Across the Border to the USA
We left our summer campsite in Barrie, Ontario, on Thursday the 2nd and roared off to the south to new roads we haven't motored down.
First, of course, we had to get through Toronto traffic (think Dallas) and then toward the crossing at Fort Erie over to Buffalo. This was probably the easiest crossing yet. We drove right up to the gate in an empty lane. The question of the day was, "What's the license number of your tow car?" Always a first. No fresh fruits, guns, booze, or cat food this time ... and I didn't have a clue as we had just gotten new plates this year. Anyhow he politely got out of his booth and went back to check the car ... they usually have a camera but not at Fort Erie I guess.
After the crossing into Buffalo we went down to Hamburg, NY, and stopped at the Camping World we had been to before just to get some lunch and think about what the next phase of the trip should be.
We settled on taking US 219 to the south out of the Hamburg area and after a pleasant drive down a very nice road through the Allegheny area of New York, we landed in a KOA just south of Bradford PA. Just after we left Hamburg, we stopped for fuel at an Indian reservation and filled the bus up for $3.75 a gallon for 75 gallons; the first since Port Huron. The trip was about 247 miles for the day and it was gorgeous with all the fall colors, small hamlets, mountains, streams and rivers.
Other than a couple of other permanent trailers there were no other units in sight. It was a very large park and there were more sites located in much deeper woods. We got site number 1 with power and water but no sewer.
This had to be one of the prettiest parks we had been in due to the absolute total quiet setting far from any highway and at an altitude of about 1600 feet. The manager couldn't hesitate showing me the pictures of the black bears that he photographed behind the store and a stuffed one in the office shot on the property just last year ... guess Jo-Anne didn't take the garbage to the dumpster that night! Beautiful place in a large hunting, fishing, and touring region.
