Gr@y & Blue Fall Road Trip 21

After driving west along the shores of Lake Eerie (below), we have arrived at Sturgeon Woods Camp ground this evening and left our camp site to see sunset at Point Pelee National Park, only to find it closed at sunset. 

Our day's mission included at stop at Ellis Church in Puslinch (west of Hespeler), to find some souvenirs of Bob's grand dad Dickie's Grandfather John Dickie who moved from Scotland to settle this area of Ontario sometime before 1847. In front of Ellis Church, Yolanda, who is drawn to didactic panels like a bear to honey, called Bob over to see the Dickie Hearthstone in one corner of the yard. This was a pleasant find for Bob!

In the afternoon, we had a fun stop in Woodstock at Your Farm Market for eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables, and organic local meat products. With a few other groceries and sundries, we had enough for about a week in our fridge and pantry. 

Upon our 6:30pm arrival at Sturgeon Falls, we found the campsite office closed and no one around, though their sign (as well as their Web site) said they were there until 7:00pm. Yolanda called their phone and left a message. Then she left another. With the third message she said we would make this a virtual phone registration and see them in the morning and suddenly lights went on in the office and a face peeped out of the blinds. By the time Bob returned to the car from looking around for help, the registration was complete for two nights at the camp. We found our site, Bob stowed the trailer and then we endeavoured to drive to Point Pelee for sunset (but didn't due to construction detours). We ended the night with a bowl of soup at a nearby restaurant as by then it seemed too late to start cooking.