The rest of our trip to Canada.....

The rest of our trip in Canada wasn't as great as I hoped it would be. That area is either industrial or farm land, which means flat!! I think I was expecting quaint little small towns and that isn't exactly what we saw. But there were some interesting things along the way......


We were just driving along and saw this neat little place...it looked like it was right out of Percy Jackson...where Medusa lived!! We stopped for a second and I explored a little and found this beautiful garden area.

After that we drove to Dresden, Ontario. This is the site of The Dawn Settlement. Josiah Henson was an escaped slave who settled here and helped education and train other former slaves. He wrote a book about his life. Harriet Beacher Stowe said she based her charactor "Uncle Tom" on Josiah.

Josiah's home

Josiah's grave marker.


After we left Uncle Tom's Cabin we headed for Erieau. Its on the northern edge of Lake Erie. We have spent lots of time on the southern part of the lake while visiting Alyssa in Toledo.

Not sure what this is but it was very bright!!!

Really cool park right on the beach. Jacob loved it!

Ice cream for dinner!!!! Right after I took this picture the ice cream hit the floor. There was also a pretty bad storm while we were eating there.

Taken from the dock behind our motel.

We decided to come home a day early......heading back into the USA. It took us about 45 minutes to get through customs. The lines were long, once we got our turn we got right through. She did ask the boys when their birthdays were.

Stopped at Tony Packo's in Toledo for lunch. David had never been there. This is not the original Packos. There was a block fair or something going on and they had the streets blocked off. So we headed for another one downtown close to where the Mud Hens play.

Interesting clouds on the way home....