Boating on Labour Day Weekend

On Friday of the long weekend, after work, we packed up the jeep and headed down to Whitby where the boat is docked to spend the weekend sailing from Whitby to Toronto (Ontario Place). We got to the boat pretty late, and learned quickly the first night that we do not fit very well in the quarter-birth. No sleep for us the first evening. The next morning we woke early to sail over to Ontario Place where we had a slip for the weekend close to the airshow and the Ex.

We took the small people with us on the way down and I shot this at a Timmies pit-stop. It was a pretty long trip down, but we had really good weather so it wasn't unmanageable with the Jeep top off (it can get super cold with the top off).

This picture perfectly demonstrates how still it was out on Lake Ontario the day that we "sailed" to Toronto, on Saturday. There was hardly any wind so our excursion was mostly motorized, with about 2 hours of sailing (where we barely kept 3 knots!).

Once we hit Toronto, we took a pit stop and anchored the boat so the boys could take a swim. I can't manage cold water well so I stayed on the boat and took pictures!

Its nice to have a different view of Toronto from the water. We took this sitting on top of the sailboat just before we docked. We were super close to Center island too and watched many planes come in - especially "Porter" airlines, which seem to be popular on Toronto Island.

Group shot! Shot this after we docked and put up some shades to block the sun - just chillin having some drinks in the cockpit before suppertime!

On Sunday, we headed to the Ex! I have never been before but I had heard a lot on the radio about the strange foods that are serviced so I wanted to indulge! We went on just a few rides since we were on a budget (we got free admissions since we were docked at Ontario Place!) and went to the outlet stores (where I got some good bargains!). In this picture, we are eating deep-fried peanut butter & jam. Amazing! Like a peanut butter sandwich with sweet fluffy, warm pastry around it!

This was the item that I kept hearing about on the radio - the burger made with donuts instead of bun. This was a bit beyond our comfort level, but I wanted a picture for sure! You can also see that they served chicken waffles and the behemoth was a burger with 2 grilled cheese sandwiches on either side: low fat for sure! The line up for this vendor was actually really big!

The other strange thing we indulged in: deep-fired cola. It was basically coke stirred into a batter and deep-fried. It wasn't delicious, but also not gross. Most importantly: we tried deep-fried coke! 

Following our adventures at the ex, we headed back to the boat and stayed one more night (which we actually slept because we were in the V birth, which was much more spacious) then left Monday morning on the GO train back to Whitby so that we could get back to London in time for the annual labour day pizza dinner at my Dad's! After all the deep-fried foods and pizza, I had to make sure these last 2 weeks I was attending my pilates classes and hitting up the gym!