August 7 Day 68 Near Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario 38 miles
Rain all day. Few choices for anywhere dry to stay. Community discussion of the possibilities among the operator and customers and postman at the store in Kent Bridge. Michele and I ate homemade butter tarts and coconut raspberry tarts. There is one B&B which no longer operates for the general public, but does take in bikers and bird watchers. We head there. The B&B turns out to be near Rondeau Provincial Park. We do our best to dry out, but everything is beginning to smell of mildew. Fortunately, there is a restaurant not too far away for dinner. Our hostess drives us over; we walk back during a break in the weather. Lightning in the distance during the night.
This area was one of the endpoints for the Underground Railway. There are still communities of the descendants of black who fled to Canada.
To my shock, this is the southernmost point on our trip! Check it out. We are at 42 degrees 20.3 minutes north latitude. Boston is at 42 20.6. They grow tobacco here.
A parting note on Michigan - you hardly pass a driveway where there isn't something "for sale by owner". It's often the house. Otherwise, it's a car or a boat or an ATV. Some people explain that it's because the car industry is hurting so bad. I wonder if there isn't something deeper in the economy.
Throughout our time in Canada, we are surprised by the number of homes flying Canadian flags. Is this different from before 9/11, for example? Is there some statement here that "We are not US"?