June 15, 2012 Hamilton, Ontario on Lake Ontario

Rob neglected to elaborate on what happened when he didn’t make the transition to the route we needed to take. We were traveling along Hwy 40. Our plan was to follow 40 to the 20 which would take us into the Niagara area of Ontario, between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Because he was cut off we ended up on a semi-highway which skirted the perimeter of Montreal. I’m looking at the map and I see where we are and where we need to go when all of a sudden Rob sees a sign to 20 and takes it.  Just a bit premature, although it did work out, but not before taking us through a tunnel which deposited us on the other side of the river.  Now the navigator, me, is slightly confused because I don’t see a tunnel on the map. I figure as long as we’re on 20 we’re okay. Despite the confusing signage in Canada, they at least give several opportunities to get back on the path you wanted to be on. We found our campground near Hamilton, Ontario. It’s in a conservation area appropriately called 50 Point Conservation Area and it’s on Fifty Rd. Beautiful municipal park right on Lake Ontario. Big sites with plenty of space between. It even has a dog beach, which Dusty loved swimming in. Weather has been terrific.

Today we drove to Niagara Falls for a few photos of the falls. Didn’t partake of any of the tours, just gazed at the water flowing over the cliffs. One of the Wallendas was scheduled to walk across this morning and we could see the tightrope stretched across, but did not see the event. Afterwards we took a side trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake for a stroll up and down the street and  a little lunch. This is a very trendy, touristy area. There are also quite a number of wineries in this area. Since we are leaving Canada tomorrow we had to be mindful of the amount of alcool (that’s French) we are carrying so we couldn’t stop.

On to Michigan tomorrow via Port Huron. We’ll stay there a couple of days and take a day trip down to Ohio to retrieve the property we put in storage. (Stuff we couldn’t take into Canada.)

Dusty actually liked the water.

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