Toronto's Molson Beer Vats

I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I saw the six humongous Molson Coors beer vats parked on the side of the road. With the weather being cold (it is winter and all) I thought I might see a blue mountain on the side of the large cans saying that the beer was the right temperature. When I didn't find the blue mountain I looked for the mug handles, figuring these babies were made for Octoberfest and some buxom beer maid carrying all six mugs in her hands - no go with the handles either. For some reason they have no beer in the containers. Noooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Made in Germany each large fermenting unit holds almost 1 million bottles of beer (now that's a keg). The trip to the Toronto Brewery is a logistical nightmare and to reduce transportation and traffic issues the convoy travels at night, parking during the day along the side of the road. They have a twitter account documenting the movement and his latest tweet ends with "Cheers"! Mmm, beer.

I wasted a bunch of time waiting for this vat to move but after a few hours I found out that it is staying where it  is beside the Steam Whistle Brewery.

Photo Vault - Badlands

Now that you don't have to be good for Santa (for a little while yet) you can be bad - if fact you can be so bad that you have to stay in the badlands.

Sad and abandoned

In good times and bad you can usually find something that has been abandoned and left to rot. Sometimes in the hopes that it will be rebuilt and saved for glimpse into the past and sometimes because no one has the money to change things. I will keep my eye open for abandoned things in the future.

Sad and abandoned

In good times and bad you can usually find something that has been abandoned and left to rot. Sometimes in the hopes that it will be rebuilt and saved for glimpse into the past and sometimes because no one has the money to change things. I will keep my eye open for abandoned things in the future.

Foggy Sunrise

The sun rises over a light fog while the grass is frosted in the cold morning air – the horses eat the cold grass anyways.

Leaves fall on a pond

The fall colours are fading fast and there won't be much time left to view the beauty of Ontario's forests. After the leaves fall there is nothing left but the coming of winter, the harsh, harsh winter. This weekend is supposed to be sunny and warm, maybe a little on the coolish side so get out and enjoy it if you can.

I went to a local pond (Frog Pond in Acton) to see the colours and what was left of the leaves on the trees. We have definitely passed peak and the majority of leaves have fallen to the ground. The remaining leaves are burnt and colours with very few vibrant orange, yellow and reds.

2010 Dodge Rodeo

Cowboys and cowgirls competed at the 2010 Dodge Rodeo Championships over the weekend at Hershey Centre and sales of A535 were probably through the roof. These guys rode broncos and bulls, roped calves and even wrestled the young cows. The bulls are gigantic and long trails of snot fly from their faces as they try to throw the cowboy off their back. Even when the rider stays on for the required period they still have to get off the animal and there doesn't seem to be any easy way without jumping off and hoping to land on your feet.

Roping the calves included single rider events where you tried to rope the calf's head and team roping where one rider roped the head and the other rider had to rope the back legs. Many of the calves were able to escape without being roped.

Competitions also included barrel racing and obstacle races.