As another long weekend is upon us, thousands of people who live in the GTA begin the mass exodus north. Tall buildings and the sound of emergency vehicles will be replaced by the murky blue/green water of an Ontario lake, great or small, and the sound of nature.
These people get to rush work from work tonight, hastily toss their weekend necessities into their vehicle, hoping they didn’t forget anything, grab a quick snack to satisfy them until they get to their destination, and head onto Hwy 400. As always the 400 will be jammed with everyone else heading north so the drive will take three times as long as it should. The “smart ones” have taken today off work and are already at their cottage trying to sleep on that old lumpy mattress they took from their house in the GTA. The weekend will pass and Monday night everyone will close up their cottage and head back to the GTA absolutely exhausted from their weekend away. Sitting in traffic, wishing the weekend wasn’t over or that they were at home already getting prepared for the upcoming workday.
Ah yes, this is the life. Spending a minimum of 6 hours in a vehicle, in the heat, cursing all the “idiots” on the road, adding the extra stress, all for a couple days of “solitude” hardly seems worth it. And then they have the audacity to complain about the gas prices. All the joys of a cottage can be found in Toronto, and with the money saved on gas, a one night stay at a hotel is affordable if desired.
2 comments:
I've never been much of a 'camper' per say--but I can see why one would want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the GTA. Overworked and underpaid workers just want to leave everything for a while and relax in the arms of nature.
Then again, it seems like you're always MORE tired when you come back from a trip as opposed to when you first get there...bizarre..
I'm much more of a hotel person myself...ah well, it's the apartment all weekend, sitting in my underwear enjoying the AC for me!
Just getting away from the dirty air and craziness of the city makes anything worthwhile. And the drive isn't so bad if you don't think of it as bad - although when I was camping on a bi-weekly basis I would take the Friday off work.
It is so beautiful to be near water you can swim in and to build campfires and make s'mores. You are more tired of course, but that is from actually breathing fresh air.
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