Arrival

All aboard, and ready to go!  Buddy settles down on top of a pile of pillows and blankets with a happy look to his face and thrilled that he wasn't left behind.  Since Buddy at times gets sick in the car, I decided not to feed him breakfast.  Well, that didn't work either, 30 minutes later, in Delaware we had to stop and clean up the mess he made!  Thankfully, that was it for the rest of the trip.

The drive was uneventful and to our surprise we didn't find any traffic.  Sure enough, we made it to the border in 5 hours!  Twenty miles before the boarder, at my usual stop, we fill up the tank, and decide to put Buddy's seat belt, just in case the Canadian border petrol wouldn't give us a hard time that Buddy was loose in the car. Within 2 minutes, Buddy figured out how to get out of the seat belt. "Buddy how did you do that? Please sit down, and behave!" 



No matter how many times I have been through this border, I start getting anxious.   Yep, heart started beating faster, and all kinds of thoughts starting popping up in my head. It sure didn't help that on the radio they had just announced that in the past six months there was 1,100 complaints from people that were harassed by the Canadian Boarder Patrol.

I pay my toll and start going over the bridge, coasting down slowly and trying to figure out quickly which lane would bring me better luck this time.  Yes, lane 9 will be.  I proceed to the window, hand in the passports, and the lady asks "Why are you here?"  "Going on vacation", "Where?"  "Bayfield,"  "Where are you staying? Do you have any weapons? "No mam" "Enjoy"  What? She didn't even ask to see Buddy's international health certificate? Who cares, let's go baby!!


After an hour and 20 minutes later we finally arrive at our destination, Deer Park Lodge.   Our cottage is cute, simple and quaint.  Hmm, I see a few spider webs...ugh! Definitely a cottage and not a hotel/condo we are used to staying on vacations.  Well, we wanted to experience "Cottage Country" in Canada, so get used to it!  We are definitely city folks, and decided that this will be good for us!  From our little deck we have a view of Lake Ontario!

The lake as usual is beautiful, the beach grand and the most fantastic thing is that we are the only one out there!  We relax on our Adirondack chairs with a book, and the only sound we hear is the splashing of the waves.   

Life is good!!