Day 60 Kimball, MI-Clearview, ON

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Jo Day 60:  Rainy morning at the Port Huron KOA in Kimball, MI.  Boo - the rain continued throughout the day. Not much to do today except our morning chores, wash the dishes, cross the border into Canada, and shop for groceries. Kevin, Alan and John rode 89.5 miles today in rain and wind.  They got into camp late, too late to include pictures of their wet gear hanging in the van. The boys crossed the border at Marine City to Sombra (via the blue water ferry).  Janut, Bob and I crossed the border into Ontario Canada at Sarnia.  There was a long line to cross the bridge and to go through customs. The border patrol lady basically asked us three questions:  1) can I have your ID's,  2) do you have any pepper spray or mace, and 3) how long are you going to be in Canada.  When Janut replied about 4 days and crossing back over at Niagara, the border patrol lady said, "but that's only 3.5 hours away". Janut had to remind her that we have to wait for the 3 bike riders...they're only riding about 60 miles a day.  The patrol lady laughed.  Janut shopped for groceries at a Walmart in Sarnia, ON ... a small bag of ice was $2.48 Canadian dollars (highway robbery).  Tonight we are camping at the Clearville Park just outside of Ridgetown, Ontario (Canada).  It took us 1.5 hours to drive 54 miles!  I can't count how many turns we made (no direct routes), plus some roads were less than 60 km per hour (farm country, many of the farm houses are made of bricks, very pristine looking)...we had sketchy cell service all day.  At camp, if you're lucky, you can get one 3G bar if you sit in the front seat of the van, but there's no guarantee as to how long it will last.   Tonight it's raining off and on, and it's very windy. There are some nice size waves on Lake Erie.  Did I mention that it's windy?  Goodbye Michigan!  Hello Canada! It's the first day Bob's paws have touched Canadian soil!

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Kevin Day 60 Wadhams, Michigan to Clearville Ontario.  89 miles.  A rugged day on the road today. All day headwinds 20+mph, temps in the 50's and rain most all the time. We were well soaked when we made it to camp on Lake Erie right as it getting dark.  Highlights of the day-riding the ferry to cross the St Claire River to cross into Canada, where the customs officer asked the usual"citizenship? Anything to declare? Any weapons or firearms?"   Lunch in Wallaceburg, and running around to find a Service Ontario office to sign a contract for a campsite(?) and negotiating a closed bridge across the river in Kentbridge, with the only detour that would add miles to our route. We just went around the fences and walked across!  More rain and wind is forecast for the next few days, as a cutoff low is stuck in Ohio just throwing junk our way. Oh well.