Hey guys this is a multi purpose, for prayer request and jokes.
First please pray for me, I have been trying to organize a hike from Ayr On, to Winnipeg MB. I did dry run Monday, (well I was going to make it the official start of it but had to return home to iron out a couple issues.)
The Hike is in support of the Cat Lake Community, which has been in a state of Emergency since January 2019, with about 90 homes full of black mold, and about 100 people suffering respiratory ailments, and about 3 people a day being medically evacuated from the community daily. There is also one person who has died from the mold, Cat Lake is a small rural native community in Northern Ontario and only accessible by air.
So on Monday, I made it as far as Guelph, and couldn't find a place to sleep, and spent the night on a bench in downtown, with my wagon. I learned that haulling a garden wagon full of supplies accross Ontario will not work, as it weighs about 100lbs, and is hard to control going downhill, plus a lot of people do not like it in their stores.
Also I was turned down from 2 hotels the first one because they were over booked and had no rooms, (Found out later it was more of a government funded shelter than anything.) the other was the most expensive hotel in Guelph with no front desk, they wouldn't let me stay there with out a credit card.
(Guelph is definatley not a tourist town.) lol. I found out when I got home the temprature that night was only about 4 degrees. So I am thinking that maybe using a covered gator would be a better way to go. A small machine, with an engine that does not go fast, and would still allow me to haul my food and supplies.
Also I came up with these while I was sitting on the bench in Guelph.
(Do you know why Guelph has a bar on every corner? To support the Country Music Industry)
Guelphs bathrooms are so private the only way you can use one is to RSVP.
Guelphs bathrooms are so private, that the only way in is to wear formal wear.
Why doesn't Guelph have any public washrooms? because it's so exclusive, you have to have a prefered customer card to live there.
You know what is funny? when you have $600.00 in cash and still can't find a place to sleep for the night.
It wasn't all bad, I mean the staff at the Home Hardware on Highway 24 were great, they definately have the friendliest staff in town. There was the firefighter at the Fire Dept HQ. Great guy, I wish he had been from that area,
He told me there was a Travel Lodge in the area, to take a tunnel, and it would take about 5 minutes to get there, I think I found that tunnel, but it was closed, and when I spoke to another person there was no travel lodge in the area.
There was one young lady who was kind enough to help me find the 2 motels I went too, she had her dog with her. I pray God blesses her for her help. The firefighter too, even though his help wasn't all that helpful, his heart was in the right place.
Whats really sad, the train station is really the only safe secure place in town for people to spend the night sleeping. when they have no where else to go.
First please pray for me, I have been trying to organize a hike from Ayr On, to Winnipeg MB. I did dry run Monday, (well I was going to make it the official start of it but had to return home to iron out a couple issues.)
The Hike is in support of the Cat Lake Community, which has been in a state of Emergency since January 2019, with about 90 homes full of black mold, and about 100 people suffering respiratory ailments, and about 3 people a day being medically evacuated from the community daily. There is also one person who has died from the mold, Cat Lake is a small rural native community in Northern Ontario and only accessible by air.
So on Monday, I made it as far as Guelph, and couldn't find a place to sleep, and spent the night on a bench in downtown, with my wagon. I learned that haulling a garden wagon full of supplies accross Ontario will not work, as it weighs about 100lbs, and is hard to control going downhill, plus a lot of people do not like it in their stores.
Also I was turned down from 2 hotels the first one because they were over booked and had no rooms, (Found out later it was more of a government funded shelter than anything.) the other was the most expensive hotel in Guelph with no front desk, they wouldn't let me stay there with out a credit card.
(Guelph is definatley not a tourist town.) lol. I found out when I got home the temprature that night was only about 4 degrees. So I am thinking that maybe using a covered gator would be a better way to go. A small machine, with an engine that does not go fast, and would still allow me to haul my food and supplies.
Also I came up with these while I was sitting on the bench in Guelph.
(Do you know why Guelph has a bar on every corner? To support the Country Music Industry)
Guelphs bathrooms are so private the only way you can use one is to RSVP.
Guelphs bathrooms are so private, that the only way in is to wear formal wear.
Why doesn't Guelph have any public washrooms? because it's so exclusive, you have to have a prefered customer card to live there.
You know what is funny? when you have $600.00 in cash and still can't find a place to sleep for the night.
It wasn't all bad, I mean the staff at the Home Hardware on Highway 24 were great, they definately have the friendliest staff in town. There was the firefighter at the Fire Dept HQ. Great guy, I wish he had been from that area,
He told me there was a Travel Lodge in the area, to take a tunnel, and it would take about 5 minutes to get there, I think I found that tunnel, but it was closed, and when I spoke to another person there was no travel lodge in the area.
There was one young lady who was kind enough to help me find the 2 motels I went too, she had her dog with her. I pray God blesses her for her help. The firefighter too, even though his help wasn't all that helpful, his heart was in the right place.
Whats really sad, the train station is really the only safe secure place in town for people to spend the night sleeping. when they have no where else to go.
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