Crossing the Border

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We boarded an Amtrak train early in the morning. A massive train with large comfortable reclining seats with plently of leg room. Left NY on time and travelled up beside the Hudson. As we got towards Canada we noticed the scenery change. There were loads of Golden Rod and Flame Trees growing wild alongside the tracks. In England these are more a garden plant than a weed.

Train ended up being over an hour late by the time we had crossed into Canada.

Here we walked a few minutes past weatherboard houses to find our BNB in a weatherboard house. As we were walking we noticed loads of squirrels, both black and grey. Our host told us that there are also red squirrels in Canada.

That evening we watched American Football on big screens in a bar while eating pizza. Bars close to the border accept US$, but give change in Canadian $. An unusual thing about canadian bank notes is that they are plastic rather than paper. This makes them almost indestructible, and would have been handy for my dad when he went sailing and capsized every week. (He kept all his money in his pockets and had to leave it drying out over the cooker after capsizing).

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