Day 47 – Hospitality - (Nestleton, ON – Carrying Place. ON)

Today we finally made it to the last of the Great Lakes on the tour. Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to swim in Lake Ontario as the water at the campsite was an algae-fest.

Tim and Family

Our lunch stop for the day was at the home of one of the riders, Tim. He was very brave to invite the 40 of us (who have been camping for the last six weeks, and smelled like it, over to his home for burgers and corn. They were greatly appreciated by all.

I am not sure whether his wife and daughters were in shock from the rapidity with which we could consume meat, or our rather sensational tan lines, but they kept their emotions under check. Thanks again for your generous hospitality. What a treat to have meat for a mid-day refueling as opposed to the usual peanut butter and jelly sandwich, mashed to a fine pulp in our saddle bags.

As usual the route had some pretty spectacular views (both lake-side and of fields) and in Brighton, we stopped in at a railway and “Old Time” museum of yesteryear which was jam packed with lots of really neat junk!!!

At the campsite, I got to talk to a bunch of guys who were working as part of a private firm surveying and logging unexploded ordinance on a former bombing range in Prince Edward County just a short fly from the Trenton AFB. They were all French speaking, former army, very laid back and calm, but looked like they knew what they were doing. In their business they were also quite familiar with the explosion/accident that occurred at the Picatinny Arsenal, just 5 miles from where we live in NJ. The guy in charge of safety for the operations said that Picatinny us usually first or high up on the list of the safety training lessons.