August 10, 2015
Today was my second day off for our
time here. Courtney, Becky, Garrett, and I went to Ward’s Island. Ward’s Island
is an island off of Canada’s mainland right off of downtown, on Lake Ontario. We took a subway
to the streetcar and the streetcar to the ferry. All in all it took about 20
minutes to get to the ferry and the ferry ride was no more than 10 minutes. It
was quick and easy and the ride over to the island was a gorgeous view of the
skyline of downtown Toronto.
Once we get
over to the island we headed straight back and decided we wanted to “get lost”.
As soon as we got a few yards off the ferry, we found the beach and were
ecstatic. The only downfall to today was
the weather. There was an overcast, which we all decided we would rather have
than it is very sunny. But being on a beach on an island during an overcast day
was a little chilly (especially the ferry ride over). We played on the beach
and took a lot of pictures. We all tried to skip rocks and see who could go the
farthest.
The island
was very quaint and quiet. There were not many people and very few kids. It was
very nice to get a day of just pure relaxation.
After the
beach we headed to the only restaurant on the island called Island Café. It was
a cute little outdoor restaurant right on the water. We all ordered burgers.
The food was AMAZING. We spent some time talking to the locals and enjoying the
beauty of the island. When we were almost done with lunch, it started to rain.
Luckily the ferry was going to pick us up in 20 minutes so we were able to
leave before we got too wet.
We decided
that our trip to the island was the best part of the trip thus far. It was so
nice to get away from the city for a few hours and enjoy the city from the
relaxing island.
--Aubrey Moore
Riding Toronto's streetcar |
Mr. Nugent, Ms. Moore, Ms. Kent, Mrs. Gibb, and Mr. King meeting Pachi, the Toronto 2015 Pan American and Para Pan American Games mascot |
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