It was good to see many of our Canadian friends again and we met many more who are planning to come to the Dragon for the first time this year. It is a much better deal for Canadians now with the exchange rate nearly equal.

Mark Nash of the Canadian Peregrine Foundation was at the show again with his beautiful birds of prey. We invited him down to North Carolina to see the increasing bald eagle population around Lake Santeetlah. He just might enjoy the Dragon too.

I got hugs from several of the women stars of the show. I’ve always wanted to meet “fast women” and I got to hug the “Worlds Fastest Woman” on a motorcycle, Trillium Muir. This Canadian speedster has set the record several times and it is currently at 222 miles per hour set at Maxton, North Carolina. She returns to the track several times a year so watch for the record to go up.

I almost got handcuffed by Lisa a member of the Ontario Provincial Police Golden Helmets Precision Motorcycle Team. The entire team which rides Harley Davidson Police Specials was here at the show, but Lisa got the most attention. The Tennessee Highway Patrol could take some lessons in public relations from these Canadians.

Nancy got some thrills too. The Toronto Fire Fighters were at the show hawking their 2008 Calendar. As you should know Nancy is attracted to firefighters, that’s how I lured her into my web. She somehow got most of the posers to autograph her calendar even though their booth was packed with ogling females the entire day.

Toronto has some great places to eat on King Street just a few blocks from the Intercontinental Hotel where we stayed. This is the theatre district, so when the shows let out the bars and restaurants are full.

We discovered Dunn’s Deli which served a delicious hot deli sandwich with fries that was more than both of us could eat. And the fries were the best in the world. They looked like typical fast food fries but were served steaming hot, were crisp on the outside, perfect on the inside and had a slight flavoring. All the waiter would tell us about the secret preparation was that they were breaded. Nancy’s not a big French fry eater, but we devoured every one of from the heaping platter.

We had a great wood-oven fired pizza at Il Fornello. This place was packed most of the dinner hour so plan to eat early or late.

And the fish and chips were worth the crowded ruckus at the bar at The Elephant and Castle. There were some other good looking items on the menu, but we were spoiled by the friend fish and chips. The fries were not as good as Dunn’s though.

The best part of the Toronto show were the friendly people. We had a great time last year and an even better time this year. We hope to return in 2008.