Thursday, February 4th, 2010.
Before I dive into the tales from Toronto, I will quickly tie up some loose ends from our stop in Ottawa.
It was nice to enjoy a few home-cooked meals during our stay in Canada's capital city! On that note, we'd like to send out a big thank you to the Barton's and to the Marcus' who also provide us with a place to stay!
We planned on leaving Ottawa yesterday around noon, though we really only made it out of the city by 4pm. The drive felt long, even though it was the shortest leg of our journey. We stopped briefly in Smith Falls so Taylor could reunite with some of his Junior A hockey bros, before quickly getting back on the road to Toronto.
The Fancouver2010 crew rolled into Toronto at 10pm local time, greeted by Chris Mehak and a couple cold ones. Before heading downtown I decided to give Much Music a call to let them know we were in the area. I left a message and we carried on with the evening festivities.**
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We decided the night before that we would only leave Toronto around noon, as we are now driving a straight 24 hours to Winnipeg. So, when we awoke early this morning, we decided to check out the Royal Ontario Museum. If you are in Toronto or are ever visiting, we highly recommend going as it was well worth the $20!
After leaving the Museum, we went back to Mehak's house to grab the few things we had brought inside. He offered to fill our tank and we were ready to embark on our longest drive of the trip. While at the gas station I received a call from Peggy at Much Music! We were all ecstatic to make it on the 12 o'clock spot during Much's Videoflow and to meet and hangout with Devon Soltendieck!!
After having an awesome experience at Much Music, we went out to the car to continue our trip. That's when we met James, a well dressed entrepreneurial gentleman who stopped to ask us about our car. He noticed the Quiksilver hat I was wearing and suggested we stop by the Quiksilver store next door. Taylor and I walked in with him and he pitched an idea to them about giving us some merchandise. After getting the ball rolling for us James headed back to work. Quiksilver hooked us up with some rad tees, beanies, and stickers- we were super stoked so we fist pumped! The store manager, Karen, was really awesome and offered to help connect us with other members of the Quiksilver team along the way! Thanks Karen and James!
Now we are finally back on the road and headed to Winnipeg. Looking forward to seeing our friend, Dave Anderson and celebrating Megan Hunter's birthday with her tomorrow night!
**When we went downtown Taylor wore a tracksuit he purchased at ValueVillage. The bouncer wouldn't let him in with the pants on, as they didn't fit the dress code. I quickly put on my thinking cap and approached the homeless man standing near the door. After tossing him a $20 bill I traded my pants with Taylor and put on the generous homeless man's pants. We were planning on giving him back his pants once the bar closed, but unfortunately he ran off immediately after the exchange. If you ever see a short bearded man wearing black track pants in the Toronto area, then be sure to say 'Hi' and give him some change!
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