sunday). And it was less face time... but that's ok.

Anywho, got in to London, ON at about 4:20 p.m. on Friday evening. My parents were meant to be picking me up. No parents. Odd. So I waited, and they finally showed up about 20 mins later, explaining that it took them rather longer to get to London than they'd thought from Goderich - traffic and the like. My grandmother was with them in the car, which was fine... but she can't hear very well, and so it felt like I was shouting whenever I talked to her (this was a pattern for the weekend - the advantage being that if we wanted to talk about anything without her hearing, we just had to lower our voices a little).

She decided we needed to have dinner at this little truck stop about halfway between London and Goderich. It was ... um... food. Not great. Kind of sketchy, in fact, but it was super cheap. My fish and chips were only 7 bucks. But whatever, it was food, and after a day of airplane travel, it was welcome.

I'd decided to stay at a hotel this time, rather than at grandma's. Which was fine, but the walls were superthin and I could hear the conversations in the room next to me relatively well. Ah well. Could have been worse, I'm sure.

On Saturday I was up at 9, had a quick breakfast at the hotel (continental breakfast was included), and then went for a run. I decided to run the beach. My god. When you see this on your morning run, what else do you need?


Yup, it was pretty damn awesome. The afternoon was spent at a craft show with my parents, and out running errands.

Sunday I repeated the morning routine, this time taking my camera (hence the photos). The afternoon was spent at the Huron County Gaol, which I hadn't visited since I was a kid.


On a completely random note, I'd mentioned back a while ago that I'd not come across any cases of individuals being decapitated whilst being hanged.

Turns out that's a result of the 'innovation' of long-drop hangings (which happened after the time period that I studied). I learned one heck of a lot at the gaol.


So there ya go. If they used long-drop hanging on Saddam Hussein, quite possible and not at all fishy.

Anywho, this educational experience was followed by my grandmother's 95th birthday dinner at the White Carnation in Holmesville - a passable buffet. Afterwards, I went and attempted to capture some of the sunset over the lake...


'Twas lovely.