Road Trip!!

From Sunday until Wednesday night, Clemens and I went on a road trip. It started off with an old car show in Cornwall, where we saw a friend of our family. Then we continued to Kingston and saw my university, Fort Henry and did a sunset boat tour of the Thousand Island Region. Of course, the last part was very beautiful!

The following day we set off to Niagara. Niagara wasn't the most pleasant of all places to be on Monday, as it was a holiday in Ontario and there was no parking anywhere. So Clemens and I thought it would be cool to skip the falls and Niagara on the Lake and visit Marineland! BIG mistake!!! Marineland was crowded with families and small children, the animals had to perform 24/7 and we felt so sorry for them in their little ponds. In the evening we finally went to see the falls. After sunset they were lighted and we even had the opportunity to see fireworks over the waterfalls. Of course, that was beautiful.

On Tuesday we drove up north to the Georgian Bay. Up there, there were many sand beaches, and further inland, a farm here and there, and endless fields of wheat and other crops. We visited one of the beaches at around noon and then drove further North to Penetanguishene. Since the street signs are very bad, we got lost up there, and suddenly were on a road that ended at the bay - didn't go left or right. But eventually we found our way and saw a historic sailor's village. That night we wanted to drive on to the Algonquins, but unfortunately didn't find our way out of the neighbouring (somewhat larger) town. So we decided to stay up there, saw a martyrer's shrine and watched the sunset over the bay. Which was kindof beautiful as well.

Wednesday was our last day, but also one of the nicest. Driving on those streets up north, you never know what awaits you behind the next curve. Well.. you actually do know... it is another gorgeous lake on either side... Algonquin was nice, with an exquisite lunch at a beautiful lake and a 1-hour hike around another lake. Then, to save a little bit on money and tim, we decided to drive back home the same day and arrived in St-Polycarpe late that evening.

Overall, the road trip was as beautiful as we hoped it would be. We enjoyed every second, and especially the more quiet days up north, in areas with little population are among our favourite memories.