Short day to head north up 2 to Oshawa where I'll visit some more estranged family and probably take one more day off there. I lived in Oshawa for a year about 10 years ago and the city hasn't changed much. It's a decent enough place but I'm starting to itch to get out of these cities and onto some quiet country roads again.
I considered cutting through Scarborough along the way to visit the area where I grew up but decided against it. Nostalgia is great and taking a stroll down memory lane is nice but sometimes its more of a distraction. I've spent so much time looking forward in this tour that I didn't want to look back. I had already pondered doing a second tour across Canada in the future so perhaps I could visit then. Returning to the giant green and grey cradle when I've got a solid education and job under me will be much more rewarding.
The drivers on the way to Oshawa were plenty and the bad ones made themselves known with honks and cursing out their car windows. Must be Rob Ford supporters. Once I got into Pickering on 2 the area started to get more and more familiar from my bike rides 10 years ago. My step families house was easy enough to find and I pulled to see for the first time my little nephew Damien. I'm an uncle! Jesus I'm old haha...
