June 24
A little spit of rain as we packed and left Niagara Falls. Wanted to check out Lundys Lane Battlefield which is touted as the battle that turned the tide on the War of 1812. Unfortunately not long after we got there, the sky opened up. We saw enough to say we had a good idea of how the battle played out, but we missed going over to the cemetery and checking out the memorials to Laura Secord and other heroes of the war of 1812. The cemetery has had reports of visits from battle weary soldiers of the spirit kind. Sorry to miss it. It was close enough to downtown Niagara we could have zipped over yesterday evening before dark.
What kind of rain were we dealing with? Scot judges rain by how fast car wipers are moving. When every vehicle’s wipers are on high and they are driving at the posted limit or slower, he worries, one time I let him do the worrying, I’m just along for the ride.
Oh, and when it creates its own current on the pavement. Yep it was that kind of rain. From 9am to almost noon. The cloud was moving in the same general direction as we were. How fun is that?
We were soaked even with our protective layers on.
Our gear is not the heavy duty rain gear, so we really do not expect it to keep us completely dry. Thats what rain gear is for. We chose not to include it in our packed gear for the once or twice we may need it. We did however use the heated gear to keep warm. We can handle a lot of wet with warm clothing and reasonable temperatures of 16C. We did leave puddles on the floor after lunch. Bad Bad jackets…..
It lightened up considerably after lunch, to just a drizzle then eventually quit and the sun came out for a short while. By that time we were outside of the Greater Toronto population area. Farmland popped up for a while. Some crops are just starting to really grow, others are heading out and ripening! 
A little further North and we passed through the infamous Muskoka, we could tell we were in cottage country.
June 25
Such high humidity last night, very little of our gear is completely dry. Ugh. It will dry on the fly today. Sunny with a breeze!
Have not been able to find anything current on the online news for Ontario — have found several gas stations out of gasoline, yesterday and today, with pylons out by the pumps, most have diesel. This company chose to keep their customers on the move.
We have lots of range, Scot prefers to use the top half of the tank, no worries if we have to keep moving. Gas stations are not that far apart in this area. It seems certain companies are more affected than others.
Headed north through more cottage country
Stopped in Sudbury to see the Big Nickel, (yep we have come full circle) at 9 metres across Big Nickel is 65.6 million times larger than its origin. It was based on a contest winners design in 1951. Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the discovery of nickel extraction from raw ore by Swedish chemist, Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt. Being the worlds largest source of Nickel, it makes sense Sudbury would be a passionate authority on the subject. 
The big guy is easy to find on the skyline,
Hard to find the parking lot, we lost our way as the signage is so puny, and its surrounded by trees; you had to be looking for it. Most people planning a visit are probably aware there is a Dynamic Earth Science Museum sharing the area, which would make it easier to find. It had good signage, those of us just wing’n it, didn’t have a clue… GPS to the rescue as the Alternate GPS was clueless.
Looks like communities are getting ready for Canada Day. Helps keep us on track, knowing we have to be home in a week to ready ourselves and trailer for a Family Reunion.
Lots of road under the wheels today. Made it to ‘the Soo’. That’s quite a nickname Sault St Marie! Front tire is directed into the USA again tomorrow. Will see how the days fly by now that we are making tracks for home.
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