Yes, Today I climbed Mount Everest!
Hmmm, well actually, Darren and I found ourselves at the Cottage Life Fall Fair that was being held at the Toronto International Centre.
This place is MASSIVE. It is situated next to the airport on Airport Road and resembles a number of gigantic airport hangers that span for miles. The advert for the fair had caught my eye back in the summer when I had read about it in one of the Sunday papers. http://www.cottagelife.com/index.php?ci_id=4344&la_id=1
What had [actually] caught my eye was the 'Explore' show that focuses on nothing but 'adventure travel' (imagine that) but was joining up with the more relevant 'Cottage Life' Show and 'Outdoor Canada' Show, all in big beautiful bonanza of goodness.
This thing was a monster. The doors opened to a vast arena full to the brim of everything you could ever want to do with outdoor activities and cottage life.
They had food and drinks samples ( Below a flight of New Muskoka ales that we sampled as part of a charity stand) and gifts galore.
There was everything from major pieces of working machinery (This Bobcat caught Darren's eye - I even had a go in the cabin)...
... to a wide variety of Cross Bows. I was particularly interested in purchasing a cross bow but Darren 'gently' managed to move me away from the Outdoor Canada section by explaining that 'It would be difficult to find anywhere suitable to fire the cross bow without being arrested' in down town Collingwood.
There was a vast food hall were we picked up a fabulous Falafel Pita and a couple of beers. They had two huge play areas for parents to amuse their young ones who wouldn't necessarily be interested in composting septic systems and antique furniture. A major point of interest for me was a game of 'Crokinole' they had on offer, a game developed in rural Canada in the 1800's whereby players shoot discs across a circular playing surface with the primary objective to have the discs land on the higher scoring regions of the board whilst also knocking off rival discs in the process. http://www.crokinole.com/
There was a vast food hall were we picked up a fabulous Falafel Pita and a couple of beers. They had two huge play areas for parents to amuse their young ones who wouldn't necessarily be interested in composting septic systems and antique furniture. A major point of interest for me was a game of 'Crokinole' they had on offer, a game developed in rural Canada in the 1800's whereby players shoot discs across a circular playing surface with the primary objective to have the discs land on the higher scoring regions of the board whilst also knocking off rival discs in the process. http://www.crokinole.com/
They had boats, snow mobiles, jets skis, ATVs, every type of canoe imaginable, a tree house with walk way (advertising the well known brand: Eco-Adventure tours) and arena where you could pet 4 [amazingly docile] huskies.
And last but not least, the new Muskoka chairs made out of recycled Plastic made famous by our favorite TV program, Dragon's Den!
And last but not least, the new Muskoka chairs made out of recycled Plastic made famous by our favorite TV program, Dragon's Den!
I got away with just buying a pair of fair trade Nepalese gloves although could have easily gone wild and come away with a hack saw, BBQ, new drainage system and a husky. Thank goodness Darren was there to curb my enthusiasm although we will definitely be going back in the Spring armed with notebook and {hee hee] the truck!
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