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Sudbury, day 26
The rains were over, and we were on the road to cross the border.
I told Lauren last night that my birthday wish was for an easy
crossing into Canada, and it was granted. The lady at the border
asked us where we were going and told us to go ahead. She didn't
even ask about pets, and we didn't have to show any papers. Art
and Margaret had advised us not to be overly friendly chatty
Americans, and either it was good advice or the lady at the
border felt we didn't meet any profiles that would cause her to
have to stop and search us. Hopefully, our entry back into the US
will be just as easy.
But our day was not without problems. Lauren and I got into a
map-reading conflict for a little while, but we eventually
resolved it. Maybe we just needed to release the tension created
by the thunder storms surrounding us the previous night and the
expectations of the border crossing.
We had storms off and on through our drive this day and the winds
were pretty strong in many places. The rig sways in the wind and
it was a hectic day of driving.
Once we achieved a comfort level with our day's drive, we chose
Carol Campground in Sudbury as our target. Our book says Carol
didn't open until May 15, but there was a campground just next
door, not as highly rated, that opened May 1, so we were pretty
comfortable with our choice. We were grateful to see that Carol
was open and we checked in that beautiful place for the night. We
believe many people have summer campsites there -- there were
many permanent-looking attachments to the rigs parked on the
campgrounds. We were one of only a handfull of campers there.
Sudbury is not a small town, so we took our "sample" tour and
drove into town to pick up a few groceries and look for our
coveted Garmin GPS receiver. Grocery stores abounded, but not
GPS receivers. When we went into Staples to look for the system,
we were greeted by a friendly Staples employee with song and
dance hoping our visit to the store was good. It was funny. He
told us to go to Canadian Tire to look for the GPS receiver.
Canadian Tire sells tires as only a small part of its business.
The name is misleading. Canadian Tire had receivers, but not the
one we were looking for.
What a nice little town, though. We actually got lost and found
ourselves again. Typical Roesner trip. We really do need a GPS
receiver!
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