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Greetings. The three pictures show us crossing into Ontario on Tuesday, crossing into the US in Port Huron (Sarnia, Ontario) on Wednesday and a recent picture of Belle that I thought was worth including. Today was quite different from previous days. We started off by immediately entering the trans-Canada highway. We set the cruise control for 1500 RPM (57MPH) and it did not disengage until we stopped for lunch west of Toronto. Of all the cities on the North American continent that I have driven through, Toronto really has its act together as far as traffic flow is concerned. As you approach the city, there are two lanes each way, but it quickly increases. Through a large part of the city there are five lanes each way...three are for through traffic and two are for local. There were times when there were eight lanes each way. As we got west of Toronto, the lanes decreased appropriately. The fact remains...I never had to touch the brakes all around the city of 2.5 million. From the time we stopped for the toll over the bridge to the US until we were cleared through customs was almost exactly one hour. It's a long time to idle that big old Cummins, but everything was smooth. We probably spent less than a minute at the customs booth. We are now back in the states and are looking forward to reaquainting ourselves with old friends
2 comments:
You sure have spent a lot of times heading west the past few days without leaving the time zone. Belle sure is a pretty, perky senior citizen isn't she?
Well, Toronto may have gotten it right as far as traffic, but you can't fault Boston for adding that nice water feature to the new tunnels for you to enjoy while sitting in traffic underground. They conveniently kept it to fewer lanes so you could take the time to relax and stare at the mini waterfalls along the way and wonder when the next 6 ton ceiling panel will fall. Some places charge admission for that (oh wait, we did to the tune of 22 billion).
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