Aylmer Express "MoHo" Extravaganza 2006

The weather was decidedly cooler today. I woke up early so that I could head over to the office where the WiFi signal is strong enough for me to upload some blog entries. The office was not yet open but they had a swing and an outlet so that you could take advantage of the extraneous Internet access a little more comfortably, even when the office is closed. The only problem seemed to be that it was only about 50 degrees (10 C) this morning. For those reading this in Canada, I am trying to say it was cold! Hey, we have just spent the last five months sweating our butts off so 50 degrees is pretty much freezing to us, ok? Anyway, I thought it rather cruel irony that the owners went so far as to provide a thermostatically controlled fan outside as well. Being from Canada, and seeing as I was sitting there shivering, I naturally thought this was a device to warm you up. Nope. There were no heating coils on this bad boy. It was actually designed to kick into action for the sole purpose of removing any available warm air from the immediate area. Not exactly what I had in mind this morning. On the bright side, at least the WiFi signal was great. The bad news was that after about 90 minutes, my hands were so cold I was having trouble typing. The lengths I go to in order to keep my blogees happy. Anyway, everyone else got up not too long afterward and made their way over to the office to check their email. Then it was brunch and jump in the Matrix to make our way into the historic district of downtown Savannah. This is a beautiful town. They have fabulous old, but well kept, buildings and homes throughout. And this historic district is sprinkled with little treed squares, which are really more like mini parks. The streets are routed around these squares making the whole are rather quaint and a little more people-focused rather than car-focused when compared to other cities. It is a perfect place to take a walking tour, which is what we did. We ended up chatting with a number of the locals along the way who were out walking their dogs. The kids miss their dog so, whenever we encounter one of our four-legged friends, we usually ask their owner if we can give them some pats. That helps the kids get their doggy fix and it has allowed us to meet may more people than we normally would. On this particular day we ended up patting what has to be the softest and most comfortable dog I have ever patted. It was a Chi Hound, at least I think that is what they said it was although I cannot find anything like it under that name when I search the net. What a beautiful, cuddly, well-behaved dog. You definitely want to check this breed out if you are thinking of getting a pouch. Step one, unfortunately, is to figure out what the name is! And I must say, the locals are so laidback and friendly. We got all kinds of background on the city and recommendations on what to check out while we are there. Some of the highlights of our tour would include, the actual site where they filmed the “bench scenes” for Forest Gump, the City Market, the church where the music director wrote Jingle Bells, and, of course, Johnson Square. Why Johnson Square? A perfect place for a photo-op, as you can see. We finished our tour with a stroll along River Street which is, appropriately enough, right by the river. But as the sun sank toward the horizon we made our way back to the MoHo to continue what we started … watching Hotel Rwanda.

Today’s word:

extraneous \ek-STRAY-nee-uhs\, adjective:
1. Coming from or existing on the outside.
2. Introduced from an outside source.
3. Not essential or intrinsic; foreign.
4. Not pertinent to the matter at hand; irrelevant.