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A Day at The Ex!

We headed down to the Canadian National Exhibition on Saturday morning, we had been debating on whether to go and when to go. With Gillian working through the week, it left the weekends, Angela had gone with Dylan’s family last week, so it was just the four of us. Claudia wanted to do a few rides, here they are on The Crazy Mouse.

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They went on the Polar Express, it seemed like it was less than a minute long.

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Waiting in line for the Tower Swing. They did the rides first so they didn’t encounter any long line-ups.

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The Fire Ball.

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We caught some of the Air Show. Here are the Breitling Jet Team. They are based out of France.

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They fly in  Czech Aero L-39 Albatros jets.

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We came out of The Farm building to watch the U.S. Navy F/A 18F Super Hornet.
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Back to the cows in the farm building.

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Gillian and Claudia with their catch.

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Gillian holding her fish.

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Claudia got a new sunglasses, you can see Susan and I in the reflections.

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After lunch we walked down the midway.

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We were kind of following a guy down the midway watching him play the throwing games, either breaking the plates or beer bottles. He kept getting the first one, but then would miss the second one. Each time he would stop and play, not sure if he eventually won.

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We rode the Sky Ride.

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The girls have done this in the past, but it was the first time for Susan and I.

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It was starting to get busy.

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Claudia wanted a slushie, we spotted the booth from above.

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It was good day at the Ex, we had to get back home to feed Chloe, our usual help (Dylan) is off to college in Timmins and no longer available. We are trying to find a replacement. We did the Enercare Centre Shoppers Market and warehouse outlets at the end and it was getting packed. We had parked in the underground parking, so it was easy getting out and only took us about 35 minutes to get home.

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The Ex

We headed down to the Ex on Thursday. The weather was great, 22°C and no rain in the forecast. The girls had the Ride All Day passes. Here they are taking the Sky Ride.

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The good weather brought out a lot of people. The rides and midway filled up fast.

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Here are the girls waiting in their car on the Blitzer.

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It was a longer than usual wait, as they would only allow one car on the track at a time. Here they are coming down the first hill.

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Angela and Claudia at the end, Gillian is in the second row.

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Next it was on to the Polar Express.

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Gillian and Angela strapped in on the Bonzai ride.

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Click on the picture to see a close-up of Gillian’s expression.

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Angela and Gillian on the Bonzai.

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Angela went on almost every ride.

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Taking a break from the rides to go through the Rock & Roll Funhouse.

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They went on the Fire Ball during the day and at night.

The Crazy Mouse Roller Coaster wasn’t running earlier in the day, but it opened up and the girls didn’t have to wait that long.

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Click on the photo to see a close-up of the girls facial expressions.

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Posing with Pachi, the Pan Am Games mascot.

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The girls posing on one of the Swans from Ontario Place. There are a bunch of them scattered around the Exhibition grounds.

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Lots of minions were available as prizes this year.

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Walking towards the Farm building.

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The girls getting ready for the duck race.

We sat and watched the sheep shearing demonstration. Lots of wool.

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Completely shaved.

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The girls holding up their catch of the day.

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Next to the giant inflatable pig.

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It was back to the rides.

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Angela and Gillian went on the Fireball (or Ring of Fire).

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By mid afternoon it was getting even busier.

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The Ride All Day pass was a good deal.

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Angela pointing and saying she was going on the Mega Drop.

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Angela was also the only one brave (or crazy?) enough to go on the Mach 3 ride. Here she is strapping herself into her seat.

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Here is a video of Angela on the Mach 3.

A 37-metre arm connected mid-way whirls riders 360 degrees upside down and inside out. The relentlessly robust arm rotates at up to 13 revolutions per minute, producing a g-force of 3.5-g.

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Survived!

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We saw the acrobatic show called Mirage.

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After dinner, we made one more trip down the midway. The food building was packed at 7:30 pm.

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Some of the rides lit up at night. There was a time when we rarely ventured into the adult midway, let alone be there at night. We took a stroll through the kids midway earlier in the day and many of their favourites as a kid were still there.

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After a long day it was back to the Go Train for the ride home.

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