Shaun_300

Off weekends now with the new job finally. Going to clean the interior of my truck today that is long overdue. Nice and cool today, low 50s. Looks like fall has arrived. Summer went out with a bang yesterday in this area. An EF2 tornado touched down about 10-15 miles from here just in the suburbs of Ottawa and did a pile of damage. Flattened some homes, ripped roofs off, snapped trees and hydro poles etc. After seeing the videos I dont know how anyone wasn't killed. I left work which is only 5 miles from where it hit about 40 minutes before it touched down.

Have my daughters 3rd birthday party tomorrow afternoon. Other than that not too much that I know of. Cooler weather moved in here too, it was in the low 40s this morning and it's supposed to be cooler tonight. 50 miles west of here has a frost advisory lol. I'm welcoming it with open arms! Sure was a hot summer for us!

Going to try and get my wood shed built this weekend if the weather isn't too bad. Supposed to be stormy all weekend. Heat is ramping back up too. It was 43 degrees here Thursday morning, was hoping that would stay around. But it's calling for heat indexes near 110 on Wednesday. Ugh so sick of this scorcher of a summer we've had. Other than that I'll see if I can get the lawn mowed again if it's not too wet. Could literally cut it every 4 days for the past month.

Nice looking setup!

Yeah it's crazy! Very sad. Western Canada is the same, there are more than 600 fires currently ablaze in British Columbia.

Shaun_300 Shaun / 31 Ontario Oct 1 - Dec 31

It was a long day for me today. Made a 620 mile round trip to southwestern Ontario and back to deliver a customers new side by side and pick up his trade. Left the house here at 3:10am to avoid Toronto traffic, rolled through there around 7am so it wasn't too bad. Delivered just before 9, spent an hour or so with the customer and headed back east. Rolled back into the driveway right around 4pm. Funny I reset the trip meter on the truck this morning and when I pulled in tonight it read 1000.0km, couldn't do that again if I tried lol. Probably will just relax tomorrow, may mow the lawn if I feel energetic. Then my weekly golf on Monday afternoon with the guys from the GM dealer I used to work at.

Sounds like a fun trip! Would be a good haul to the east coast area from Montana! Sounds like driving here in Ontario. I'm taking my family to Toronto this weekend to take my little girl to the Toronto Zoo. Only about a 3 1/2 hour drive from here. They call the 401 the deadliest highway in Canada. Posted speed limit is only 100km/h which is too low for starters at 62mph. If you're not going 80+ you'll be run off the road. And yes optional signal use and talking on cell phones or texting, people doing their hair, reading a book etc while driving is a common sight too.

Temp was 99 and heat index was 120 here in eastern Ontario on Sunday. Broke the all time record at the Ottawa airport! Been hot ever since. Right now its 95 feeling like 111. I was putting an engine in a Seadoo at work today, thought I was gonna die. Looks like we are getting a break for a few days. Tomorrow night is a low of 50. I think I'm gonna sleep outside and take it all in lol. Bought a pool on Sunday for Emma, just a 12' wide 30" high quick set. Water out of the well was 55 degrees when I filled it and now its 82. 1500 gallons of water sure warmed up in this heat! Speaking of pool I think that's where I'm headed right now!

Headed to work shortly til 2 then probably cut the lawn when I get home if it's not storming. Really hot and humid here in Ontario too! Highs between 95 and 100 with heat indexes between 110 and 120. Guess they weren't kidding when they said it was going to be a really hot summer for us. Canada day is tomorrow. Having some friends over for a BBQ and going into town to watch the fireworks.

Didn't get up to a whole lot this past weekend. Had a BBQ for a family members birthday on Saturday night, visited some friends yesterday and I got out golfing tonight with some old co workers from the GM dealer I worked at. Canada Day is coming up Sunday. Heat wave rolling in for us. Forecast says high of 99 with a heat index of 117 for Sunday. Blah!

Turkey season opened last week for us here in eastern Ontario, have never hunted them before. Going to give it a try this year though. Went Saturday after work and bought a couple box calls. Haven't got out yet the weather just hasn't been good. Very windy the past couple days, I hate hunting anything in the wind since I can't hear anything. May try this evening since it's going to be sunny. Spring finally decided to show up. High of 73 tomorrow and 77 Wednesday. Should get the lawn in good shape since we just got a couple inches of rain last week. Headed over to Quebec later today to get some new tires for my truck. Picked up a set of 20" wheels off a Sierra Denali that I'm going to put on my truck for summer wheels. They have a good sale on tires at a shop over there. Other than that we didn't do too much this weekend. Went for a Sunday drive yesterday. Turned into an unplanned 230 mile adventure through the backroads. Ended up at my grandma's, had a visit with them then stopped in at my parents on the way home. Really impressed with the gas mileage in my truck. Averaged 20.2 MPG, and there's a lot of 8-15% grade hills on the route we took!

The worst of it is over here now. Had a half an inch of ice on the truck yesterday morning. Came up to 36 degrees in the afternoon so most of it melted, then got another inch or two of snow overnight last night. I'm liking the look of the long range forecast! Next Tuesday they're calling for a high of 63 and sun!

Working til 2 today, then I think we are heading into Ottawa to shop a bit afterwards if the weather isn't too bad. Going to be an icy and snowy weekend here so won't be doing too much outside.

Wild eh Joe?! We are getting up to a foot of snow before and after the 20-30mm of freezing rain on Sunday. Should be quite a mess. My yard is just getting nicely dried up and it will be a mud pit again! Ugh.

Worked til 2pm today then came home and watched the 3rd round of the Masters. Very good tournament so far. Kind of disappointed that Mickelson isn't in the chase but oh well. Would be nice to see one of the younger fellas win it too. Not much on tomorrow other than watching golf.

It was -6 with the windchill here this morning! 60mph winds last evening and overnight too.

Right on Al, congrats! I think I'm going to give turkey hunting a try this year myself, never done it before. So my milestone will be my first! lol

Wow that's crazy! We're getting a winter storm tonight and tomorrow, my area is supposed to be just above freezing so a lot of it will be rain, but an hour to the northwest will be getting up to a foot of snow. Then another 4 inches forecasted for us here Friday. I'm looking forward to spring! Eventhough it wasn't much of a typical winter here in eastern Ontario, I still miss being out in the boat.

Working til 2 today, was off yesterday and Thursday due to a nasty cold, still have it but it's bearable now. Weather is going to be in the high 40s today so hopefully I'll get some stuff done outside later if I feel up to it. Other than that not too much on for this weekend. Dinner at the inlaw's tomorrow for Easter and Monday at my parents. Happy Easter everyone!

Pretty quiet weekend for us so far. We were spoiled with 40-55 degree temps all of February and lost all our snow. Well winter returned the past couple weeks. Have some snow back and the past few days has been quite raw with the wind. Beautiful morning here now. No wind but it's -5F. High in the mid 20s. Might try and get the snowmobile out for a run today, looks like warmer weather is trending the next 2 weeks so I better enjoy it while I can.

Ontario Canada - Resident Moose - $56.63 Deer - $49.56 Elk - $54.52 (+$16.95 to apply) Wolf/Coyote for WMU's where bag limits are in place - $11.36 Black Bear - $49.56 Turkey - $29.75 Small Game - $25.72 Non Resident: Moose - $494.78 Deer - $247.76 Bear - $247.76 Wolves/Coyote - $275.23 Turkey - $29.75 Small Game - $123.76

Did my typical work shift 8-2 Saturday then headed into Ottawa to look at a truck and ended up buying it. It's a 2007 Silverado Classic crew cab 4x4. Got it for a really good deal. Just need to replace the rocker panels and a couple other minor things on the body and put some new tires on it and she should be good to go. Previous owner is bringing it out to my house tonight. I'm like a little kid waiting for Santa Claus LOL.

Crazy weather eh Joe! No snow left here hardly at all. My yard is a mud pit.

Nice to hear from you Jerry. Very warm here too this winter and not a lot of snow. The only snow on the ground now is the piles from cleaning the driveway out and a bit in shady areas, other than that there's none! Feel bad for all the people that dumped $15-20K on a new snowmobile plus all the other costs for trail passes, insurance and licencing etc to have them sit in the garage and collect dust lol. Right around 40 degrees here right now and it's supposed to be 52 tomorrow. Was just outside and fed the cattle in a T-shirt, can't say I've ever done that in February! Very odd for this time of year here. Still not over yet though, have seen snow as late as May here so we shouldn't put the snowblowers away yet lol.