Advertisement
Published: June 25th 2017
Edit Blog Post
Toronto
Was this our last extended stay in Toronto? Geo: 43.6485, -79.3854
The length of our stay in Toronto was heavily reliant on the efficiency of the Ontario Health Care system which is why we went from a plan of 3 months to a reality of 6 months. In that time my slightly broken DH had multiple root canal and crazy-glue procedures on her teeth, rehabilitated a sciatica, had a steroid injection in her hip to provide pain relief for a torn groin meniscus, and underwent knee surgery for a different torn meniscus. All of this included many physiotherapy sessions, copious massages, endless visits to chiropractors, countless ice packs, a little bit of acupuncture, and the somewhat questionable use of a laser stun gun. But given the magic of modern medicine and her own perseverance, DH has been cleared for travel although one small duffle bag has been reserved for pain pills. And despite dropping good coin on the higher end Jeep Grand Cherokee with plush leather seats, DH has found a hard plastic scoop that she needs to sit in for the longer driving days.
Our travel for this leg of the journey is going to be a little different. We were getting a little tired of the current hassles
Our Journal
Part 1 of our journey resulted in a three volume set with just over 1300 pages. The just-completed Part 2 resulted in another 3 volumes and just under 1500 pages. Thanks to artist Jazz W for the covers to both sets. associated with air travel, as well as the challenging currencies, languages, customs, and rules of each new country. So we're taking to the road with some aimless driving through the U.S. and Canada. We get the odd raised eyebrow when we talk about heading into the land of Donald Trump but having elected, in short order, a crack smoking mayor, a professional school trustee as Premier, and a drama school teacher as Prime Minister (with the crack addicted dude being the most financially responsible), we have no high ground to stand on (and tracking the increasingly outlandish statements from Trump has a peculiar entertainment value). But somewhat surprisingly, more people seemed to envy this journey than the more global wandering we've been doing up to this point.
Where to start?? We've always had to pack within the constraints of
one backpack and one carry-on bag each so getting ready for this trip should have been a breeze but not so. Apparently it is possible to stuff 10lbs into a 5lb sack. But when the 10lbs is all the stuff we could think of using on our road trip (including clothing and shoes for all seasons, hiking gear, golf clubs, scuba HO Marks The Spot
DH rocks the hospital PJ's just before the latest surgery as Ontario doctors try to put her back together again. gear, bicycles, sporting goods of all types, a small library, a blender and juicer, coolers, automotive supplies, etc), and the 5lb sack is Thunder, our newly purchased road trip SUV, the end result is a claustrophobic experience that just wasn't going to work. So the first stop on our don't-look-back road trip was our storage locker just north of Toronto where we shed some of our less important inventory (my stuff) and reorganized our more critical inventory (her stuff). Now that there was room for The Princess, I drove back to Toronto to pick her up and fortunately she hadn't wandered far from where I left her.
We're off!!
Advertisement
Tot: 0.099s; Tpl: 0.019s; cc: 12; qc: 27; dbt: 0.036s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1;
; mem: 1.1mb
may-vic
non-member comment
This outfit is just not you Deb! However, we are really happy that you are now on the mend and well enough to be on the road again.