Canada

Muskoka
Had a 7 hour flight from London arrivng Toronto at midnight UK time then driving straight up to Bracebridge by Lake Muskoka - a 2 hour drive. I can't remember why I thought it would be a good idea to do this - tired at the end of a flight, driving on the wrong side of the road at dusk in a brand new Pontiac!!! I had a few bad thoughts about this whole plan in the last couple of days in the UK but all the bookings were fixed so i just hoped and prayed it would be OK. I made sure that I slept as much as poss during the flight to the abvious disappointment of the chatty young lady sitting beside me on the flight. It all worked out just fine - the TomTom did an amazing job and we arrived 10pm local time at our B&B on the waterfront.

Such a beautiful part of the world - cottage country the locals call it - i would call it McMansion country. Most of the boathouses are bigger than our home in Canberra. We did a 3 hour boat trip on Lake Muskoka one day - it has hundreds of small islands dotted on it. Some of the islands are family owned with 5 or 6 massive houses on them - each house with 10+ bedrooms. Often only used for a couple of weeks and the odd weekend during the whole year - such a waste of resources. Millionaires Row is just jaw dropping. In the winter the whole lake freezes over hard enough for trucks to drive across so most of the building materials and supplies are delivered that way during the winter.

Spent another day walking several trails in Algonquin National Park which was nice - didn't see any moose but got plenty of mozzie bites.

FOur nights in Muskoka then off to Niagara.