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

The Last Day and the Next Day

Main Street East Aurora NY

Yes we're in East Aurora New York It is a perfect Spring day to

Grandpa Viddler

go to Vidlers and a nice little coffee chocolate place. It's a beautiful except for the music and when they play Rhianna. Anyway on more pleasant things. There are really cool stores and take great pictures I have to leave Backwash gets the bus later on today and unite I pose
Canadian flag which was so cheesy but I just had to

Sunset Near Kerry's Place

They don't Want Me!

do it it's vacation in marketing a lot of vacation in four days I have to think carry on vacation peoples vacation music awards James having fun and

Kerry and Jamie at Vidlers

they're comparing nails.
When all 3 of us got back, we had macaroni salad, ramon noodle salad and carrot salad. It was quite delicious!
After dinner, I walked to nearby store for OJ and a Pepsi, I got home and got a call from Drew. He dropped his phone in toilet and does .

We talked about the essence of truth and money. I took a shower and Kerry drove and waited with me at the bus station ,
Bus left 35 min late and our first stop is going to be in Bath NY.
There is a MEGABUS App that you can track where this bus is going.
It would be cool if I could have  have it. I got my sausage sandwich ready to eat 'this bus is PACKED!' All kinds of folk here. We are JUST getting on I-90. It is now 11:11 PM

Bus View of Pennsylvania

We are in Bath NY we just \had a 30 min rest. The WIFI on the Megabus was spotty at best and I got very tired and cramped on the bus. The ride in general was cramped and the time just slid along like a snail. We arrived in Philadelphia 30th Station at 7:15am. I next  took the El from 30th Street

to 2nd Street to watch Larry's Cat Cleo.  I

Cleo!

played with Cleo and then took an intense nap for about an hour and a half. I had some odd dream that I was shrinking and some due messed up my shirt. I almost went back to sleep at 8:45pm. I did make make it to work and it was not too bad. I plan to make my first meeting since Weds at 7pm. I need sleep and some shower