Thursday, May 19th: A 14 Hour Road TripOn the Road to Ontario Canada

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5:15am

Good day everyone. It is 9:43 AM and I am taking my first pit stop here at a Tim Hortons in Castle Creek Pa.

Starting Point in Fairmount

 I'm hoping getting gas getting a coffee and updating my blog. It all went pretty smooth voice. I got

Getting on the NE Extension

up at 5:00 AM ate cereal & showered. Fortunately I had taken Sharon's advice and put out my clothes

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& packed my clothes last night. I hop in the car about 6:15 AM and took the Schuylkill breast way

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up to the blue route interstate 476. The traffic was mildly crowded on the Schuylkill. It was a

First Stop for Gas Coffee & Blogging

good thing I left when I did. I then went up the northeast the mention of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. There are various box of road construction but overall I was able to 80 mph with no problem. The speed limit was raised to 70 mph on parts of the

Near Watertown NY

turnpike just last week.  I then kept on trucking. I went to the border and the gentleman with extremely

Just Crossed the Border

friendly. He didn't make me pull over and wait in the office. That was a very fortunate thing for me. I saved a half hour by not being told to go inside the building and wait to looked over allowed into

The 1st Route

42 Miles till Route 41

country. I then pulled over & contacted AT&T to get the international service. It's a rip off. $30 and it

2nd Route Canada 401

lasts for 30 days. It does allow unlimited texting. The main problem is that you're only allowed about 125

Moving Right Along

megabytes total and EACH phone call is a dollar a minute. I certainly will not be calling anybody or

The Ontario Sky

going on the Internet until I go to a WIFI hotspot. And there's pressure few around. I was hoping

Rest Stop Griffith Ontario

gasing up in the USA will save me a little bit of money since Canadian gas is definitely more expensive.

Went Though 2 of These

After I called AT&T, I started up to Canadian route 401 and then from 401 I have the little road called

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41. Route 41 was a very winding little road but I did pretty well in passing people. My 2nd rest

2nd Road Stop

stop for gas what's in a little town called Griffith Ontario. It's on route 41. I was told by my contact that

Getting Closer

I'm 6 hours away from Espinola Ontario. That is the biggest town to Manitoulin  Island.

Close to Espanola

There are a lot of low mover and I want to get to when you're by 830 or so so I wouldn't miss the

Made it to Espanola

first meeting of the 

weekend. There was quite a few places with construction but I'm hauling out up by men and stop times

Driving to Cabin

twice. I did fill up my gas tank twice on the way up here. I went to the end of the turnpike I have to work

Inside Cabin

for drum is in New York State. There's a lot of New York State to drive-through during this trip. Well I

Cabin at Blue Dot 

went on Route 17 with trans Canadian highway all the way up to Espanola. Once I got there I

Map of Trip

did make the meeting at 8:35 PM. I then went to the cabin and crash. 14 hours a long time