These two days were mostly spent getting up earlier than
desired (7:30ish) to move the JCDV off the street into cheap or free
parking. We had Sushi Burgers for breakfast again, cheap and tasty.
In trying to plan our road trip we thought we would attempt
the hippie life for a while by living out of our van for a few weeks.
We went shopping for most of our camping (or should I say glamping) gear
at a place called The Warehouse, which is very similar to Walmart so
I've been calling it The Walhouse. They also have KMart out here (I
didn't think they still existed) and we found some cheap gear there
too. We'd like to not blow our budget too much... :) For all you Candy Crushers out there, we had to take a pic of this store we drove by on our way to KMart.
If you're interested in the items we purchased for the 1st of our many road trips in the coming year:
Queen air mattress & 12v pump
2 pillows & cases
2 travel mugs - I wasn't allowed to bring our awesome 20oz mugs from home :(
Portable Butane burner (like the hot pot ones)
4 cans Butane
2 sleeping bags
1 Chilly Bin (cooler)
2 freezer packs - which we left at the airbnb place in Newmarket by accident.
4 person set of outdoor dishes - bright pink and plastic, Ryan said he was comfortable enough with his manhood.
2 camping chairs
1 Cutting Board with knives & scissors
Camping Cook set (pots and pans...)
Flashlight/torch
Saw a movie at Rialto Cinemas called "Thanks For
Sharing" starring Pink, Gwyneth Paltro, Tim Robbins and Mark Ruffalo.
Basic story line was about sex addiction, temptation, resistance,
denial, trust, and honesty between family and friends. We both agreed it was a decent movie! The Rialto
Cinemas is independently owned and therefore not only offered the usual
candy treats like chocolate and popcorn, but they also housed a fully
licensed bar with cheese plates, gourmet cookies, ice cream and 3
varieties of warm roasted nuts. And all of this you were allowed to
bring into the theater with you. You buy your tickets and your
refreshments at the same counter and you also pick your seats at the
same time. The seats in the theater were like Grandpa chairs that
didn't recline. Big and fluffy fabric with wood arm rests big enough
for two elbows and your drink. There was also a wine bottle holder in
between the seats. The only bummer part was that they didn't have any butter or topping for the popcorn, but we still managed to eat the whole box...it was kind of our dinner!
Took a drive up to One Tree Hill which is a
beautiful park where many sheep made their homes there. Hundreds of
sheep just roaming and munching on grass. Once again, amazing views from the top.
If you're curious about One Tree Hill and can only relate to the tv show, here is a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Tree_Hill,_New_Zealand
We headed back home to park JCDV because it was after 6pm.
:) AND it was also Saturday which means we don't have to get up early
to move JCDV because parking is free on Sundays! :)
We were undecided for dinner but we knew we wanted cheap so
we went for a walk down KyberPass Road where we had our pick of many
ethnic foods, Chinese, Malaysian, Thai, Italian, Irish, but we settled
on Indian and shared the Lamb Roganjosh, and a Tandoori chicken salad.
Yep, it was the weirdest salad I have ever eaten but it was quite
good. (A ton of tandoori chicken, lettuce greens, green olives,
tomatoes, onions, carrots and then doused in mint sauce) Btw, in case you were wondering, I have confirmed with our waiter that the direct translation of Mint Sauce in Indian is "Mint Sauce".
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