Casey, Jen and I took a road trip out to the county this afternoon. Our first stop, in Wheatley, was (Casey’s) Aunt Heather’s shop. She sells all sorts of decorative odds and ends…fancy knickknacks and things. Aunt Heather is a Leamington resident but knows the ins and outs of the W-dot and eagerly suggested all sorts of things to do while visiting Wheatley. So, we ventured down to the dock which harboured a dozen or so industrial and fishing boats and drove up to the beach (which I would liken to an uncontained sand box) before we exhausted ourselves of the small town and made our way to Tomato Town. Here we bought all the fixings for a picnic but took it to Jen’s grandparents apartment with the plan to hop in their pool after lunch. Instead, we ate until we could just barely stuff in the perfectly ripe and oversized local peaches they had just picked up from a neighbour’s roadside stand.
I thought I had had a good old fashioned trip to the county, until we passed the Dairy Freez where, to Jen and Casey’s flabbergastedness I had never eaten. This place is a landmark to Essex County, having been established for decades and never ever changed a bit. It’s apparantly not a proper trip to the county without a pit stop for a soft cone with chocolate sauce. We endulged before finally returning to the city, exhausted and stuffed silly.
I’m only warming up to the tourist mode.
