On the Road Again

Woohoo! After two and a half weeks in Toronto, our trailer now has two shiny new axles and we’re ready to hit the road again. First order of business – jackknife the darn thing backing out of the trailer shop’s yard onto the road, and test the torque on those new axles (stupid, stupid, stupid!!!).

Reminder: Do Not Operate Heavy Machinery when Tired

'nuff said

Old axles - you can see the bend in the front one 

We headed to Darlington PP, ten minutes down the road, for a very expensive overnight. Another note: camping in Ontario is not cheap. In my experience, national & provincial / state campgrounds are cheaper. Not so, here. The US/ Canada average for nightly camping is around $40. Ontario pushes this nearer $50, and discount camping is almost non-existent. Man, I miss our $3 a night camping! 

Our first full travel day in several weeks found us falling into old patterns. School work , fight, pack, and hitch up, followed by taking twice as long as usual to get anywhere! We also traveled the “Lily needs to pee!” route, which takes us off the highway more often than expected (like every half-hour, or so it felt). 

However, it also led us to some interesting places, like The Big Apple Pie Factory. It’s definitely a tourist destination, but so yummy. The place smelled fantastic and I was carried away in apply bliss the moment I stepped through the door. It probably helped that it was lunch time, and I was hungry!

We also took a detour over to old Highway #2 for another potty stop and found cheap propane ($24 to fill a 40 lb tank is by far the cheapest we've ever paid). Cheers for saving money J

Our original goal was Fort Henry, in Kingston, but the rain and our extended travel time had us rethinking that and we landed at Rideau Acres campground for the night, early enough that we could enjoy the evening, and watch the weekend campers roll in. The lake surrounding the campground looked inviting, and the kids & Bob took a walk down to the dock, but the thunderstorms around kept everyone out of the water. This area of the world seems to be really rainy, lately, but it has greened everything up nicely.

It feels good to be moving again. Eastward, we go!