After waiting for three days for a clear weather prediction and having three days of predicted rain turn out clear; I left at 3 in the afternoon for Port Huron. The plan was motorcycle through Canada to Niagara Falls and on to Rhode Island and Connecticut (the only two of the fifty states that I have never been too).
That was on the 13th of August, and now back home after arriving at 8:00 last night following a twelve hour ride from western New York.
So why did I fail to blog for the entire twelve days until, and why has almost an entire week gone by without a blog? The short answer – no excuse; more precisely though, I was amazed how much things have changed over the past six years since my last trip to Quebec and the Maritime Islands. On that last eight week trip in 1913 I had little trouble finding a campsite, and when I did the cost of a site was typically $16 – $18. (only at KOA did I pay more than $30 a night). Over the twelve days, I never paid less than $32 for a primitive tent site with no electricity, and most sites ranged from 45-55 dollars.
It was indeed surprising tho find that the cost had escalated two – three times in just six years (fortunately, inflation has not been that rampant elsewhere in the economy). The larger problem though was that campgrounds that allowed tent camping seemed to be harder too find (maybe, I’m just out of practice).
More to the point of the Pictotravel blog; I finished the day at Lakeport State Park north of Port Huron, set up my tent and crashed early (about 10:00 PM) eagerly anticipating visiting Niagara Falls the next day.
