Oct 23, 2019
It poured rain all night but we both had a good sleep. Debbie had been suffering from flu like symptoms but seemed much better today. We shared the shower in the truck stop and a light breakfast. Because we are driving for long periods, we try not to eat too much. My kayak had collected a lot of water overnight that had to be drained. My cockpit cover has worn considerably on the trip and is no longer waterproof. After a rain there is inevitably a few gallons of water inside the cockpit. That is extra weight we don’t need.
Our route today is through Ottawa on highway 417, over Algonquin Park to North Bay and onto Sudbury. We went through Ottawa at rush hour so that was a bit stressful but we cruised through with no glitches. The drive through the rural farms and small towns northwest of Ottawa was scenic and quite colorful. The farmers are still harvesting the silage corn and fertilizing their fields. The smell of the manure adds to the essence of fall.
Debbie is learning to knit so it was fun watching her knit and unravel her many attempts to start knitting a sock. I think she finally was successful in getting it started about 200 kms down the road. She is reading a knitting manual and requires both sets of glasses that she now has perched one on top of the other on her nose and forehead. I saw that earlier when she was navigating us through the mazes of highways around Quebec. It seems to work for her….
We rolled into Sudbury around 4:30 and stopped in at Carol’s Campground on the edge of the city. This campground is still open until the end of the month. We selected a spot near the back of the campground and set up for the night. It has good WIFI so I can work on the blog. We will see how far we get tomorrow.
Quilting in a Kayak 