In Toronto, we had to get the car serviced before leaving for Nova Scotia. We retraced our route. Enjoying the drive on Highway #7 from Peterborough to Madoc, down south to Belleville. It was a long day on the Highway 401, Route. 20 East through Montreal. Late evening, we again stayed at the Howard Johnson in Woodstock, New Brunswick.
Today, Sunday, we were up early, truckers breakfast at Murray’s and arrived home in Paradise, Nova Scotia, mid-afternoon.
While in Toronto, we visited Allan Gardens Conservatory.
Afterwards, we walked to the House on Parliament for lunch and a beer with my brother, Peter.
On another day, we wanted to find Just Be Woodsy (see my blog post Home Place). We were staying at Julia’s house at Kingston Road and Warden Avenue. It seemed like a simple walk North to 772 Warden Avenue. In fact it was a two hour Return walk.
Our rationale, our neighbours in Paradise, NS, who bought Andrew’s farm, across Highway #201, Rob Jarvis and Sinead Wills own this business. In fact, 772 was a few blocks too far.
Our objective for the road trip was to see if we could navigate the drive to central Canada. This we achieved. The second objective was to bring home our new canoe from Peterborough. Given the rainy conditions, we decided to leave the canoe for another day.
Lessons learned:
- Peterbough is a very manageable southern Ontario town, well positioned to cottage country.
- Greater Toronto is much more challenging — a stark contrast to rural Nova Scotia (Really?)
Acknowledgements.
Thanks to Julia, Jason, Carole and Peter in Toronto; Pat, Emily, Fraser and Logan in Peterbough for their hospitality. Heather shared the driving. Edward edited the graphics.
References
ExploringToronto Gardens, toronto.ca/gardens
Just Be Woodsy, justbewoodsy.com
Ernest Blair Experiment 