THE END OF ONTARIO - FOR US

July 12, 2016
So we left Niagara Falls and braved the wilds of the 401 through Toronto. Never have we seen so many lanes of traffic in one place.  14 Lanes of traffic 7 each way. And this picture was taken at 11:30 in the morning, can you imagine rush hour YIKES   Lucky for us our GPS (nickname Bertha) got us through unscathed. 

 I had read about a little town called Port Hope so we headed there and what a wonderful little town it is.  We spent a few hours walking around and taking pictures.  Some of the buildings are very old and the architecture is truly wonderful.  It was hard to find a place to park especially the big rig of ours because they are filming a remake of a Stephen King novel in the town.  Some of the pics below you might see American Flags (for the movie)

July 13, 2016

Today we journeyed to Prince Edward County which is an island on the North Shore of Lake Ontario.  It is basically a farming community with maritime flavor.  If you have not been here and are in the area you need to go.  There are several small towns in the county and all have some exceptional heritage buildings. One of them that so impressed us was the United Church in Picton which was built in 1898

 

We also went to Sandbanks Provincial Park which is on Lake Ontario and I  walked through the very warm water but the sand was so hot you could not walk on it.  Beautiful spot with lots of people (and I don't blame them awesome beach) and endless sand dunes.  The beach and sand dunes span a distance of approx. 12km

Last of the day we went to some local wineries one of which was Terracello  which was a quaint little Italian family run winery.  The lady was just about to close when we arrived but invited us in and we tasted some pretty good wines and had an awesome conversation with her.  This is one of the things we love most about this trip.  The small local places and the people that live there.