Day 18

Well we left Plattsburg this morning and it was a peach of a day, good weather for the final leg of our excellent adventure, we both had a good nights sleep knowing we only had about 6 hours driving to do, we put in the GPS all backroads and no highways, boy did maggie ever take us on whirlwind tour today, ended up crossing at Prescot? or thats what the sign said, we toured through the upper part of NY and had some real nice scenery on the way, those back roads have a lot of good stuff on them, shops and restaurants in the middle of nowhere, and good ones to. We drove by a lot of these with rubber necks, we stopped at Churubusco in NY at Dicks Country Store and Music Oasis, to drive by it looked like a small general store from the road- had we not needed gas and a drink we would have passed it by. Anyway on the bussiness card it said Groceries, Gas, Guns & Guitars. We proceeded in the store and found that it also had a snack bar, we went into the guitar\music section and what a shop, they had a huge inventory from mouth harps to ukes, he had it all-drums , pianos, basses, slides, all the accesories too. We thought that Gails dad would need to be there for a day to look at the stuff. As usual the owners were very nice to us. Back on the road again on route 11, headed for Yarker Ontario, again back roads all the way, farms , windmill farms and nice little towns that remind you of Mayberry RFD. These backroads were better driving than some of the ones touted as motorcycle roads, we started following the river and came to a restaurant on route 37, home cooked meals, fine dining at a fair price, we did find that on the south of the border they like to eat, and they serve lots of it, we made more fat cells on this trip then if we had stayed home and ordered out fast food for the 3 weeks. We came to the border to a line up, but it was moving pretty good and no hassles at customs. We headed staight out off the road we came on and let the GPS guide us to some beautiful  roads home, Athens, Lyndhurst and some places that were like villages off these roads. During our last half hour of the drive we were more cautious then when we left, you know that saying , 5 minutes from home and disaster had struck many people, we wanted to get there unscathed and did at 5-6 oclock, of course when we got here no one was home and i said to Gail, do you have keys to get in the house? Well you know where this is going, we went over to Gails moms house, we gave her a key for the back door years ago, got over there and they were gone too, now i am in a pickle because of the calorie intake over my 53 year span has shortened and broadened me in all the wrong places, so like a man , i proceed to break into our house through the basement window, i knew i should have gotten bigger windows 13 inches wide by 19 inches high, well you can guess that i did not fit in the 13 inch way, so i had to go in head first on my side and jockey my shoulders arms and head in, this is not going well, cant get back out the way i came in, to much of me is overhanging on the ledge, so down i go, with the missus having to go pee , i felt that this was a nessecary deed i must complete, it was a good thing that Gail had changed the furniture around in there because i tried to spider down the wall and my arms were not quite long enough to reach the top of the couch back and slid down, when i did get to the couch , inertia was at its best with gravity and the extra pounds i put on, you know that i was planning on exercising to get back in shape, however i did not, came down on the couch, arms buckled and somersaulted to the floor. So i make my  way up the stairs unhurt but a little slow to let Gail in the house, so she got in the house and noticed that the widow on the front door was open, did you open it? i replied no, that i did not touch it, so she says in her most controlled and measured voice that maybe i should have taken the screen out, it always falls off when you slam the door, duh! Well this is the last entry i can make for this adventure and hope anyone who has read it enjoyed the commentary, again i have to say this agian, we had met so many nice people out there, some we didnt get there names but had some good times and the tour of eastern canada , newfoundland was the very best trip we have ever taken in our lives. thanks and nighty nite!