Not much action today. We left the KOA south of Pittsburgh and headed for Canada! We were cruising along the Pennsylvania Turnpike on our way to Erie and Buffalo… And we found that this section of the turnpike was closed! We were routed towards downtown Pittsburgh, towards a tunnel with giant signs stating, “No flammable liquids or explosives”. If I had known all this, I would have researched what this meant (isn’t gasoline a flammable liquid?), but, thinking they were banning my on-board propane tanks, we just played it safe. We exited and headed up a “little red line on the map”. We had an interesting but rather nerve-wracking journey through the near suburbs of Pittsburgh – beautiful, with their abandoned old red brick buildings and rusted industrial plants. The roads were narrow and rough, with many stop lights. Oh well; we were not in a hurry. Eventually we rejoined the interstate and then we were back on the turnpike. We had a long day, but finally we crossed over into New York, and then entered Canada at the Peace Bridge outside Buffalo.
The wait to drive through Customs was short, and the agent was smiling, conversational and all in all the stereotypical polite Canadian. She only asked one odd question: “Are you bringing anything in to Canada that will stay in Canada”? What was I supposed to say? Trash? Sewage? Whiskey bottles (empty)? Anyway, I said No, and off we went…
Our destination was London, ON, the home of CanAm RV. We have an appointment for Monday, 6/26/17, to have them review my hitch set-up. I’ve never been happy with the weight distribution of my current hitch, so either they can adjust it or modify it, or put a different hitch on for me. Also, we hope they can fix the refrigerator, which runs only on propane, but not electricity as it should in RV parks. Plus, if you recall, we lost one of our rock guards in Texas, and CanAm has ordered new ones for us. Best of all, we can camp right there (free!) and not have to travel back and forth to an RV park.
So we found CanAm, parked where we were told, plugged into power, and we were set. The weather was beautiful: No heat, no rain, no humidity, no wind. We opened our windows and vents and settled into happy hour. We were just about to pull out our chairs and sit outside when WIND! RAIN! THUNDER! LIGHTNING! As we scrambled to close the roof vents, and close the windows, and close the door, we heard another sound that we couldn’t quite place…Sort of a crash, sort of a plastic banging sound… Oh well, we were safe inside, the Satellite TV was working, and Happy Hours continued. The rain stopped after about an hour…
Tomorrow we head to Toronto!
CanAm RV… Lots of Airstreams… (Some Other Brands, too…)
Tucked in for the night…
The calm before the storm…
Adventures in the Villa 
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