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I never thought I would drive nearly two hours to see a flock of birds, but that is what I ended up doing last weekend. I didn’t think it would be all that exciting, but it turned out to be pretty cool and a good day.

We went out near Grand Bend, Ontario to see the Tundra Swans. This is their first stop in their migration. There is a bog on both sides of the road and it was interesting to note that they only stopped in the one bog.

My pictures don’t really show just how many swans there were. Thousands of them could be seen. If you’re up for a road trip next year, check it out.

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Nancy and I spent a great day today out at Spencer Gorge. If you haven’t been there and you’re in the GTA, I highly recommend you check it out. It’s a fantastic conservation area.  With waterfalls, hiking, and great scenery, it’s a perfect way to spend a day.

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Well, it’s been five years since I have had this site up! Surprisingly enough, not much has changed. I’ve switched jobs a couple times, changed hobbies, but beyond that, I’m still plugging along. One thing that has changed is that I am a lot happier.

Random thoughts on my past posts over the last five years…

• I can’t even remember last week let alone five years ago.
• I’m still a Maple Leafs fan but no where close to what I used to be. (The change in the rules ruined hockey.)
• I’m still deciding what to do with this site too.
• I continue to owe a lot to one application. I’ve come a far way as far as my programming knowledge goes and if it wasn’t for a simple (albeit amazing) IRC client, I would have never delved into it. Programming is still my side job and my hobby. I love it and I really wish I could do it full time, but I’m not there yet. Who knows; maybe in five years from now I will be.
• It’s will forever remain Dalton McJackass, I still love beer and I don’t miss her.
• Nearly five years later the resignation post is still the one that drives the most traffic to my site.  I’ll admit, I still read it from time to time for a chuckle.
• Tables for layout continue to be a crime against humanity but I’m no longer as vocal about it as I used to be. Do what you want with your own website, I don’t care. :) I do, however, still think that Firefox is leaps and bounds above IE. Use it.
• I will forever hate the bus. Really.
• Does Tim Horton’s continue to employ people like this or am I missing something?
• Remembrance Day will forever be one of the most important days of the year to me.
• I’ve hacked myself a few times in the past five years.
• Same-sex marriage still doesn’t matter.
• Heh.
• Camping without a trailer worked out.
• I stand corrected on my political position and I take it all back.
• I’ll never sell this domain.
• I continue to think positive.
• I will never ever drink and drive again.
• Life without a Rottweiler isn’t the same in my opinion.
• Life is better without glasses.
• I’m happy this worked out.
• I still count three.
• Maxim still sucks.
• M1 died but is back!
• I only watch TV for one reason. I’m not kidding.
• Fuck political correctness.
• Buying a quad changed my life.
• Best car ever. If you’ve never driven one, you wouldn’t know.
• Ronald Jenkees.
• I support the troops.
• Finallly, Trance.

Although not has much changed with me in the past five years besides having a new awesome girlfriend, two new dogs, a quad, a new job, and two hunts under my belt, a lot has changed with the world. There wasn’t a facebook or youtube or twitter. Handguns weren’t on the block to be banned. (Idiots.) Web 2.0 wasn’t around. Blackberries were huge. Cellphones didn’t have cameras. America voted in “change”.  bitTorrent was new.  Mistress Trance wasn’t around. Gas was 60 cents a litre. I was learning now I’m teaching.

Five years ago you wouldn’t have found me.

I do this for me. Five years is something to be proud of. I can’t promise that I’ll have something worthwhile to say in the next five but I can promise that I’ll always be, ehcanadian.

Nancy and I went down to Erindale park yesterday. It had been a while since I have been down there because of WIlly’s bad leg, but we decided to trek down. We weren’t sure if the trails would be accessible because of flooding, but they turned out okay.

Imagine our surprise went not 5 minutes into our walk we ran into a small herd of deer. It’s pretty cool when one can go into a park in the middle of the city and still see some nature. I knew there was deer in the park, it’s just been a few years since I have seen them.

Sorry for the poor quality. The picture was taken with my Blackberry.