One of the difficulties of traveling in an RV is not always having an internet connection. We were fine in the USA because we had a Verizon USB modem that worked everywhere we were this past winter. Rock Glen Resort had great wifi available at a paltry cost of $7.00 for the six days we spent there. However, leaving for home on May 15th, we traveled some pretty rural areas along Hwy 7 in eastern Ontario, making it tough to get a cell phone signal at times, let alone the internet. Besides, internet via a cell phone data 
connection in Canada is, shall we say, extremtly cost prohibitive. Anyway, I digress.........We awoke to clear blue skies on Thursday morning in Arkona which made for a great driving day. We were on the road just after 9 am and followed Hwys 402 and 401 into London where we topped up with diesel at Flying J. $1.289/litre. That converts to $4.89/US gallon!! Costs keep going up but what a way to travel! After that it was east on Hwy 401 through Toronto. We debated on taking Hwy 407 around the north side 
of Toronto because it is usually much quicker than the Hwy 401. Hwy 407 is a toll road and we figured using it with the motorhome and toad would add another $40 or so to our trip, so we decided to brave it on Hwy 401. Anyone traveling 401 knows that it can become Canada's largest parking lot in a heartbeat. Well, the RVing gods must have been smiling upon us because we sailed through with only a very minor slow down. Excellent!!!
We continued east, past Hwy 115 to Peterborough, so that we could stop at the Service Centre aka rest area which is on Hwy 401 east of Newcastle. We needed some lunch and Buddy needed that plus his usual "pause for the cause" break as well. We followed Hwy 45 north up to Norwood and then east into Marmora along Hwy 7.
We had made arrangements to see our friends Joe and Jan O'Neill and Garry and Brenda Poirier in Marmora and spend the night. We had met
them last year at Fanshawe Conservation Area in London, Ontario and then visited with them again at the Happy Traveller RV Park in Tampa this past winter. We joined them for supper at Bunky's Hideaway where we both enjoyed a marvelous pickerel supper. We overnighted in our RV behind Garry's business which was first class. Water and electricity too! Thanks Garry.
We also got to take in the first classic car show
of the season in Marmora. All types of nicely restored cars and trucks were parked on a closed off portion of Marmora's main downtown street. As you can see, I managed to get a few pictures with my cell phone. Pretty impressive and for a small town too! This blue '57 Chevy is Garry's pride and joy!
What a great evening with great friends. We all made plans to get together in Marmora over the summer. Joe and Jan were off to Ireland in the morning. Hope you have a great trip. One more sleep for us in the motorhome. Heading for Ottawa in the morning!
of Toronto because it is usually much quicker than the Hwy 401. Hwy 407 is a toll road and we figured using it with the motorhome and toad would add another $40 or so to our trip, so we decided to brave it on Hwy 401. Anyone traveling 401 knows that it can become Canada's largest parking lot in a heartbeat. Well, the RVing gods must have been smiling upon us because we sailed through with only a very minor slow down. Excellent!!!
We continued east, past Hwy 115 to Peterborough, so that we could stop at the Service Centre aka rest area which is on Hwy 401 east of Newcastle. We needed some lunch and Buddy needed that plus his usual "pause for the cause" break as well. We followed Hwy 45 north up to Norwood and then east into Marmora along Hwy 7.We had made arrangements to see our friends Joe and Jan O'Neill and Garry and Brenda Poirier in Marmora and spend the night. We had met
them last year at Fanshawe Conservation Area in London, Ontario and then visited with them again at the Happy Traveller RV Park in Tampa this past winter. We joined them for supper at Bunky's Hideaway where we both enjoyed a marvelous pickerel supper. We overnighted in our RV behind Garry's business which was first class. Water and electricity too! Thanks Garry.We also got to take in the first classic car show
of the season in Marmora. All types of nicely restored cars and trucks were parked on a closed off portion of Marmora's main downtown street. As you can see, I managed to get a few pictures with my cell phone. Pretty impressive and for a small town too! This blue '57 Chevy is Garry's pride and joy!What a great evening with great friends. We all made plans to get together in Marmora over the summer. Joe and Jan were off to Ireland in the morning. Hope you have a great trip. One more sleep for us in the motorhome. Heading for Ottawa in the morning!
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