We left our home for the night, Heritage Court, early this morning after being served a lovely breakfast. Mike Pilon was even awake to join us for coffee and see us off. We were primed to do the first Century of our trip, a metric century, we are in Canada after all.
As Pam pedaled ahead quickly Carol and I went at our normal slow pace. Our favorite stop was at New Glasgow Orchards. We had cold fresh fruit, from California. They did have delicious looking local veggies, but we have no way of cooking them. We were given a tour of the lovely garden where we had samples of the scrumptious raspberries which would be ready for sale in just a few days.
I am so enjoying talking with the many friendly Canadians we are meeting. They are well informed about American political affairs and not shy about voicing their opinions. I am thrilled with their perspective and wish they could vote in our elections. I've also asked about the National Health System and heard glowing reports.
Along the road today we had glimpses of Lake Erie, however, it wasn't until we arrived in Port Stanley that we were on the lake. Pam always arrives in town first, secures a place to stay and contacts us by cell to give us directions. We don't have cell service in Canada, so we had to "wing it". Carol and I felt a little overwhelmed when we arrived hot and tired after 71 miles. We did find a church, but when we went up to the door we saw it was locked up tight. I was trying to decide where to look next, when we were approached by a lovely lady, who said she had a message for us from Pam. She directed us to a home up the street and I thanked her profusely for her help and asked if I could give her a hug. She hugged me back and we were shortly in front of a lovely old home with a beautiful veranda. Kelly and Barb Cookson took us in, plied us with food and cold drinks and offered us a bubble bath. Pam went to jump into the bubbles and Barb showed us to our room. I was in awe and said, "it looks like we fell into a B and B." Barb replied, "that is what we had in mind when we remodeled the house, but we've been too busy traveling to open a business." She does put up actors who come to act in the local summer stock theater.
We have been offered dinner, tomorrow's breakfast and we are grateful.
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