Cross Country Skiing at Wye Marsh

On Saturday my family and my girlfriend headed to Wye Marsh in Midland, Ontario to go cross country skiing and feed a few chickadees as well.

Feel free to check out last years and this years photos here.

Following the skiing, we headed out to visit the Trumpeter Swans that the Wye Marsh is breeding. The marsh is home to about one third of the endangered Trumpeter Swan population in Ontario. Below is Youtube video of the swans in action:

The Wye Marsh Cross Country Skiing for two is about fifty dollars which includes general admission and cross country ski rentals. Not bad for a nice day out with a picnic lunch packed.

Snowstorm of 2007

This morning I woke up expecting a winter wonderland of snow outside my window. Man was I sadly mistaken. All I saw was about two centemetres of snow outside and a few flakes falling.

I headed out to investigate the snowstorm during my work at Aurora United Church this morning. I did a lot of shovelling this morning of the Church's sidewalks and walkways. Later on it got much worse. Here is what downtown Aurora looked like between 10:00 A.M. and 12 Noon:


Yonge Street looking south from the corner of Mosely Street


Yonge Street looking north from the corner of Mosely Street


Yonge Street looking south from Church Street


Yonge Street looking north from the corner of Church Street

There was, of course, lots of idiots on the road. The real question for these drivers was "why are you on the road in the worst snowstorm in recent memory?"

There was, as you can see from the pictures, reduced visibility and even whiteouts on Yonge Street in downtown Aurora. The commute on the way into work tomorrow morning will be interesting.

Just a nice dinner at Jonathan's

Last night, my girlfriend and I headed out to dinner to Jonathan's Fine Food in Aurora.

When we entered the restaurant the two of us were seated quickly. We read over the menu and our waitress came within five minutes to inquire about our drink order. Another three minutes passed and our food order was taken. Ten minutes after our order was taken our food arrived and our server double checked to see if there was anything else she could get for us. Great and timely service is what I've come to expect from Jonathan's.

The food was good to. Everything was neatly prepared in a decent sized portions. I left the restaurant feeling quite content and not hungry or wondering what I got for money.

The Souvlaki dinner was well prepared and is one of the better ones we have had in the Aurora. The Chicken club was interesting considering it was served on a keyser bun instead of using bread. This was a pleaseant surprise as I was expecting the sandwich to be made out of either white or whole wheat. The sandwhich came with a bottle of ketchup and mainaise so the patron can add as much or as little of these two condiments as they wanted. Nonetheless the club sandwhich with fries was well prepared and presented.

The bill came to just over $23.00 and was delivered relatively shortly after our server came to clear our plates off after our dinner.

We most definately will be returning as both of us know we can rely on Jonathan's for good food and service.

Useful Idea

Ever wonder how to keep your bag of half eaten potato chips from going stale? Most people use what they call a bag clip that keeps the top of the bag from unravelling. Too cheap or environmentally friendly to even consider using a bag clip?

Kudos to this guy!