QuittingGirl

Crickets

Occupational Therapist

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I missed all of you too! Thanks to MQ and anyone else who fixed the train!

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I am so glad we are back on the track!!! I missed this place!

Hiya Stew!! I know, I felt kind of lost as well for the past few days. Even though we are non smokers, I guess we still need the support.

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I am so glad the site is back up!! I really missed coming on here and talking to everyone! Hope to see you all posting very soon!!

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Thanks again! I will probably book the hotels within the next couple of weeks. That's right now I remember, the Skylon Tower, it was a very nice place. I heard of Niagara on the Lake and I even know who Wayne Gretzky is...LOL!! I am sure my husband will want to go to that winery, and he will definitely love that cream whiskey you are talking about. He loves all sorts of whiskies. Those pictures look really nice. I think we will go there and stop off in the downtown area as it does look lovely. I have to see how many bottles I am allowed to take back into the States with me. I'm hoping at least 5 so I can stock up. I checked the prices with the exchange and it's really good as of now. That Welland Canal sounds very interesting too!

Wow!! Thank you so much for that very detailed response!! Yeah, I know that it's the Canadian Thanksgiving and actually the rates for some of the hotels that I looked at are cheaper for that week than for the week before. As of now, I haven't made any reservations anywhere, but I do know that I am looking to stay in the downtown area close to the CN Tower and the Hall of Fame. We will use the GPS and whichever border crossing it takes us to, we will go to. We will be leaving to go up on that Thurs, staying over somewhere in Upstate NY, and then crossing into Canada Friday morning and then coming back home on Tues staying overnight again in Upstate NY and getting back to the city on Wednesday. I have to find a hotel that is half way between NYC and Toronto. Probably about 5 hours in between. Yeah, the US$ is pretty good against the C$ now. 1 US to 1.37 C, but of course that will change. I'm wondering, when I book the hotel, do I get the rate the day I book it, or the day that we check in, since that is the day they actually charge my credit card. We have an account with TD bank and they do currency exchange so about a week before I will order about C$200, although most charges will go on the credit card. The revolving restaurant sounds really nice. I remember doing that in Niagara Falls many years ago and it was really nice. I forgot the name of the place though. I was reading about all those other things you mentioned and they sound great. So many things to do, not a lot of time to do it...LOL!! As far as that Edge Walk, I will definitely pass!! I am definitely not a dare devil...LOL!! Did you ever do it? Are there any wineries within like a 30-45 minute drive outside of Toronto? We like going to wineries too. Thanks again!

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Best of luck to you Stew as you are doing great with your quitting journey!! I know the Nicodemon shows it's nasty head at times when we are under stress. I still get the crave once in a while as well. We just have to stay strong!! Yeah, I hope your wife quits too. My husband quit several years before me, back in 2017 or 2018, but now we are both non smokers and it's made life easier because of it in some ways. Best of luck to you always!!

Yes, we will be driving. Since it's about a 10 hour drive from NY City to Toronto, we are thinking of doing the drive there and back stopping over for the night around Corning, NY or somewhere in the Finger Lakes region. Even though I will be doing part of the drive, it will still be long. If we do it in one day, we would get into Toronto late and be very tired by the time we get there. I actually don't mind the cooler weather, as I really don't like the heat and humidity. I will check the weather about 5 days before we leave. Do you know if there are Ubers, or some sort of rideshare in the downtown area? I haven't made any reservations in the hotel yet, but when I do, it will have to have a garage so we can keep the car in there and take Ubers to some places. Or maybe just drive to the sights and park in a garage. Since the US$ is good against the C$ it won't be too expensive. The number one sight we are going to do is the Hockey Hall of Fame. My husband is a Huge NY Rangers fan so we will probably spend one whole day there...Ugh!! LOL!! I have been to Toronto a couple times, but I was a teenager and that was many many years ago!! I would also like to go to the CN Tower and Ripley's Aquarium. Do you think it's worth it to have dinner at the CN Tower or is it a tourist trap? I think we will stay in Toronto 4 nights. If you can recommend other places to go, that would be great!! Thanks! We might even stop at Niagara Falls on the way back for a few hours. I have been there a few times as well, but it's been a really long time. Thanks for your help!

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Congratulations on completing Hell Week!!! You really are doing great and I'm very happy that you reconsidered deleting your account!! Just hang in there!

Ack!! That line of storms looks like something you would see out in Tornado Alley in the Midwest US, not in Ontario. Btw, what type of weather will be in Toronto the 2nd week of October because my husband and I will be going there. Is it cold then, any snow that time of year?