We left Meaford on the first of September, headed over to Shanty Bay near Barrie for a set of new windshield wipers ( $100 CDN) and then up to Dwight for the night. Dwight is near Huntsville and is the entry point for the Algonquin park on the western edge. The RV park was an old KOA in the deep pine forest. Nice level site without sewer, but the heated pool was about 25 feet from the door.

It rained off and on all night and we broke camp in the mud and light rain and about 65 degrees. I didn't know it at the time but upon leaving this site we (I) ripped the exterior dryer vent off on a tree limb!

Then we headed northwest toward Spragge, Ontario. We picked Spragge because it was a KOA until this summer, but because the owners didn't want to comply with the KOA rules, opted out of the system. We filled up the Flying Scotsman with 50 gallons at .96 CDN a liter. That's $3.65 a gallon. We are getting about 9 miles to the gallon, so with the 100 gallon tank we can go a safe 800 miles before thinking fill-up ... really great.

The Spragge park, after a 244 mile day, was another ex-KOA. Nice level site that was dirt. It had a dump station that was really awkward and after dumping we had to exit the park and re-enter as we didn't want to unhook the car. The ever present chip truck ... and not bad burgers and chips.

Nice camper if you are a VW fan.

The next morning we awoke to a light rain and about 60 degrees all the way to the Sault Sainte Marie border crossing into the US. Not too many folks in line and the crossing went without a hitch. The night of the 3rd was in Newberry, Michigan, and back in the USA.

We awoke this morning, the 4th, with a 46 degree pelting rain. It had rained all night, steady and at times pretty hard. The Newberry KOA was in the pine forest with dirt roads and sites and no sewers. As we left the park we hit one of the posts marking the roadway and bashed some of the Fiberglas on the left side just in front of the tires ... not paying attention. After a quick repair job of drilling new holes and re-securing the piece, we were off ... again in the cold rain. Today's high was about 60.

We are now resting comfortably in Crivitz, Wisconsin, at the Peshtigo River Campground ... look that one up. We are in a pull-through site directly opposite the store and office building. It's a nice level site and we actually have satellite TV through the trees. This apparently is a major tubing and water event area like the Guadalupe in Texas.

Tomorrow we are off to the Madison, Wisconsin area.