St Catharines to Cornwall, ONT
346 mi
Awoke to a great breakfast prepared by Hansi—scones, English muffins, fresh fruit and yogurt, granola, & coffee, etc. Visited with Hansi, Rob & Nick most the morning though Rob had to run out for something. While he was gone, we revised our NF ferry schedule to give us a few more days in NF at the end of the ride and revised our Nova Scotia stay at ferry’s end as well. Then we printed out some Google maps for our next legs to Cornwall and Montreal. When we entered Canada, we'd had to say goodbye to “Greta” as our GPS was not loaded with Canada maps/directions.
When Rob returned, he led us to an ATM and we converted some money to Canadian. While we were doing this, Hansi packed us a lunch of cheese sandwiches and other goodies. She must have taken some lessons from Lucy Schuyler because she sure does know how to pack a picnic lunch! Mother was famed for her lunches.
Without Greta, we missed our turn for 401, so I drove through the center of Toronto—great glass skyscrapers, the CN tower, bridges. Back on 401, we were three times gridlocked in a 45-minute crawl by construction. At the last of these stops, we got out our binocs and watched an osprey family on a roadside platform.
This was to be our first night of camping, but we didn’t get to Cornwall until after 7:30 pm, so opted for a motel instead. Looked and looked for a motel and finally settled for the run down, private Monte Carlo right on the St Lawrence River.
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| The creative way the Monte Carlo management accessed its meter boxes |
We ate dinner at J & T (Japanese & Thai) restaurant. I had a Black Dragon roll—California roll with eel on top. Suz had a green curry dish the exact color of her tee.
We walked a distance on a paved trail and explored the Monte Carlo's dock before bed.
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