Hitting the road, plus 40 Things #8 | 40for40years

We are finally on the road. We began the day with the Royal Wedding, and followed by attending a music demonstration, which leads to …..
40 Things to Do # 8: take music lessons.
The musical family giving the hour-long demonstration explained how they can get you from zero to sixty inside three months, if you are willing to practice, and longer if you aren't. Who among you took music lessons as a child and hated to practice? Me too. We are hoping this time it will be different. Maybe because we won't be learning Hot Cross Buns, but will be learning Little Burnt Potato.
The musical family giving the demo offered four instruments: piano, guitar, fiddle and banjo. We own a guitar, a banjo, an autoharp, and a dulcimer. Plus we have Dale's dad's fiddle. Dale was going to sign up for guitar, but thinks maybe fiddle. I said what the hell, I'll take banjo. I hear you LOL. As well you might. We'll see how this pans out.
Anyway, back on the road, we arrived in Guelph in the evening, bought some cheesecake, and went to visit my mom. She was watching Royal Wedding reruns on BBC, and actually didn't really want to tear herself away to talk to us. She was fairly lucid, and we only had a few topics we had to repeat several times until she got it.
A highlight of the evening was our hotel room at the Day's Inn. Just a regular hotel room in size and accoutrements, except it was in a spot of the building with an elevation change. Instead of a second bed, we have a set of stairs. Not just a simple set of five stairs, but a sweeping grand staircase, reminiscent of Gone With the Wind. Quite fitting on Royal Wedding day, as they have staircases like this in Buckingham Palace. I keep having the urge to dance up and down like Fred Astaire, singing in the rain. Dale is lucky I don't have a top hat.
Onward to Cambridge today.