January 22, 2010 : Heading for Lake Ontario
© 安岡喜晴 (JoyShine)
I wanted to see Lake Ontario and was on my way to an apartment to meet my friends who were going with me.
But on the way, I got lost. I heard "Main street opposite Macklin street" as the name of the bus stop where I should get off.
So I waited for the word "street" to appear twice in the announcement, which caused me to miss the "Main opposite Macklin."
I went to the terminal of that route and the driver said, "This is the terminal, so you should take the bus up ahead," so I took the bus up ahead.
Now I remember that was the beginning of the trouble. The bus I took didn't go via Main opposite Macklin, and I was taken to an unknown place I'd never been before.
It was in the middle of the mountain and there were no shops, just a road and some buses going to unknown places.
It was already dark and very cold, so I didn't want to wait for the next bus because of the freezing cold.
So I decided to walk until I saw a bus stop I had seen before.
After a while I saw the sign "Ancaster Old Mill". I remember that around here I started to get worried about getting lost.
It's very cold and dark, the wind was blowing hard, but I walked through the frigid air towards my unknown destination.
After an hour, I saw the sign "The Beginning of Mohawk Street"..... "oh..... I guess I can get home sometime if I keep going this way.
This thought stirred me and I walked towards the mall I'd been to before and I thought I could reach it if I kept going this way.
After a long walk, I finally reached the mall I'd been to before. After shopping, I went home.
And I finally got home around 8 PM. I remember it was around 5 PM when I looked at my watch while I was walking around the "Ancaster Old Mill",
so I walked for more than 3 hours before I got home. Today I couldn't make it to Lake Ontario.
It's my mom's birthday and I wanted to take pictures of the lake and send them to her. So it's a shame I couldn't go..... I'll try it next time.