Had to check out some properties in Durham Region and then Peterborough. As always, try to take routes I’ve never taken before or haven’t for a long time.
Millbrook – Can walk the main street in two minutes but it’s a good two minutes. I can see why those chose here to film A History of Violence, which was supposed to be small town Indiana. It did remind of a place like that.
Peterborough – First time actually driving around the downtown. I was impressed by what was going on there and the surrounding geography. Love the big lift lock. There happened to be a cruise boat approaching right when I stopped so I watched that go up and a some pleasure craft come down the other way. And I’ve heard that DT PTBO gets sketchy at night but I was surprised by the sketchy people around during the day, even at the Walmart. There were more than I had anticipated. I saw it in Brantford, as expected, and Oshawa yesterday as well, but not in Kitchener last month, which was unexpected.
The Omemee river looks so inviting for fishing. I will have to bring my inflatable boat and electric motor with me next time. Could see a bunch of carp and small bass by the shore. You can see the difference polarized glasses make to cut glare from the water. Those tinted photos are through the lense of my sunglasses.
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Omemee – It wasn’t on the agenda. It just happened to be on the way. This is an example of “what coulda been”. There’s no street wall on the main street. It didn’t develop in the classic way. The buildings are too spread out.
Lindsay – Lovely main street that has since had some renos too that are not pictured here. And here is an example of how there’s sometimes that one building that doesn’t fit in with the rest because it probably replaced something historic at some point with the cheapest possible material, leaving a drab structure in its place because there was no rule that you had to building something nice. Now if the paint job and sign were more attractive, that could make up for some of that as shown in a couple other examples in the pic.
To Durham Region:
The top half of Durham Region is not like the rest of the GTA. It is technically in the GTA but feels more like the surrounding counties. Once down in Port Perry, then I feel like it starts to transition to the GTA.
Cannington – Nothing to write home about.
Sunderland – Nothing to write home about.
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Port Perry – I came down Hwy. 48 and had to turn onto Reach St. At the end of Reach St. you hook a right and it takes you to the main street. And first thing I saw were production trucks. And then film crews. I then realized they must be filming season 2 of Reacher. They film Reacher right next to Reach Street. It was meant to be. Even though it’s supposed to be small town Georgia.
Uxbridge – Not much changed in the four years since I was last there. I appreciate the historic train ride that originates from there and the theatre that gives you a false sense, which is okay. Sometimes all you need is a clever façade.
Goodwood Kartways – I was massively into motorsport. My cousins and uncle would go race their go kart here. My uncle broke his leg there. I used to watch them when I was a kid but I didn’t get to race then. I since raced at the track at Mosport outside Bowmanville, which is not far away. It was a race night and it’s cool to see the trailers from those who take it seriously that have like mini garages in there and the few dozen other cars, trucks and RVs parked in the lot, the grass, up the hill on the other grass, creating a tailgate atmosphere. This is what I like about having parking on the beach, as long as it’s super organized and in very limited locations. The tailgate atmosphere it creates is like a mini version of the college football games I have frequented many times.
Stouffville (York Region) – Nothing really to say. My cousin lives in the newer subdivision, which is of course very bland. Stopped by there to chat.
As always, some really impressive churches in the downtowns of these cities and towns. And thank God for the rolling hills and river valleys that create the up and down and sometimes windy roads. And the nice vistas. Or else it would be quite boring driving between towns. Also, so glad to see plenty of cars parked in these downtowns in the middle of a Wednesday and very few vacant storefronts if any.
And again, as always, I search FB Marketplace for something I want or need for wherever I’m going and find some good deals. Got something in Whitby for one kid, and this Jays romper from someone in Peterborough for the other kid.
I got lunch at a food truck corral in North Oshawa, on the other side of the road where development stops. So on unused farmland. It’s kind of cool. Nothing fancy, but it’s interesting. Though I must say, a lot of the food does look fancy based on the pics in the review on google. Why aren’t there more of these places? There’s tonnes of spots you can set up something like this on empty land right next to population centres for a few months.
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