It's All In The Numbers

Well I promised you all a numberific account of our frugal family holiday to my brother's basement and since I'm a woman of my word here it is.

• Time of travel: 2 hours 31 minutes
  
• Amount of time Maya spent sleeping: 2 hours 1 minute
  
• Amount of time Maya spent crying: 30 minutes
  
• Amount of time Abby spent sleeping: 45 minutes
  
• Amount of time Abby spent crying: 15 minutes
  
• Number of times Abby asked, "Are we there yet?": 47
  
• Distance from our house when she asked, "Are we there yet?" the first time: 0.5 kms
  
• Average temperature in Peterborough on Tuesday: 36.7 degrees
  
• And with the humidex it felt like: 1258 44 degrees
  
• It was the hottest day in: 113 years
  
  
  
  
• Number of animals making any kind of movement at all at the Peterborough Zoo on Tuesday: 0
  
• Number of times Uncle Dave's been on the Zoo train: 57
  
  
  
  
• Number of times he rode the train on Tuesday: 0
  
• Length of the giant slide at the Zoo: 80 feet
  
• Number of trips Uncle Dave and Abby took down the giant slide: 1
  
• Temperature of the landing strip at the bottom of the giant slide: 156 degrees
  
  
  
  
• Degree of burn on the back of Abby's leg from sizzling landing strip on the giant slide: 2nd
  
• Size of slushies we bought in a vain attempt to "beat the heat": 1.89 litres
  
• Number of "slushie migraines" suffered by yours truly: 7
  
• Number of people in our party for dinner Tuesday night: 8
  
• Number of people who also thought Swiss Chalet (and it's air conditioning) would be a good place to eat Tuesday night: Half of Peterborough
  
• Number of "Children's entrees" Abby ordered and ate: 2
  
• Time spent fishing: 45 minutes
  
  
  
  
• Time spent fishing by Abby: 87 seconds
  
• Number of pictures I took before realizing Abby had taken it off auto and turned it to portrait: 5
  
• Number of fish caught: 2
  
  
  
  
• Number of fish caught by Mel: 2

So that was pretty much it in a nutshell. You can check out Flickr for more pictures from our frugal family holiday.As usual with holidays, they're never long enough. As always when visiting with Dave and Mel it's never long enough.