Au Canada

Good Evening All You Ziggy-Zags! We got on the road at about 815 this morning in a deluge. Decided not to take the dirt Williamstown Rd and so got onto the Interstate at Berlin Corners. By the time we reached the Essex/Williston exit the sky had cleared and for most of the ride through Swanton, waved to Amy as we drove by Lake? Drive across the causeway into Alburgh and on into Rouses Point, NY. Drove southward toward Malone and then made a sharp right toward the Mohawk Indian Reservation, across the St Lawrence and the Seaway and into Canada at Cornwall. Used my passport card for the first time since getting it five years ago. Lovely young male Customs' officer. He asked what we were planning in Canada--just in-transit to the Sault. What do we have? Clothes and picnic food. Any alcohol or tobacco? One bottle of port no tobacco. Any weapons--guns, mace, pepper spray, knives? Two cutlery knives for meals. Any pets? Where I wanted to ask--a pet would suffocate. But, instead we smiled and said nope. And then off we went toward Ottawa. Got on the Trans Canada--skies overcast, occasional drizzle. Worst traffic around Ottawa but doable. Then into the bush more or less on Rt 17--two lanes, no towns. Had a bit of a time finding how to get into Pembroke--then read my MapQuest directions which take you right into the center of the town. Passed a couple of motels and then, before us, on our side of the road--The Comfort Inn. Checked in at 415 under overcast skies. To tired to look for a restaurant so out came the quiche I made and on went the microwave. A good day--covered 360+ miles. Took pix of several interesting Churches ect in the small towns of Northern New York and Canada. By and large though our travels have been rural. No cell phones and no OnStar. Running blind except for hard copies of maps--my favorite way of traveling anyway. Tomorrow, on to Sudbury and, I think, back into the States at the Sault. Oh, yes, the phone in this room has been cut so I couldn't call the office when I couldn't log onto the Internet--she took 10 dollars off the cost of our room for the inconvenience. Could not believe that. Nice lady. Now, I'm going to upload pix and send you the link. Then change and watch TV or read. Until tomorrow--Barbzig and Katzag