After a great night’s sleep we awoke to another warm sunny day. The excitement and anticipation has been building since we got home from Florida. Now the day has come to start our wonderful adventure. We packed the last minute things into the rig, stowed everything away, said our goodbyes to some friends, and away we go.
We departed from home at 9:15 am knowing that we would miss the morning rush hour and of course bet the afternoon chaos. Sometimes the best laid plans fail no matter what you do. Our first traffic slowdown was on the Hamilton/Burlington Skyway Bridge. We were stuck at a complete stop going up the bridge for at least 30 minutes. Not where you want to be while towing 16,000 lbs.
The only good thing about stopping at the top of the bridge is the view, it was amazing. A view you normally couldn’t enjoy.
We finally got going only to be slowed down to a crawl again, this time near the Toronto airport. We watched airplanes coming and going to help pass time.
Now, when they say the third time is the charm they sure weren’t talking about traffic jams. This one was the worse. Three lanes of traffic stopped dead in our tracks near Barrie.
We waited about a half hour then decided to do something I’d never recommend. Back up on a highway. When I told Susan what I was going to do, her comment was “YOU WHAT, NOT WHILE I’M IN THIS _____ TRUCK”. I said good now get out and make sure I can back up safely. It just happens we were stopped right beside an exit. What a trooper, she got out just to look, jumped back in, and we were on our way once again.
We arrived at Six Mile Lake Provincial Park which is near Port Severn at 2 pm. Normally a 3 hour trip took us more than 5 hours. But that’s okay we are not in a rush.
I got us checked in, we found our site, we hooked up, and then we took the dogs for a long deserved walk. We were told that a yearling bear is in the area so be mindful when walking.
What a beautiful park, we were all by ourselves in the Pines Campground area. We had a pull thru site with 30 amp service. Water is at a communal spigot. Since no one was around we connected to it and had running water all night, nice.
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