An interesting trip and other wired things...

things are the same as usual, and summer is amazeballs!!

took a trip to parry sound area back in June and loved it... I fell into the lake...

here's the story:

middle of June me and my sister (seen in background pic)travel up to a cottage, near lost channel Ontario. we're just here to drop off some kayaks, enjoy some summer sun. We drive 4.5 hours starting at 8:30am (while staying off major highways (401/400). We stopped at many places and had many washroom breaks and gas breaks too!!  

We stopped at the CFB Borden Base, unlike most forces bases that are blocked by a gate and they won't let the general public in but this one is a dormant and only a ground-based force as the airport has closed for many years... We thought we'd go into the museum at the forces base, but it was closed on a Monday!! took some pics of the planes and helicopter outside the museum. 

Hours passed and then we arrived and had seen that (and remembered as well)that parry sound had two airports, 1) parry sound municipal  2) the water one further into the town. We decided since it was open and not far to it so we went and viewed the location and then went in to get a coffee or something... Iand t had a burger and my sister had a coffee, (which unbeknownst to me I didn't know she was just coming in for a coffee and if I had known that I would have ordered just a drink!!).

Not much action at the airport, just a few planes and few people passing by!

After an hour or so we get back in the car and are only an hour or so away from this cottage, and we stop into parry sound for some supper supplies I go into Sobeys and Traci goes into the Canadian Tire, both of us getting stuff for supper and other supplies, I come out of Sobeys and am hoping my sister (Traci) will be ready to get back in the car but shes not in the car waiting (she has the keys!!)  and while I'm waiting in near 25+ *C weather I see my sister coming out and then talks to someone who has an SUV parked in a weird way and I go over to ask her whats this about and it was someone who drove over a piece of wood or something... we were able to get her some CAA tuck to help her get back to home...

When we saw that she was ok, we headed towards the cabin. An hour on the highways was nice, a good change of scenery. After we arrived at the cabin, we proceeded to unpack all the stuff we had and moved into the cabin. It was 5-6pm and we decided to sit on the (wobbly) deck and enjoy a beer. We tried to work out how to drink beer as we had these mosquito nets on our heads. I found if you lift it a few times you can fit your beer and not have to worry about the mosquitos!!

After hanging out and drinking a beer we thought it would be better to jump into the kayaks that were on the roof the last few hours. it was hard getting into them ourselves, but we got in them still having or mosquitos nets on. We paddle nearly 1/3 of the whole river/lake and then decide it's getting late and there might be a storm and we head back, on getting near the dock and getting out I went to wave at the boater who had cut his engines to do some trolling and I wanted to wave to him and turned to mush and that's where I fell in, with my jeans sweater and all the fixings. That's what I had on me, but I'm glad that I didn't have the cell phone or wallet as I may have lost those in the splash into the water. So we swam/kayaked to a nearby dock I got out and omg I was soaked to the bone!! What was I doing with jeans and a sweater on you ask? it was getting somewhat late in the afternoon just turning into the evening and I wanted to wear something warm and when we made the decision to go kayaking I never changed into anything else.

That night we had some pizza made from some dought we (earlier in the trip) were used to cool and chill some foodstuffs, it wasn't until later in the trip we realized it was pizza dough. Fast forward to the evening and we made some small pizzas out of what we had and spent time reading and chatting and listening to the radio. My clothes spent the night in the closet.

We wake up the next morning to head back to my home and eventually my sis would go back to her place. My clothes even in the night didn't get much drier so when I woke up I put them in the hot sun, it only took a few half hours to dry. When they dried we were on our way back home. We drove to parry sound which we found a place to park near the smelting wharf and found a trail which, in the years I've been in parry sound (10 years ago, and much much long ago) had never occurred to me a nice walking trail existed (its called fitness trail, runs from salt dock road, past the Waubuno park/beach, and past some cottages before heading to the more downtown part of Pary Sound. From there we walked to find a patio to watch planes and enjoy some food, we settled on a new establishment called the "Flight Deck Grill" and so we went to it and had some amazing food!! You are like 10 feet from the planes and able to relax and eat food!

After eating till the cows come home we headed out and on the highway, we only stop once and a while for gas and restrooms, etc. Within a few half hours, we are in sight of Barrie, where we normally turn off the highway south of Barrie and we have a back way to get home but there was a crash and the road we wanted off from 400 was closed, so we drove to 401, and then because she had to work the next day and couldn't get me back to my place o stayed at her place for the night, wherein the middle of the next day my dad picked me up and we went home...and I've been home ever since!!

End of story!

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Some updates...

Did you notice im not posting much?? I havent been around to say hello much or to post here..well thats gonna change.  Ive been not that busy just have almost forgotten to check back here again...   Life is goung well and just continuing to do my daily stuff...im sorry i havent posted in a while...    

2018: Year in Review

ok so 2018 is very close to grinding to a halt, here are some small tidbits of what I did during the year that was 2018.

January: New Years Eve/Day

February:Winter and Nothing Big

March: In Hospital with Flu like symptoms

April: Ski trip to canmore and a visit with the bro./Snow Melts

May: Rolling grass and starting to cut, and hopped on reddit bandwaggon

June:biking alot

July: Canada Day/Biking rest of month

my friend visited me and a we stayed at my sisters house for 2-3 days.

volunteered at the folk festival in ingersoll for the 19th one they have ever had.

we lost survivor, we couldnt find him and our neighbor just so happened to have seen him running around their yard and late at night we found him again. He was limping and hurting but he seemed to heal pretty quick, most of the months ahead leading to a point where he regained composure to walk again and put pressure on his hind leg and go back to normal.

I happened to ask my neighbor on twitter and she said she had found him and i was so happy..to see him alive again was such a relef...heres my chat on twitter

"Darren: Hey Karen do you have an all brown cat over there.. we are missing survivor.....





Neighbor:Darren did u get my note? Doug saw survivor yesterday at our place late pm. He was limping.




Darren:We found him thanks for that

Neighbor:I am so glad! Is he ok?




Darren:Yes..still limping but will be ok I was so thinking we lost him for good




Neighbor: Oh good glad he is ok!!!!"

 

August: biking alot

September:still hot and able to bike

October:thanksgiving with traci;s friend's daughters and friend after they went camping up north. It was really warm and we were able to toss a frisbee despite it being so warm.

November:a sad month, we did the normal rememberence day ceremony and had lunch. A few weeks later survivor passed. It was a blow to the system that really hurt alot of us. I have a special mentions at the end of this.

trying biking in winter for first time, post a video on youtube about

December: so far in the 7 days weve had this month, nothing big has happened except for the passing of U.K (and i dont me the kingdom). U.K one morning had blood coming out of his mouth and we took him in and he seemed to be feeling better but as we left him in the vet he succumed to cancer the vet said and they had to put him/her down.been a tough year so far..


Special Mention

This year had been one of the toughest from the heart kind of year,where things just happen out of nowhere, like the passage of survivor. Survivor had a tough upbringing as instead of he was moved from his family and never seen them again and they still live, no. Survivor was born when all of his family perished and were hanging from the rafters. He lived a life and survived a heck of alot of run ins among other things. I was not looking forward to him passing at all though i knew he had to be close to 10 years or more.

Then in U.K's case he had been around for many years and had been more of a tomcat than anything. He lived a happy life and kinda misses cruiser since he/she left/vanished a few years ago. He still had his claws front and rear and had only had a few clippings in his life. He was named u.k because my brother was living there at one point and also because its kind of an ugly cat. I dont see that resemblance and wasnt the one to start calling or naming that..


Yoda still lives and is the last of the mohicans to say the least. There once was four original cats that came to this place near 2007-2008 and that was yoda,survivor,uk and cruiser, and now she lives alone in this house truly missing  her freind survivor.

 Rest in Peace 

Survivor 2007ish-2018
UK- Same-2018

Life is ok

  I hope this helps to pass the time...

An update on life in Ontario

How has life been the last few months, it's been ok. 

Been reminiscing of Banff and that girl again. I know it sounds stupid when I cry over her but it isn't that I love or need here in any loving way..I'm just a little sad/mad that we aren't friends anymore and we can't talk to each other anymore. It's tough, but I'm getting through it one  step at a time.  I am not crying as hard as I once was but I'm still sad we aren't friends going through good and bad times.

Anyways you're welcome for the update..

2017: Year of Review

January: New Years was good

February: another valentines alone (but hanging with family)

March: spring came and went. 

April: birthday, good birthday

May: within the first or two weeks of May my dad had gone out to Banff to ski fir a few days. Me and traci tried to meet up with dad but got swamped with water in the house, it was really pouring down. Had to vacuum it all out and stuff..

June: lots of things that happened in June and one incident I dont want to talk about. But on the good side we snagged one of the last few Canada 150 flags off the shells before July 1st 

Bluejays game day before Canada day, was home by 3am  an slept in till like 11:30

Bought a bike, somewhere in June or July spent each day biking. 

July: Canada day, was a sleep day as we had come from the bjays game the night before ^^.

August:somewhere in between August and November I spent everyday on the bike, unlike when it rained. When I couldn't get out and bike

September: more biking and chores. 

We cleared the basement when Ryan and Jess visited,

October:more biking and chores

November:putting away bikes, and getting ready for winter.

December. Xmas came and went..

Have a great holiday time and hope your 2018 turns out well

So long and I haven't posted

life is well in Ontario right now

so whats new man!!!

well i have been busy!!!

were into 2017 by a bit

i am so sorry to have left you in the dust my 2-3 followers that i have. I havent been that busy i just have other ways to blog such as tumblr which makes me wonder how the heck i have been able to stay here and makes me think i should leave this blog because i have more blog followers there than i do here. Im still thinking there are lots of viewers here but maybe more there? i really dont want to move this blog or close it.

I started this blog back in 2004 or so. I left it unused and then in 2006 found a real name for it and called it livinginbanffnow.blogspot.com and used it as an active daily dose to talk about the town and then when i decided to move home id call it living in ontario now and its been like that since 2008 or so.

I dont think i am gonna close down my blog (this one most likely) ill just add that you can see more up to date blogs on tumblr. I think its darrenvox.tumblr.com and its got some great posts there and i stated that in the last half of 2015 or start of 2016 and i hoped to blog as much as possible


thanks for viewing this blog over the years, even if you followed. And what i miss so much about the blogging thing is the MEME's like the 20 things that are in youre room or where are you? and stuff

anyways ill talk to you all later

2016 the year that was

January,
Celebrating New Year's Day at home, extension fully built just inside that needs to be finished.

February,  one of the last enjoyable Valentine's Day

March, mom dies of a heart attack,  on the 21st or 22 of the month.

April, I celebrate my birthday without mom and get a few things I wanted

May, sunshiny days ahead, still think of mom but think of her in good light

June, another month of things that I know happened and cannot remember them

July, another month of hot heat and lots of photographs. I did a few things at this time of year but they don't stand out

August,  a few events around here and there 4-5 months after mom has left us.

September
-arrival day for airshow and caught some really good pics of them
Golf tournament for BAMM
Rained out for first day of weekend airshow after being back.
Sunday me and dad go to watch airshow from nisoorri Rd

October
Thanksgiving
Haloween and pumpkin watching

November
Rememberance day at Stratford

December,
Very uneventful
Christmas
Then New Years is happening and we do this all again.

why the long time?

it seems as if my living in ontario blog needs some updates. I am so sorry i haven't updated  lately, its either because im busy or not busy and i havent had alot of time or have forgotten.

Whats new you ask? not much. Im keeping busy and enjoying the end of the year,  as we inch ckoser to the last day of the year. This year isnt gonna be the best for me, i lost my mother 9 months ago. Sure my days are better and happier but any thoughts or her or when i think of times when mom was there i cry.

What i just said isnt new or big, that happens to everyone whos lost someone, wether through an accident or a heart attack etc. Its all matters of the heart that when someone dies, sure you will cry and sure you will have good days after and the thing is youull never stop thinking of him/her in a sense like you and someone else over a loved one dying.

There are times though that catch me off guard, when i see a pic on a computer screen that shows mom and i doing something like hearing the news that i was gonna graduate, a few years ago, still makes me cry, thats not new, we all do. We just dont cry whole heartedly like we did the moment i heard the news.

So that in conclusion is whats going on here in ontario, theres no snow here yet and i dont know when it will come, last year it was 12 degrees and warm and we bbqd from the front deck as we listened to christmas songs, still then mom was with us that time!!

anyways theres an update for this blog 

 

Miss her

sorry no updates...

i've been busy on other thugs and totally forgot about the blog and thought id update you all on whats been going on!!

After my mom passed (i hope you have all heard that my mom passed away by now) and its been hard but not that hard.. i just had one of those days where it hits you again. I was on dads computer beacause i was flying on my computer...and while chatting on my tablet to someone i looked up and saw a photo of mom on some beach and i teared up...i still beilive that any day after someone dies its very sad but nearly 2 months into  it, ive moved on but still have here in my thoughts once and a while...they'll never go away, but that's a good thing!!

Doing lots of grass cutting here and there, there are areas i cant get to because of mud and the old deck sitting there since last september or so... but i start now with the sold soccer field then move to the orchard and i then go do front yard and then i move to gangway and then im pretty well done. im noticing how the new cutter  has such a wide berth to it compared to the orange and white mower we had. Those cutters were small and took a loger cutting time but this one is huge i inly need like 3 or 4 swaths to cut the soccerfiled etc!! (except for the orchard)

As of this moment im flying for delta in A319 from MTPP to KATL #FS2004

i havent updated where i have been on my flightsim blog so im going to that one shortly..


Take Care
Darren Elliott
Owner of this blog

Party of nearly 20 tonite

just finished a small party of a few people that had never met each other. People like jeff  and pam marks who hadnt met any of these people but then the ottawa side of the family were here to have a good time. they met my uncle and aunt from australia. They will mix and mingle tomorrow as well. quite alot of people here tonite, we have had more in the past but recently there hasnt been this many in the house…they just kept coming and coming…at first , annett came to help with clean up and to hang out. then the elliott’s from ottawa arrived followed by the wilsons and the germanns, then folowed by jeff and pam and then paul and cheryl arrived…it was interesting how the two arrived with each other like they did in the mid 80’s. Nowadays chreryl has 3 boys and lives in north vancouver, paul has two girls that live in southern california. 

so

anne and wally=2
gaye and scott=2
jeff and pam=2
ryan and jess=2
gord and sharon=2
gords wife and two kids=3
traci, dad and i=3 
carolyn=1
=17 people…wow…thats alot of heads to feed!! we all had enough cake…was fun ill be seeing alot of them tomorrow  

Throwback Thursday

To back in the day that the building was dug

2015: year in review

January-normal start to the year with tons of snow

Febuary- regular month with snow

March- concert with Neil diamond 

April- I start to get outside more and on my bday I get to go to a tragically hip show. Loved it

May- trip to Quebec City, enjoyed being there and stuff and the ride home 

June- Browns chicken dinner with Anne and Wally

July-volunteered to work the gates at July 1st celebrations in embryo and new lawn mower

August-went bowling/ aunt and uncle were out every other weekend

September-we close pool and contractors start destroying trees and buildings to put up new garage...

October- more hammering

November- trip to long beach dad and mom enjoyed the conference and I liked just hanging around..

December...xmas and now New Years

Happy new year...

if copy and paste doesnt work restart you computer

this will be short and sweet so dont look for something lomng for this....

earlier this am i was trying tio add ai arcraft to a list but it wouldnt paste only copy so i googled the issue and alot of forum posts have been made to it showing how to fix it and some said you have tio go into serveices and change something to clibbopard but its not here...so just do what i said at the top which is restart youre computer

thats all...

Was fun in Quebec City...

Had a really fun time in qc last week and now it is 7 days since we arrived home so was very fun

oh wow...been a while

it has been almost a year since i have posted on this blog. I just wanted to update all 2 or 3 of you that follow this what i'm up to for the last few months..

I've been going through a rough patch in my life. Trying to forget someone is kinda hard when you have to see things that remind you of this and that.

Im doing well otherwise. just had to clean my computer yesterday...i had finally made it to the 0bytes level and was able (using ccleaner and uninstallstilling programs like overwolf got me back to 1.something GB which is awesome...

I cant wait till the days of 20+ degrees  in summer...just a few more weeks and then were at least something closer to having just a sweater or a t shirt...cant wait...

Pool still covered with at least 4 or 5 inches of snow so no swimming for anytime soon...just cant wait i said

forum is still seeing activity as for steve (kingsak) and angie and ashley and jusjt tonite troy came back for a couple of seconds. Hope to see him more often,..and angie is getting more members or trying to...

its been snowing alot here in the past few weeks and theres a ton of snow on the ground and every other day it snows again so were along way from those hot hot days of summer...

anyways if you want to join my forum its at darrenelliott.proboards.com

hope to see you there.....

Year in review

January- nothing big

feburary-nothing big

march- trip to  collingwood airport and blue mountain

april 27-31 vancouver and whistler

May 1-3 vancouver watching planes land

june-nothing big

jusly-nothing big

august-nothing big

september- wedding at lake

october nothing

november

december not much