Today we are off to Cambridge, on the way we stop in Hamilton and visit the HMCS Oriole, as well as the HMCS Haida (built in 1943), an old World War destroyer. We take a self-guided tour and check out the Guns, Torpedo Tubes, retro interior, and Submarine Mortars (these replaced depth charges and were […]
Read More →After spending the last two days enjoying Toronto, it’s time to make the short journey to Niagara Falls just in time to enjoy Canada Day. We leave muggy Toronto early in the morning and once again tackle the 401, not too far outside of Toronto we run into construction and slow to a crawl, after […]
Read More →Our first day here started off well, figured out the transit system, and received a very good discount on our first bus ride 80% off, given to us by a very helpful driver, we weren’t so lucky the next day.The trip into Toronto takes approximately 2 hrs, we first take a bus to the train […]
Read More →Today we are heading back to civilization for the next week or so, and I’m not looking forward to it. We head off this morning for Indian Line Campground in Brampton which is the closest campground to Toronto with good transit, we will be spending 3 nights here leaving the RV there and taking transit […]
Read More →After an enjoyable evening spent at the cranberry marsh, we head out for our first stop at Wasaga beach. It’s a pleasant drive through farmlands with the most scenic barns I’ve seen. Unfortunately, the roads here have very narrow soft shoulders, so I’m unable to stop and get any pictures.Our stop at Wasaga beach is […]
Read More →A short drive today to Muskoka Country (cottage country for Toronto) to our first Harvest Host experience- Johnson Cranberry Marsh/ Muskoka Winery. We took a very informative tour learning all about how the farm came to be and how hard it is to be a farmer, as well as a lot of information on growing […]
Read More →We have moved from Killarney to Huntsville. We overnighted at a beach, but the mosquitoes were terrible – buzzing around our heads all night long. The next day we headed to Algonquin Provincial Park. This is a huge park of spruce, ash, fir, and pine forest and many, many lakes both large and small. There […]
Read More →South out of Sudbury down to Killarney Provincial Park. Gorgeous windswept terrain of pines and oaks just like the Group of Seven artists painted. Our 3 km Chikanishing hike takes 2 hours as there is lots of scrambling over pink and red granite rocks. Georgian Bay is a beautiful blue in the sun. We see […]
Read More →In the morning we went to visit the famous Sudbury giant nickel – Sudbury is a mining town and even though some effort has been made to beautify the mining site, a lot of the surrounding area is covered in piles of leftover rock produced by the mining operations. Later in the afternoon, we head […]
Read More →Spent the morning at a car show in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, lots of variety from very old to brand new one of my favourites was a 1929 tow truck. In the afternoon we head out to check out the Canal St. Locks shortly after we arrive we get to watch a tour boat make […]
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