Wavecrest Bed and Breakfast on Pelee Island Essex
79 East Shore Road Essex, Ontario, N0R 1M0, Canada
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Back in Essex
... where Polar was due for his monthly haircut. While we waited for him to be spruced up we went to Windsor Caesars Casino which is run by the same company who run Caesars Palace in Vegas. Leigh played slots while me and Kerry stuck with Roulette.
At one point we were about $125 down but after spinning in number 34 I felt our luck was changing. I didn't even bother betting the next spin, choosing just to leave the one sole chip on 34 ...
Putting on the miles to Lake Erie
Well, we set off from Chicago quite happily. We had consiedred spending the morning in the City, but as we had seen most everything we knew about, and as the journey in and back was quite onerous. we felt that a morning tagged on could become an anti climax. Always leave while you are ahead. So we did.
Got on the road a bit later than we should have. The clocks went back last night, so it took us about an hour to figure out what time it was. (Bit ...
Our bags are packed, we're ready to go....
... below info about NZ and Queenstown:
- New Zealand is a small country about the size of Colorado (what?!) or Japan and has a population of only 4 million people making it one of the least crowded countries in the world
- New Zealand is the first country to greet the sunrise everyday
- There are presently around 9 sheep to every 1 human in New Zealand
- In 1893, New Zealand became the first country to give women ...
Farmers, Fugitives and Felons
... in too public a place to be used for hiding but the rumor persists. Fugitives who did not go further into Michigan sometimes were rowed across Lake Erie into Canada. It is said that Harriet Beecher Stowe used the Sandusky location for the setting when Little Eva tries to escape across the frozen lake into freedom. There is a beautifully poignant statue, made of chains, at the shoreline in memory of the fugitives who fled into Canada across Lake Erie called, "Path to Freedom." ...
It Was a Ferry Wine Day
The day started with a flash mob for breakfast at 8:55 am as the free breakfast is over at 9:00 am. In the end everyone gets to eat but it seems like people act as if the end of the food supply will happen momentarily. After stretching the check out to the maximum, it was off to a local park to sit in the shade of a tree and read for a couple of ...

