TGTH: Day 21 (October 20th, 2010)

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Kilometres Remaining: 6,300/11,978+

Route: Toronto to Guelph, Training with Taylor Sensei, Movie Night with the Taylors

We wanted to leave Toronto early, but with the 401 and with rush hour, early was like... 9 am. We had breakfast with Auntie Anne, thanked her profusely for all of her generosity, and were on our way. It did not take long to get to Guelph, and even though I had a minor disagreement with the GPS we had no issues.

We pulled up to Kim Taylor’s house at about 10 something in the morning. He invited us in and we relaxed a bit with some drinks. Kim had to do an errand so he headed out for a bit while we used his computer to try and sort out our accommodations in Thunder Bay and Winnipeg.

When he returned we had some pizza for lunch and headed to the University of Guelph to train. My better half watched for a while and then went out to explore the University while Taylor Sensei helped my work on my Seitei Iai. I tried hard to take his feedback as he gave it to me and to bring it into my technique, but it will take some time to fully internalize his teachings.

After a few hours it was time to go. We found my better half and then we all returned to Kim’s house. Kim went out with his children briefly while we again worked on our travel plans. One of Kim’s students, Pam, met us at Kim’s and we chatted while we waited for the rest to return. Once we were all together we headed out to a Chinese Restaurant called Sun Sun. I thought there was some parallelism with Wawa (our next destination) so I thought I ought to write a song including in the lyrics “Wa Waaaaaaaaa, Sun Suuuunnnnnnn!” I will have to work on this masterpiece when I return...

Supper was excellent, as was the company. It was an incredible treat.

We headed to Pam’s house following supper and watched “The Last Starfighter.” We had some decision making issues on picking the moving (and the restaurant for that matter) but deciding that everyone should see The Last Starfighter at least once we watched it.

It was a great night. Pam headed out mid way through the movie (on her way to Thunder Bay for the Iaido Seminar on Saturday) as the rest of us finished the movie. As the movie ended we said our good-byes (until December when I return for my grading) and the Taylors headed home.

I headed out in the rain to grab the sleeping bags and we set up camp on Pam’s floor. After that much excitement and that much training, I was ready for sleep. So... I slept.