Day 46: See You on the Hill

 

(Nikon D90, Sigma 70-200 II @ 105mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 200, +0.5 EV Post)

"Make Family Day Tobogganing Day".  And we did; and by we I mean my buddies Jonathan (Black) and Elijah (Red).  I got a wake-up call at around 12:30 from Elijah asking me if I wanted to go.  I said no to tobogganing, but yes to hauling my equipment out and recording it.

(Nikon D90, Sigma 70-200 II @ 160mm, f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 200, +0.5 EV Post)

Within two hours we were on our way to pick up something to slide down.  Numerous suggestions were made, including a food court tray, shopping cart, and cardboard box.  Eventually we settled on pitching in for a $4 tray from a "dollar mart" (almost nothing costs a dollar nowadays, much to my sadness).

  

(Nikon D90, Sigma 70-200 II @ 100mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 200 +0.5 EV Post)

Sled in hand, we were off to Milliken Mills Park, only to find (and in my case, be reminded) that the park is currently under construction.  Unfazed, we headed to another park we were familiar with: Beverly Glen.  The hill there wasn't as impressive, but we made the most of it.  Managed to get a few stills, as well as a couple videos.  Hopefully I'll have something together in a few days with some of the raw footage of the latter.

(Nikon D90, Sigma 70-200 II @ 70mm, f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 200, +0.5 EV Post)

So who exactly started this?  From what I can scrape together from anecdotes, eavesdropping, and Facebook videos, it kicked off with Samuel Wong, a member of Jon's church: East Toronto Chinese Baptist Church (ETCBC).  Though Sam has since moved to Hong Kong, his tradition lives on.  The first family day there was a sufficient amount of snow.  Last year, not so much.  This year?  Marginally more. 

(Nikon D90, Sigma 70-200 II @ 70mm, f/2.8, 1/1250, ISO 200, +0.5 EV Post)

Afterwards we were somewhat hungry.  Of course it was Family Day in Ontario, so that means that pretty much everything that wasn't Federal or a designated tourist place was closed.  Well, Asian places stayed open, as did fast food places.  So what we did what any sane hungry guys would do.  We went to McDonalds and ordered something ridiculous: 40 McNuggets. 

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/2.8, 1/50, ISO 800)

Okay, so maybe it wasn't so ridiculous since it was split between three guys.  Elijah and I got sundaes afterwards for good measure.  All in all?  Another great day.  We'll probably do this again next year, perhaps we'll see you on the hill?