Monday September 1st.
Dropped Karla off at her flat (apartment), sorry to be leaving her behind. We then hit the 401 for some serious driving, all the way East to Prescott, a little town on the St Lawrence. The drive actually only took 5 - 6 hours as we could maintain 120km's per hour all the way.
Prescott is a lovely lttle town that has seen better days. In it's hay-day it was a major port for goods being shipped in and out of the great lakes. The port was very close to set of rapids, so the goods of the day had to be transferred. Later on it was a factory town for US industry. However, that stopped with the US/Canada free trade agreement. Now it is a small town servicing the local area and relying on Tourism. We had a paddle in the St Lawrence and good walk around the town. Had an evening meal at the local pub (owened by community shareholders), then its wa
s back to the B&B for a hot tube experience under the stars. The B&B is called :Our stone cottage", would recommend it.
Dropped Karla off at her flat (apartment), sorry to be leaving her behind. We then hit the 401 for some serious driving, all the way East to Prescott, a little town on the St Lawrence. The drive actually only took 5 - 6 hours as we could maintain 120km's per hour all the way.
Prescott is a lovely lttle town that has seen better days. In it's hay-day it was a major port for goods being shipped in and out of the great lakes. The port was very close to set of rapids, so the goods of the day had to be transferred. Later on it was a factory town for US industry. However, that stopped with the US/Canada free trade agreement. Now it is a small town servicing the local area and relying on Tourism. We had a paddle in the St Lawrence and good walk around the town. Had an evening meal at the local pub (owened by community shareholders), then its wa
s back to the B&B for a hot tube experience under the stars. The B&B is called :Our stone cottage", would recommend it.
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