The Great White North

This weekend I`m blogging on the road, in Timmins, Ontario.

I'll be honest when I say there were better places I'd rather go to on my Easter weekend. It's not the place itself that bothers me. It's the drive. We're talking 8 hours of solid driving through mostly forest with very little in between. It's incredibly dull and long.
I lived in Timmins for over three years so I kind of have a soft spot for it in my heart. It didn`t take long for me to be greeted by two things I really dislike about Timmins - Gas and Temperature. Gas prices were about $1.20/litre...insanity! Temperature's dipped to about -35 last night! People in the North are pretty tough to put up with that stuff!

I`ll be honest when I say I love Peterborough and I`m proud to call it my home now. There was a time however when I was very proud to call Timmins my home and the reason was the people. Timmins is full of the nicest people I`ve ever met in my life. I made many good friendships in my time there and I still try to keep in touch with them on a regular basis. Had it not been for the people in Timmins, I never would have made it up there for as long as I did. I arrived there having just turned 21 and not knowing anyone back in 2004. In a city that`s so isolated and so far from home it could have been a very difficult experience but it was made so much easier by the people there.

I don`t miss my old job and I don`t miss all the pot holes, high gas prices, frigid temperatures, bear and moose sightings and endless trees. I do miss all the great people that really made Timmins a great city.

If only it were closer I could visit more often.