COUNTDOWN ~ Snowy Adventure

DAY 337

One day late...this post! Had an adventure. In my infinite wisdom I decided that I would like to go to the One of a Kind Christmas show at Exhibition Place in Toronto. Well...driving to Toronto is one thing but leaving at rush hour not so enthralling. Hubby suggested we take the GO Train from Burlington which would cut down on the driving and would minimalize the amount of time we would spend on the "highway".  First hiccup...no parking spaces left at the Burlington station...booted to Appleby line station and wah-hoo...parking up pretty close too! It was a bit of a hike from the train stop to the Direct Energy Centre located at Exhibition Place....once inside the doors another hike to the actual show itself in the Centre. It boasts one million square feet of convention space...that's big! When you live in a small-ish City where you park practically at the front door and it takes you two minutes to get to the back of the store...yah...this is big. We careened down the aisles oohing and ahhing at the different artisans. We were intrigued by special wooden puzzles, crockery tea pots, red hats, metal art and wooden furniture creations. These were truly artists - no two of a kind, similar in the fact that the material was wood, clay, beads and/or precious metals - but all had their own style and colour. Alas, we did not purchase anything other than lunch! Our trek back to the train was a little labored as the joints were protesting. Second hiccup...we boarded the train but had to exit after the third stop to wait five minutes for the next train which was an "all stop" train. Small town panic setting in! Arrived at the Applyby Line station without further ado and drove off into...third hiccup...the traffic and a storm. The storm seemed to be concentrated right at the Escarpment line, once we passed Vineland towards Welland the snowfall was less fierce. Further on into the evening we did get significant snowfall.


CN Tower in background ~ Train Station Exhibition Place