Ferry to Tobermory, ON

Hi there! We left the Soo this morning after an interesting evening. We took the boys to the local pool for a swim and Todd dropped them off, a short car ride 3km away. He left at 9pm to pick them up and took the TomTom with him. Next thing I know, the boys are back, knocking to get in and I ask where Todd is and when they tell me he is paying for the cab, I am quite surprised.

Turns out he only made it a short way to the pool, the car died after the engine light came on, and he managed to get it into a parking lot. He went into a nearby hotel and had the lady call him a taxi, she also called the police to let them know not to tow our car as it would be there overnight. He picked the boys up in the cab and brought them back. He got up quite early and went back, with TomTom (for the shortest route back) and got the car started, he loaded it on the tow dolly and we left fairly quickly. Needless to say, we will take it to a Toyota dealership, but wait until Monday. We had driven the car a few times that day, getting groceries and driving the city. Never did it foreshadow it's engine problem. Let's hope it is simple and not too expensive, we have only driven the car about 600km, mostly in Alberta, and it always worked fine for me, always had it's proper tune ups.

Why the picture of the dogs, Bailey (Nicole & Jordans) and Boomer, ours? Because I miss them so much and I have this picture as the wallpaper on the laptop, and I have no other new pictures at this moment! They are just sitting there waiting for a treat because I made them pose for the picture, so cute!

We drove to South Baymouth on Manatoulin Island, and we are catching a ferry to Tobermory. This means we will miss Sudbury and the big nickel, but less driving which is nice. We will be in Southern Ontario next week. My grinder broke and we did not have coffee this morning as is our ritual, and as I drove, I pondered why I could be so tired, I got enough sleep, despite getting up early, right no coffee. The real sin I must confess, is we went to a small cafe at the ferry and bought a coffee, I managed to consume 2/3 of the cup made drinkable with sweetener and cream. I am a coffee snob and proud of it - it just occurred to me I have some Via packets, now how could I have not thought of that and avoided committing the sinful act! Coffee helps you think better.

Take care!