37 Days and counting until my October Vacation 2006 begins! I know what you're thinking. What kind of person takes a vacation in October? Well, simply put, it's a cheap time to travel. Also, work is usually pretty busy, so it's a good time to get away. Plus, I hate it when my destination is much cooler than my home, so I stopped taking July vacations.

This year I'm heading to San Francisco on October 4th. On the 5th I fly to Las Vegas for 3 nights. On the night of the 8th I fly to San Diego and spend a week there with my sister and leave on the 15th. Using a bunch of travel tools (farecompare, orbitz, usairwaysvacations and kayak) and a TON of time I tested just about every theory I had going to find the best deal possible. End result was my 4 flights only cost me $600 cdn.

Among the stranger things: MUCH cheaper to fly into San Francisco than it was to fly into Vegas, LAX or San Diego. Booking a hotel in vegas on usairwaysvactions gave me the same price for 4 nights as it did for 3 nights. And it pays to book about 2 months to 1 1/2 months before your departure. The closer you get to one month, the less you find available deals.

Now all that's left are hotels in San Francisco and a nice car rental for my time in San Diego.

I'm going to keep this post short becuase the last few times I've tried making a huge post, it's crapped out on me. Last Sunday I went to beer fest at fort york. A great party and a definite must for anybody that likes trying new beers. A definite must try is this apple beer I had. Taste like apple juice with alcohol (and much better than cider).

Went up to Port Perry yesterday. I don't think I'll ever see a hotter black jack table. I saw a woman put $25 down on pairs plus (if your two cards at blackjack are the same you get 25 - 1 payout, if they're a mixed pair it's 6-1) and hit it...TWICE!!!!!! Add to that we went 2 hours with the dealer not once getting blackjack. Good times indeed.

I went to Montreal on the weekend. I really like Old Montreal with it's narrow streets and old buildings. Would make a great place for a condo development since it seems as if it's empty right now. They wanted $4 admission to visit Notre Dame Basillica. WHAT KIND OF BS IS THAT?? I flat out refuse to pay for anything like that. The drive back was a bitch, stop and go between Kingston and Port Hope. Over all, I liked Montreal though.