Labour Day long weekend

Labour Day was beautiful, sunny and hot in Toronto. Saturday night I went to M&G's place to help break in the new barbeque. Sunday, a little worse for wear, I intended to go with someone from work over to Toronto Island. Being such a gorgeous weekend, everyone else wanted to go too. The line for the ferry was enormous. I'm sure anyone from Toronto would have told us that, but how were we supposed to know? Instead, we walked along the waterfront and eventually found a guy selling tickets for a boat tour. My co-worker bargained him down from an unreasonable $12 to a much better $10 for a 45-minute trip across the harbour to the island and back. Toronto Island looks like a pretty nice place. There are quite a number of houses out there, but much of it is like a huge park. According to the guide, a busy day in the summer can see upward of 100,000 to 150,000 people. That's a lot of ferries.