California Here I Come!

Yes, that snow drift is taller than me!

Okay, I officially can’t take it any more! This has been the longest, coldest, most miserable winter in decades here in Toronto. The photo above (at our cottage north of the city) was taken a couple of weeks after we had already had the driveway completely cleared. I can’t imagine how high it would be otherwise.

Thanks to years of profligate spending, I am happy to tell you that I have some air miles to use and I decided this would be an opportune time to do so. Here is a tip – if you are flying anywhere from Toronto, try to do it out of the Island Airport (YTZ) instead of Pearson (YYZ) – it will not only be a much nicer experience (3 hours spend standing in line to go through customs at YYZ vs. a comfortable chair, internet, cookies and a free capuccino at YTZ….but I digress) you will also save $$ if using air miles. My 2 flights to L.A. through Montreal cost only $135!! If I had gone through Pearson it would have been double that.

My firstborn is coming with me for the first leg of the trip, then later baby (age 13) and dad will follow during March break. Yee haw, can’t wait to haul out the flip flops!