Port after stormy sea

Barb and Norm left for the north early Friday morning. I had a leisurely breakfast, waitimg for rush hour to pass, locked up and left in high spirits around 10:15. I plugged the device Dana had given me into the place where a cigarette lighter used to go, attached my iPhone to it and prepared to be navigated along the route Barb and I had chosen on Google Maps the night before. All went well for a while. My mind slipped into its default mode, neutral. There wasn't much traffic, and I was taking in the scenery. Finally, I wondered why the female voice hadn't told me where to go lately. I glanced down at my iPhone and saw that the triangle representing my car was in the

middlle of a pale blue screen with no roads on it. Something was wrong. I began reading signs, HAMILTON!!!  Even I knew that I was heading in the wrong direction, but there was no hope of turning for quite a while. After travelling in circles, taking a toll road that took me even farther out of my way, asking twice for directions and narrowly avoiding being rear ended by a woman who was tailgating as I was driving irritatingly slowly while I looked for the correct exit, I finally got on the 401 East heading for Kingston. As all this was going on I slowly figured out why my iPhone had stopped working and got me in this pickle to begin with. Actually it's a miracle it carried on as long as it did because I have no phone plan. It had pulled wifi out of the air for quite a while before it faded out. 

I had about a minute to rejoice that I was finally on the 401 before I saw the mass of traffic ahead, CONSTRUCTION! I didn't break out of the jam until almost 1:00pm. I stopped around 2:00 for gas and something to eat, set the GPS for Pollock's and took the route it suggested, nothing scenic. When I arrived at Caroline and Alberts', rather frazzled, it was after 5:00pm. I had reached my destination, a motionless oasis of friends,good food and a comfortable bed.  What a relief after the hardest day of driving of the trip so far. 

Sunday was Caroline's birthday. We had Dim Sum with Gabe, Suzanna and their lovely baby Rhys and spent the rest of the day doing exactly what Caroline wanted to do, nothing. Since then we have gone for walks, shopped, biked with Micheline, watched the eclipse of the super moon and some Blue Jays games and relaxed in general. I have reached my destination. 

Albert and Caroline at the Yangtze Restaurant for dim sum on her birthday. 

Gabe, Joanna and Rhys at the Yangtze 

Me with Rhys after dim sum. 

Jay's new sleeve