Last Days in the Northland

 

As it happens every year we pack up the Flying Scotsman, say goodbye to friends and relatives and rumble our way back to Texas for the winter. We had our final dinner with Jo's dad and brother and then began the cleaning and stowage for the bus. Most of the patio stuff like the umbrella and flower pots will stay and be tied up in the deck box in the background. Only Jo-Anne and the chairs will get into the bus.

Here's the obligatory flamingo shot with the chief pilot aiming the pink birds toward the south.

And a bit of planning on the GPS ... looks pretty straight to the southwest this year, yup. Actually there will be a slight delay in Buffalo as we get new tires and a new slide topper awning at the Camping World there; right under the #1 in the view below.

 

And a final, hopefully not, aurevoir to our next door neighbors from Timmons. They were off the third of September as we were; they were heading straight north for 7 hours and we blasted south toward the Niagara region.

Monday the 3rd was Labor Day and we didn't know what to expect as we had to go through Toronto toward Niagara. Wow! Look at this picture below. I don't think we have ever seen so few cars for the journey through this huge city; what a relief!

So we whizzed happily around the end of Lake Erie and ended up at the N.E.T campground just outside the little town of Vineland (of course) Ontario. We didn't know how long the cross Toronto trek would be so made this 142 mile trip the first of our adventure and still stay in Canada for one last night.

It was $42CDN and a narrow but level parking lot where we scraped along that pine tree to the rear for a couple of new scratches but otherwise uneventful evening. This is primarily a mobile home and permanent RV kind of park with about 8 of these transient pull-thrus. If you have a few days here there are many outstanding wineries within a short distance; so well worth the stop.