Canada, O Canada!

We ate breakfast at the restaurant next  to our motel this morning.  The waitresses, Karen and Elaine, had been great to us every time we ate there.  They greeted us like family when we went in, so it was kind of sad leaving this morning.

We made it through the Canadian crossing this morning without a problem.  The lady at the checkpoint asked where we were going - Sudbury. "Oh, that's not bad - about 3 1/2 hours."  OK, assuming it was about 10:00am when we crossed the border and we got into the hotel at 3:00pm, that was a long 3 1/2 hours!

Vaughn did it again - we stopped for gas this morning and he got talking to some guy about motorcycles - of course!  But he did get some good information about crossing in Niagara.  We'll have to follow up on the recommendation and keep you posted.

No pictures today - we were riding all day.  But there were signs that we wanted to get pictures of - "Please don't feed the bears" and "These deer don't look both ways".

Words of warning about Canada (or what we've seen of Ontario, so far):

1. It is EXPENSIVE!  We ate at Wendy's today - 2 chicken sandwiches and a medium soda - $15.00!  
2. Distances are measured in kilometers.  Fortunately I can adjust the GPS to kilometers, so that is how I monitor our speed - 90 km/hr is about 60 mph.
3. Nothing is well marked - streets, major roads, entrances to hotels, ...  
4. Roads can be rough - bumps, dips, craters, ...

The good news is most bikers wave and that is cool, like being a part of a secret club.

When we pulled into our hotel this afternoon we were a bit worried.  The have officially logged 1,104 miles on this trip!  Tomorrow we head to Niagara Falls, Ontario.  It's a trip of just over 300 miles and it is estimated to be about 6 hours.  I think we'll have to leave pretty early tomorrow morning.

And we are still having a good time!

NOTE to Liss and Jim - we had Pelee Island Pvt. Reserve Merlot with dinner, and it was GOOD!