Expected later: 7' and a slight chance of more showers
Well, after buckets and buckets of rain on Wednesday, Thursday turned out to be a pretty dandy day. While some parts of the island didn't fare too well, our end wasn't really too bad. On Thursday morning, as I was driving into town, the morning show host on the radio was talking about the sad state of the roads. While our area wasn't too bad, the west end of the island really was hit with heavy flooding that washed out several roads and covered multiple bridges, compromising their underlying structure in some cases. I was driving along Grafton Street in front of Holland College and there was water across the road. Unfortunately you were into the middle of it before you realized it was almost a foot deep. I just got through and was glad to not run into any more spots like that, as it was still raining quite heavily.
Then part way through the morning the rain stopped and the sun came out and warmed everything up to a balmy 10'. It was indeed a glorious afternoon. I talked to Patti at lunch time and it was -4' and snowing in southern Ontario. So sorry!
The only snowflakes in sight in our area were the plastic ones on the windows. But we know that could soon change.
Brenda and I had a lovely evening on Wednesday. It was the series finale of Republic of Doyle. I hadn't been watching it but she'd seen quite a number of episodes. We decided we may as well get together to watch and make an event out of it. So I put together some snacks for us - fresh veggies and hummus, warm sausage rolls dipped in Thai sweet chili sauce, along with a glass of wine. We followed that with tea and fresh baked cookies (okay, they were a day old). All in all a really pleasant evening.
Thursday morning, Lloyd mentioned to me that we have a week of timeshare that we need to use before the end of May, 2015, or we'll lose it. What to do and where to go. I spent part of the morning checking on air fares to various points of interest that we would both like to visit. Trouble is, even with our discount through our connection with Air Canada, it was still going to be very pricey. So I looked at things within driving distance and, gosh, why did I not think of this before? I've ALWAYS wanted to visit Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard. Turns out, upon further investigation, there are two resorts on Nantucket, but neither was available, which wasn't surprising. Instead we opted to book into a resort in Hyannis, which, coincidentally, happens to have ferries that run to both islands. End of discussion - book it! So the 7th of May we will be motoring south! Can't wait - it's a long time dream come true.
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