Small Town Big Fun

Who ever said small towns are boring has no imagination or sense of adventure. I love going up to Orillia. Its a beautifull small town on the shores of Lake Simcoe. A few years ago I took this photograph of a gazebo at dusk. If you click it to enlarge it, the right click it, you can save it to use as a desktop background. :)
My uncle Peter, his wife Jenny and their two boys Brigham and Owain, my uncle Dale, his wife Veronica, and their three boys Alex, Preston and Cyrus, and my aunt Ruth, her husband Rolf and one of their three kids Jared were all there at various times throughout the weekend.

Every time I go to Orillia, Ontario I discover something new. Last spring I discovered a sugar bush about twenty minutes up the highway towards Barrie. This year I went again with my sister Anngela, aunt Jenny and and Dad and got maple taffy. Spring was even later up here, there was still snow on the ground in a lot of places.
That night, a bunch of my cousins, aunts, and uncles all went to a roller skating rink. The place was super retro and I'm sure I would have loved it but I didnt get to go. I cant even walk yet. I was going to go to watch and take pictures, but after dinner, I got violently sick. Cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, sweaty shaking and nausea. It was so bad. all I could do was curl up in a ball on my bed and try to pray away the cramps. I had no idea what caused it. I have a few dietary restrictions (lactose intolerant, processed flour intolerant) but to my knowledge I hadn't eaten anything off limits. So I asked my dad for a priesthood blessing. My uncle Peter assisted and soon after the blessing i was able to fall asleep. By the next morning I felt back to normal. Which was super important since we would be driving home that day.
They highway just out of Orillia (or just before if you're on your way there) Has a lot of interesting attractions on it. There is a Candy Shoppe That has all kinds of retro, novelty and foreign candies

There's also the Giant Chair. Right next to the giant dinosaur. Further along, is the Trading Post, Kawartha Lakes Dairy, Algonquin Provincial Park... Theres so much along highway 60, I could easily take two days to do the 6 hour drive, stopping everywhere that catches my eye. Someday I will. My dad likes to drive just to get there, speeding most of the time and more often than not, getting stopped by the OPP.
One last gem before I sign off: My dad's senior photo from high school. Anngela found it and kept it. LOL