We've been in Orangeville 1 1/2 hours drive north of Toronto Ontario, this area is consider just on the southern cusp of the snow belt.
Since we've been here there has been no sun. Today it snowed a little we had to go into the city we used to live in called Brampton. It's 30 min drive at 80km an hour. Here is a few pics from our journey and from yesterdays days outing.
The three pictures below are yesterdays outing.
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| Canadians are a tough bunch. This store is called Canadian Tire, similar to Bunnings. They eat their hotdogs out in the freezing cold. |
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| This is infront of a grocery store about the same as Coles or Woolies. We are full on Christmas here. When I see how much consumerism is going on here I am amazed. |
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| Yup that's about less than $1.40 a kg for bananas. I don't even know where Guatemala is. |
The pictures below are from today outing.
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| The snow looks really nice on the trees. Here they wrap up some of the trees in burlap cloth so that if they get lots of snow on them it doesn't break the tree. |
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| In some cities you have to clean the snow off of the sidewalk. Here the council cleans it for you with a machine. |
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| This is the driveway covered in snow. |
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| They clean the main streets from snow but since it is only a few cm they will leave the snow on the street. They only clean the snow if it's a large amount. It could take many days before they clean the side streets. |
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| Driving behind dump trucks that are spraying all the salty water that the snow has become all over our car. Cars rust out very fast here because of the salt put on the roads. We also have a special fluid we put in the windshield reservoir so the water doesn't freeze. It's like a alcohol that's good to -30c |
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| All that lovely snow turns to slush ... yuck. |
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| This is rock salt that is spread so people won't slip. |
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| Being next to the USA gives Canada great buying power and fruits and veg are very cheap. |
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| Yup we even import Kiwi fruit from 1/2 way around the world |
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| Some people don't clean their cars off. This can be dangerous as the snow will fly off and hit peoples cars driving behind them. |
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| This is where they store the salt. That truck is a snow plow. It is used to clean up the snow around the shopping mall. They dump the salt all over the parking lot in the mall. |
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| This is our bank. It is even open on Sunday. |
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| The salt is coating the car already. When it is thick I will write something in it and show everyone. |
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| L standing in the snow. It's not too deep yet. |
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| It's 4pm and this is the snow from the front of the house. |
