Cool Food and Allergies Part 2
Up at 0500 on the 2nd ... memories of the military! Off to Camping World in Belleville for an 8am appointment. Along the 30 mile route, we had to stop three times because the engine was overheating... another potential problem, eh.
We did get to CW on time and left the Flying Scotsman. Below you can see the tech with repair order in hand as he is about to take the bus to the garage. Oh by the way, we left Bandit at his favorite cat condo place in Barrie for the duration as we thought it would be better.
After leaving the RV we headed the 44 miles from Belleville to Mt Clemens, totally through Detroit on I-75 and arrived at the allergist to get Jo-Anne's monthly shot.
After the shot and a mediocre lunch at IHOP, no more of the favorite cheese blintzes, we went over to Selfridge Air National Guard Base to hit the Base Exchange and the Commissary. While there I shot some pictures of the now vacant base housing. There are no more permanent residents on the base as they all live off base in the local area and it is sad.
These are beautiful old homes and should be put to some housing purpose; maybe for old retirees like us. Below is the former home of the base commander and it has a gorgeous view of the St. Clair shoreline ... just needs a little TLC eh.
So after a bit of a break, off back all the way through Detroit again down I-75 to see if the RV was ready. It was and totally paid for by the extended warrantee. Finally back to the Harbortown RV park for the night at about 5pm; another long day.
On Friday we unhooked our machine, now with a very cool fridge, and began the trek back to Barrie. We departed the park at 8:30 which is a bit earlier than normal and were patting ourselves on the back ... until the bridge routine. Wow. As we came up 75 we noticed all the semis parked on the shoulder about a mile from the Canada bridge exit and assumed they were all waiting to go across the bridge.
Right on. An hour later, this picture is where I was able to finally break free from the massive line and go up the "car" lane toward customs.
Once we got on the 401 we were happy even though it was now 11:00 and we stopped at the first Onroute service center for lunch. Good thing because after about 15 miles back on the freeway we came to another halt as the three lanes converged into one.
The construction zone lasted to almost London so by 2pm we broke free and headed off on the two lane roads we prefer. Hah. Exactly 1 mile after departing the 401 I saw what appeared to be a rather low bridge ahead ... 12 FEET said the big yellow sign on the railroad bridge! Air brakes. Look around.
There was only one gravel road ahead before the obstacle so off we went into an active gravel pit with the trucks who wee filling up with rock. They were patient as we joined them and did a U-turn on the grass, below, and sought out another route north.
The rest of the trip was uneventful through beautiful Ontario and we picked up the cat and were back in the Barrie KOA by about 6pm ... very long day for the old guys! All told it was about 700 miles of driving over the three days and some stressful events, however, we have cool food and Jo-Anne won't sneeze for another month.
