day 11 to Kincardine

Not too much to say today. We got up late and then it was Celso's turn to choose somewhere to go. We had seen 2 of the great lakes (Ontario and Eerie) so he decided to take us to another. So we headed North to Kincardine on Lake Huron. We wanted to stop in one of the national parks on the way for a walk but we couldn't find anywhere. We ended up asking an old guy with a dog where he went for walks in the woods with his dog. He told us how to get to a forest but warned us about Deer Flies.

As we approached the woods down an unpaved track our car was surrounded by these huge flies, they buzzed and swarmed and appeared to be trying to get into the car. We tried a short walk down a track into the woods switching broken off branches round our heads and bodies to avoid being bitten. We only lasted about 5 minutes before we turned back.. but we did see a garter snake and some weird mushrooms, however we didn't stop to take photos because as soon as you stopped moving the flies would land and start biting.

We drove on; along the dead straight roads again; to a town called Woodstock and missed our turn and ended up in a park by a small lake. Here we had a great walk through the woods. It always seems that we find great places by mistake!

Then on to Kilcardine and we are now holed up in a motel with a huge TV and the boys are watching Shrek III. We went out to a bar a grill to get some food, and had steak and shrimps and scallops. Celso's drink was served in a jam jar for some reason but beer and coke (pop as they call it here) were served in normal glasses... not sure what that is all about.

We drove along the beaches of Lake Huron on the way here, it is difficult to believe that it is a lake, it stretches to the horizon and has waves and tides because it is so large - amazing.

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