A Whirlwind Day away

I have sufficiently recovered from yesterday's travelling to write something about it.

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We had planned a day trip to Sudbury for yesterday as B & M needed new figure skates. While there, we thought we should visit Science North just for some fun.

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Since Sudbury is 4 hours away and we wanted to do the trip in one day, we woke up at 5:00am. I packed a yummy cooler with bacon and cheddar biscuits (made by B), yogurt and fruit for breakfast. And potato salad, sandwiches, more fruit and oreos for lunch and we were on the road by 6:00am. We saw some beautiful wildlife on the drive. A cow moose and her two calves were looking to cross the highway. The little calves were staying back near the trees while Mama was closer to the road checking for traffic. A little while later we saw a weasel cross the road! I have never seen a live weasel before! Just to clarify, I've not seen any dead ones either - just pictures in books). And we also saw a coyote trotting cockily by the side of the road.

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Once in Sudbury, our first stop was Jump! B is advancing further and further in this sport and we felt she needed to have a proper fitting rather than mail ordering a pair based on a faxed copy of a tracing of her foot. Her new skates should arrive here within a week (they didn't have her size in stock). She will be getting Jackson DJ2700 boot with a Gam G4SS blade. She is very excited for skating to begin again and I'm glad we'll be on vacation for the two weeks before skate camp or she might drive us all crazy spinning and practicing jumps on the hardwood floor in the living room. Turns out M does not need new skates, just that these need to be stretched for width in the toe. This is good, since I was already missing an arm and a leg from buying B's!

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Then it was off to Science North. We had plenty of fun. M's favorite part was the K'nex speedway. He spend most of his time building racers and testing them out. B and I challenged each other on "The Body Zone". We raced up stairs and sprinted together. She also enjoyed watching a "blue coat" dissect a cow's eyeball. The resident beaver also caught her attention, he was much more lively this time than the last time we were there. He even came right up to the glass as if he was trying to sniff her.

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Then it was off to DQ for Blizzards. We so rarely get to enjoy these that it's always such a treat when we can! On the way home I read several chapters of T.H. White's the "Sword in the Stone" to the kids.

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And I've almost finished the second Urban Necessity - I'd forgotten that I'd have almost 8 hours of knitting time with the ride to and from Sudbury!

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