Vacation 2016, Day 6. On the Road Again!

After a good night sleep, some coffee and a little more review of photos we were packed up and ready to hit the road. We had close to 5 hours of travel ahead of us. I knew that meant close to 8 hours after making stops.

The roads in Canada were very nice and there was a great deal of road construction (much like Michigan). It was not to difficult to navigate and we were well on our way to our first stop. Right away Michelle spied a large body of water that we determined to be Lake Ontario. The last lake in the chain of the Great Lakes. So we detoured off the interstate and made a stop. We had lunch at Subway then went to a Marina to check out the lake.

This old ship is by the marina. It was once a floating restaurant and was going to be revived until someone set it on fire. It now just sets here abandoned and rusting.

Lake Ontario

We spent a little time rock hunting. Michelle managed to fill a medium beverage cup with our finds. We were then back on the road. After a couple more hours of driving we finally came to a travel center and took a little break.

I made a new friend at the Travel Center.

After our break we were ready for the last leg of our trip. Soon we were at the Border Crossing from Sarnia, Ontario to Port Huron, Michigan. The border crossing took about a half hour.

Blue Water Bridge

Barge in the river.

We were now back in Michigan and about 90 minutes from home. We stopped near Imlay City and got something to eat.

Country Smoke House 2 miles south of I-69 near Imlay City.

I highly recommend this for a food stop. Good food, good price and quick! A quick stop for gas and we were home before we knew it. All the cats greeted us at the door! It was one of our best vacations.

Conclusions: Kalahari was nice, but not worth the cost. Everything was overpriced. They have you there so they take advantage of it. If I want to take the family to a water park we will go to Frankenmuth and save a lot of time. The traffic jam was actually one of the best parts of the trip!

Niagara Falls was incredible. I would spend more time at this location and I believe that we will go back some time. Will just need to be better prepared with a budget for this.

We had a lot of fun but this may also have been one of our more expensive vacations. It may also be the last one that Jay Jay takes with us? So it was worth the price.

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