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UER Forum > Journal Index > nb's amazing adventures > Toronto or bust, long version. (Viewed 2305 times)
Toronto or bust, long version.
entry by nightbird 
8/23/2004 4:02 AM

After much thought, I decided to go to Toronto for vacation. As luck would have it, a Mochi meet was to take place while I was in town, so I was very excited to meet some people I had talked online with.

Friday, August 13. I get off work at 6pm, load up my car and hit the road. I spend the rest of the night driving north, and I cross into Canada at Port Huron at 2am, which is a very good time to go, as there is NO WAIT. The friendly toll attendant directs me to a motel in Sarnia where I can stop for the night. My hotel room:

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The room was very small and un-modern, but what did I care? I only needed a bed for the night. I did find it slightly amusing that I paid more for this rinky-dink motel room ($45, not sure if USD or CAD) than my very nice Toronto hotel ($31 USD). So anyway, I crashed there for the night, and was up bright and early the next day, as I still had a long drive, and I really wanted to make it to the meet in time.

The drive to Toronto is uneventful, though I do look at the landscape quite a bit. The KM's do mess me up a little at first though, but I quickly adjust to the measurements. I arrive in Toronto at 11am-ish and quickly drop off my bags before heading downtown. After some freeway congestion, I make it to the meeting point and park my car. The first UE'rs I meet are WuffyChicky and Boffo. The meet had a special area to ourselves and quite a few people showed, though we still only took up half the space the restaurant had provided (But its better to have too much space than not enough any day) The meet attendees:
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After an enjoyable lunch, I head out with Roadwolf, WuffyChicky, Exka|ibur, Connundrum, Silent Knight, and BCT Chronic to Whitby Psych. After briefly stopping at a Tim Hortons/Wendy's (pay attention to that), we continue to Whitby. We are met there by (I apologize if I miss someone, PM me and I will correct it) Avatar-X, Drie, WuffyFluff, Dagr, Boffo, psxjsv, Guy with hat (PotLan), Jono!, Micro, and someone else whose name I forgot (sorry!) I was little skeptical about so many people infiltrating a location with active roads/buildings nearby, but after a short time, I found this to be needless. We ran into so many non-uer people exploring that, as BCT put it "We should've posted someone at the door and charged $5 a head." Av was very happy to hand out some UER business cards that had been printed up. Whitby is a huge place, and one would be hard pressed to fully explore every building on the property. I did go through about 4 or 5. I will only show my favorite that I took, as the DB already has plenty of pics of this amazing location.
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After that we all head over to Tim Horton's/Wendy's to rest and grab some grub. After some discussion, its decided to head over to WSIB. We infiltrate the grounds, and the main group stays back while 2 people move forward to asses the situation of a guard and accessing the building. This takes a long time, and the main group moves back to a safer spot, being a golf green. So after hanging out on the green for a long time, and passing around the bug spray, WSIB is declared a no-go. We re-group and decide to go to Chairtex for a last UE.
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Chairtex is fun. After some exploration, we decide to play hide and seek. Due to my lack of sleep and tiredness, I'm feeling pretty funky, stomach-wise, so I sit out.

The next day, I'm late getting to the meet, as I decided to use the zen method of navigation, rather than looking at a map. When I get to the location, however, no one is there. I call Exka| to see what's going on, and I'm told the location has changed. Nice to share that info. I get to the right spot and discover that the meet was in fact cancelled, but some people still wanted to explore. Roadwolf, WuffyChicky, Connundrum, Exka|ibur, and I walk the city, and I get a bit of a tour. Near Union station, we meet up with R0sie and another (sorry!) After a bit more walking and food, we decide to head over to Stelco, and we are met there by Silent Knight, Kowalski, and most of the people from the previous days meet. After a potential police alert, most leave, and Roadwolf, Chicky, Exka|, Silent Knight, and I continue to tour the abandoned building. It goes well, but, after hearing other parties inside, we make out way towards the exit. I'm very glad to have gotten a chance to see it, as a few days later there was a fire, and I'm sure the place is now tightly sealed.

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.....continued on part 2..............


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