Capturing the Art of Nature
Travelling to Port Stanley (Day 4)
A pleasant day for driving and we made good time to the port
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Ontario Adventures
2018
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Today we finished our stay in Grimsby and visits with the family by attending the church that Mike pastor’s. It was nice to see the other family members and report on our on family’s situation. Mike gave a good message on faith and after the service we were able to spend some last moments chatting with various family members. Soon we were on our way to the west.
As we had planned to stay a bit longer to visit and since the sky was overcast we decided to travel the fast way to Post Stanley, via the main highways. So in some ways it was unfortunate that the sun came out and it was a nice warm sunny day. Normally that would be great news but I was committed to driving the fast roads and so I missed a good day to be gathering some photos along the slower back roads route. I noticed that the colours were mostly greens as we closed in on the port, so perhaps I didn’t miss much.
While taking photos earlier I noticed that the clock in the camera was not working, I figured the small clock battery had died and so one of my first tasks was to find a replacement battery. Upon arriving in St. Thomas we made for a mall and dropped into the Source store and was able to find the small source of power. Once I got to our room I installed it and the clock is now working well. Leaving the mall we made quick time to the port and the hotel.
The place looked very much the same despite being operated by a new owner. On the outside however, we noticed that a new tall building was going up right next to the hotel. It blocked some of the views to the north which is most unfortunate. Our room was like the day we left it two years ago. One positive change was that the stove was now connected and we could cook with it – if we had any pots! So I guess we will be limited to heating a frozen pizza. Once we had carried in our bags we set off for the food store and loaded up for our stay.
Back in the room we unpacked and got ourselves settled in. I had a scheduled facetime meeting with my radio club back home as today was the monthly meeting. The facetime conference seemed to work reasonably well. Once the meeting ended it was dark here so I wasn’t interested in going out to get any photos of the harbour. Not to be completely left out, I set up my tripod and gathered some long exposure shots of the dark harbour. I think a few turned out ok. I hope the weather will hold and I can get out exploring tomorrow.