South to Canada

 

Due to a bit of odd geography, as you leave Detroit and go through the tunnel, you then head south in Windsor as the folks in Windsor have always looked northerly toward their US neighbors ... weird.

 

We kept to the coast road and stopped in the beautiful little village of Amherstburg which we have highlighted before on a previous trip. The flower baskets and greenery were spectacular as always and you can just see the St. Clair River in the background.

 

 

As we strolled through the park on the river this little guy said thanks for a peanut treat.

We then continued along the coast, turning more easterly and ended up now on Lake Erie in Kingsville where the ferry was to depart for Pelee Island. Being lunchtime we scouted some eating places and chose Jacks Gastropub in the old house below.

Inside was a treat of the 1960's married to the antique 1800's of the home style and of course some 2016 craft beers.

We shared a mushroom/caramelized onion burger and their specialty of parmesan fried artichokes which had a wonderful sauce and chunks of fried parmesan cheese ... yup.

And then off to our ferry which was the HMS Jimaan. This boat is about half the size of the Chi-Chi Maun of the Tobermory crossing and seemed quite worn.

We boarded about 5pm on Tuesday and slowly chugged the hour and a half toward our destination of Pelee Island (Bald Point in French) in the middle of Lake Erie.