Ontario

Day 38 – Ontario to Vermont

America 2014

The day that was supposed to be our homecoming, turned out to be anything but. The first thing was that the bike wouldn’t start. We finally got in touch with the Harley dealer in Ottawa around 8:30 am, but we didn’t see their tow truck until almost 11:30.  It took an hour and a half to get back to the Harley dealer shop due to traffic! One thing after another and we didn’t get out of there until almost 4pm. By that time, we just wanted to get out of Canada!

We finally did.

We got back onto Route 417 to Route 138 to Cornwall where you go over the bridge and through New York.  We picked up Route 37 east to Route 122 east to Route 11 North to Route 2 into Vermont and down through Lake Champlain to Burlington, VT.

Entering Vermont

Tomorrow – Home – Please.

Rode 225 miles today.

casselman, ontario to burlington, vt

Total miles to date: 10,616

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Day 37 – Ontario

America 2014

We woke up in Blind River. It was cool this morning, around 48º. We jumped on the bikes and headed east on Route 17.  We are both getting excited to be home.  It’s been a great time doing things we’ve never done before, seeing things we’ve never seen before, but it is time to get back to reality.

Route 17 turned into Route 417 south of Ottawa, Canada.
There was really not much to see.  The lakes are amazing, but the roads – not so much.

We made it to Casselman, Ontario, Canada.

Road 435 miles.

blind river to casselman ontario

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Day 36 – Entering Canada

America 2014

We left Appleton, Wisconsin after a good cup of coffee at Starbucks and we headed north.  We took Route 41 which turned in to Route 35 and into Michigan.

We didn’t know that we would be passing through Michigan. Then, we realized that Michigan seemed to never end!  We rode on the west shore of Lake Michigan.  It looked like an ocean – you couldn’t see anything but water! There’s a long northern peninsula of this state before you get to Sault St. Marie.  Then, you cross the bridge, and you’re in Canada.  We picked up the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 17) and headed east. Before we knew it, we were on the northern shore of Lake Huron.  We stopped at a small motel (Old Mill Inn) in Blind River, Ontario, Canada. What a beautiful spot.  There was a small jetty that goes out about 500-600 feet into the lake.  Really beautiful.

8-6_Huron-Jetty 8-6_sunset-lake-huron

We rode 411 miles today.

appleton, wi to blind river, ontario, canada

Tomorrow, we will head to Casselman, Ontario, Canada.

One more night in Canada, then HOME!

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