Alright! So, today we are going to a small town named "Goderich"
which is 200km far from Toronto
It is far west
and there is nothing beyond this town
but the USA starts here
You can say that on the west side
where I live
In this area, on the west side, this is the last town
So, we will be driving there
The town itself is very small, pretty with approximately 7000 population only
and will show you, what's in the town
I mean there are plenty of small parks and beaches
And when I went there last time, what I found interesting was
Whichever car passed by me
I saw only old age people sitting in there
So, I think maybe only retired people live in this town
However, I am not sure, will go and explore properly
and we will take you on this 200km drive
So, right now we have taken a stop at Cambridge On route
which is 70km west of Toronto
And fuel economy of my car appears to be 6.5L/100km so far
For those who don't know this is how we calculate fuel economy here
If it is 10L/100km then we are getting an average of 10kms
Since we are getting 6.5L/100km, you can calculate accordingly
Also, we will fill gas and use the washroom here
So, now let's go into the On route first
Whenever I go out on Sunday to record a vlog
Since the last vlog
Weather is never predictable
Sometimes it is cloudy, sometimes sunny
When I go home and take a look at the footage
It looks like it has been shot on different days
As one footage is with very low lighting
Because it gets cloudy and some shots have bright sunlight
It makes the vlog hardly looks fair
Now, in this footage, you might think so as the camera is not able to adjust the exposure here
It is a point and shoot camera
Yeah! I am trying to make it look fair enough
Since our drive is so long
I decided to take another stop
And right now, we are standing in Perth county and I am surrounded by farms
I will show you the farms
I thought that I should make a stop
And record a time-lapse of the clouds
The wind blows really fast in Canada
You can literally see clouds moving
It doesn't happen in India
There is a lot of pollution in India and you can barely see if clouds are moving or not
Since the wind blows really fast here, you can clearly see clouds moving here in Canada
So, I will show you now
So, I am not sure if you can see it or not
but the way they used to teach us at the school when we were young
That there is Mirage in the desert, I guess
that you think that there is water far away
but when you get closer there is no water
You may feel the same illusion here
The sunlight here is so bright
that I can see there is water far ahead on the road
but in reality, there is nothing
So, I didn't fuel up at that On route gas station
Because gas was very expensive there
It was $1.35 for regular gas (petrol)
and here it is $1.25
And I use an Esso points card for the gas
So, I thought that we will fill up at an Esso ahead wherever the price is fair
And right now, we have taken a stop at a small town
It is only 15mins away from Goderich and we will reach there soon
and
The good thing is that whenever we pass by through a small town
When we are on a long route
and passes by a small town, the speed limit is automatically reduced
This means, in case we are driving on 90-100km/hr
There are speed limit signboards in such towns
As 50km/hr speed limit starts from here or 60km/hr or 40km/hr
And here we're done filling up the gas in the car
There was already some fuel left in the car
On top of that, we have got 48L more petrol
So, now I will put it back and hit the road again
So, we have reached Goderich town here
For which we had to drive three hours including all the quick stops
Now, I have parked the car behind me
Let's go and see what we have to explore in this town
The building that you can see behind me mentions "Huron county Courthouse"
Goderich town falls under Huron county
and this is the courthouse for the county
This statue is here in remembrance of WWII martyrs
This is the local theater here
So, this was the downtown area here
and now, we will go to some other place
Probably locals parks on the beachside here
We will be going there and then, there is a bridge as well
from where the trail begins
We will go there and then we can think about dining in
Let's go now
So, you won't believe where I am standing right now
It looks so beautiful, like heaven
I will turn around and show you
Look at the water, it is completely Turquoise blue
This water is pretty clear and there is a helicopter flying just above my head
And here is a big ship in the background
After looking at those signs on the ship, I think it belongs to some other province
Imagine if this was Woodbine beach
Which is totally crowded
You can see big speakers everywhere
People are eating and enjoying
and this is a quiet place with a very small crowd
So, you get a chance to enjoy the moment
If we want to escape the city life
Then it is a very good place
I work in Toronto Downtown and I get frustrated during weekdays
After seeing a lot of crowd and traffic on the roads
So much rush
but here, it was worth it. I guess the drive was worth it
So, now I am going to just enjoy this moment
Okay! So, now I am feeling exhausted
Since I've had only one bagel with an iced coffee this morning
and now, I am tired.. okay
We still have to visit a bridge and after that, we can finally think about dining somewhere
but before that, we are just making the vlog
So, if you don't subscribe at this point then I don't know how to convince you
Now, we have reached that bridge, I was talking about in this entire video
and construction of this bridge began in 1905
and it was completed in 1907
There is nothing much to do on this bridge
but you might get a better view and then a trail starts after passing the bridge
We don't have time to go on the trail
It is going to be dark very soon, so we will go on this bridge and show you around
So, let's go
Right now, we are at the bridge
and I will show you the view from here
There are a lot of people walking behind me so, I will have to take the camera from here
This is our last stop, officially!
After this one, we will make a stop at a patio to eat
If we can find a patio open
Because when we go out to explore small towns
what we get to observe is that these towns shut down very early
7pm, 8pm, or 9pm
I don't think even 9pm, I guess around 8pm
If we talk about the shops here
They were already shut when I reached here in the evening
but patios are open, we will go to the patio
and
If we talk about the water behind me.. it is pretty dirty
I don't know how it looks in the video, but it is very dirty
and
You can see the same view from here but just a different angle
So, if you keep walking on this bridge
then, you will be able to access the trail which takes you to kinda hill or forest
but we are not going there
There are a lot of mosquitos due to greenery in this area
Also, it is getting dark now
So, I don't wanna take that risk, let's go to the patio now
We have searched for nearby restaurants
and most of the restaurants are closed by now
I can see two of the restaurants are open yet.. so, we can try checking rating,s, etc.
So, right now I am sitting at a Boston Pizza
since most of the local patios here are closed now
and I find it difficult to select items from the menu here
So, I thought it is better to come to a patio where I have been before
I am feeling hungry and I want to eat something really good
So, I have ordered a barbecue pizza and mojito drink
The name of this drink is different here
and
Now, I am just waiting for the food
Here our trip ends for the day
and our weekend too!
Tomorrow is Monday
I need to go home and prepare for the working days now
I have to drive for 2.5hours before I reach home
I will be reaching home around midnight
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At least, I will know where I need to work on
See you in the next vlog! Goodbye!