One night in Hawkestone

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Day 1. 242Km.

If you’re reading this in the future do you remember Covid19? Well because of it the Canadian/American borders are closed to non essential traffic so I have to take the long way around Lake Superior adding many hours and kilometres to the trip. That means driving up through cottage country north of Toronto on a long weekend and since it’s 800Km from home to Sault Ste. Marie I decided to break it over two days. As I suspected the traffic on Hwy 400 toward Barrie was nasty so it was the correct decision even though I had to pay for three nights because it IS a long weekend. That will officially make this the most expensive night of camping at almost $200. Unlike the trailer I had when I made this trip in 2009 this one has a forward bed so I don’t have to take the bike out to sleep I just have to not trip over the straps while moving around. With minimal setup since it’s just one night I put a couple hot dogs on the BBQ just as the thunder started. A little hail mixed in with the downpour didn’t last very long but a light rain has persisted for a couple hours but the sky does look like it’s lightening up so just might be able to get a fire going for the evening. Fingers crossed.

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