You would think that being home since the 15th of April we would have had a lot of time to update our final post on our blog. Guess not, seeing as how it is May 2! So here goes catching you all up finishing the first U.S tour of 2022/2023.
We decided to stay at a couple of Harvest Hosts on the way home, and Barb once again found the best two around for sure. They were both farms, one larger than the other. They both had multi generational retired owners with children/grandchildren either living in the same home or very close by. Both men were incredibly fit for their age. Both were well off, with the second being very well off. Most important……they were all wonderful, kind, considerate people.
While travelling back north and to these final two locations for the final two nights, we did see an interesting sight day 1, as well as had a great stop mid day, on day 2.
The first interesting sighting was the remains of some buildings after a tornado had moved through across the highway. Not sure when this happened as we were trailing behind a series of tornadoes on the way home, but looks like they had started to clean things up.
The next day we stopped at Blake’s. Not Blake Shelton, wouldn’t THAT have been a great story! But Blake’s a local orchard farmer that had a cider tasting room, two restaurants, fresh donuts, fresh baked apple cinnamon bread, lots of fresh pies (we brought a strawberry/rhubarb pie along with a apple cinnamon loaf), lots of jams, salsas and gifts. Quite lovely really. We decided to order some take out and chose chicken wings and sautéed Brussel sprouts. While we were waiting we decided to start with chicken cordon blue egg rolls. They were OK, but we both decided that regular egg rolls were better. We also decided to walk around while we were waiting for our take out. We thought why not try some cider, so off we went to the Cider house. It looked open and in we went. Interesting as we stepped in, a few people turned from the bar and stared, then a few more, then everyone turned to stare. Weird……..so I said “I know we look good”, to which the bar tender said, we are closed for a private event. OK there were a couple of guys who thought this was funny, but maybe put up a sign to say closed for private event???? Sheesh
Here are some pics of the restaurant/bar and our spring rolls
Wings came home with us and we had a delightful last night in the U.S. Our final task before crossing the border the next day was to get JL a large bottle of Vodka. Not sure if any of you have crossed the border into Canada around the Niagra area, but there is NO sign for duty free…….anywhere! When we got to the border crossing, Barb asked the guard where the duty free was as we hadn’t seen any signs, to which she replied “ ya…..there is no sign, you have to take the exit that says last exit in the U.S”, good grief. Soooo JL didn’t get his huge bottle of Vodka, but a promise that next year we would “do better!”
So now back in Canada, quickly getting back into the routine of life not on the road. There is still a lot to see/do and we are both looking forward to hitting the road down south once more in the fall. Will there be some summer travels…………..maybe so please check in once in a while and see what, if anything, we are up to.
Thanks for following!! Barb/Lori