Victoria Day at Colonel Danforth Park

It was fun for us to be together on Victoria Day, mostly Singaporean and Malaysian Canadians, at Colonel Danforth Park. Getting there was difficult. For some reason, the GPS directed us to Wanita Park, and we wasted about 30 minutes hunting all over for the place (I'm even dubious about the google map below). We got close once but turned away as we didn't see the park sign; so it was another runaround before finally getting there around 10:30 a.m.


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But it was so worth the trip.




First at the trough: Who's that swine in shorts?

All the favourite fare was there: Nonya laksa, Siamese kueh, pulot hitam, beehoon goreng, etc. There were egg and ham sandwiches and cut fruits for our Canadian-Canadian friends. We sat around for three hours reminiscing about our lives, discussing the Bible, and making plans for the summer.



I'd have to say the best thing about the park is the trail that runs by a creek right down to Lake Ontario. Looking out at the expanse of water, on the left looms the Pickering nuclear plant, and over to the right the beach stretches on towards Toronto's downtown, which wasn't visible. On the sandy beach itself was a bunch of bone-white driftwood. What a stunning sight.

It also helped that I'd looked up the history of the park and of the "colonel" the night before.