Leaving Niagara
2011/09/03
Heading toward Montreal now. I took a side trip to check out Niagara-On-The-Lake, which turns out to be a really nice little town. On the way this small hydro facility caught my eye:
But for some reason I like the view towards the lake more:
The rest of the day was just driving. I took the superhighways through Hamilton and Toronto. In the morning I thought to make a reservation at my intended destination, Kingston. However, everything there was full up – I guess this being a moving weekend, a long weekend, just before back-to-school AND Kingston being near the Thousand Islands made it a popular spot.
So I drove as close as I thought I could get a room and ended up staying in Belleville. It was pretty crowded there too, and I didn’t get an ideal room.
Along the way I stopped at The Big Apple, a roadside dessert shop my friend Winston had recommended:
and got an apple pie to go. It was pretty good. I’m not a pie connoisseur (more of a cake person) but it was definitely worth a bite.
I haven’t been east of Toronto since 1985. I’m moving out of familiar territory and into dimly, distantly remembered areas and new lands now.
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