Day 12, 09 August 2025 - O Canada

Saturday morning we got up early and hit the road, we hoped to do about 600 miles, crossing into Canada at Sault Ste Marie and make our way to Ottawa via the Trans-Canadian Highway. 

Sunrise at End of the Road Winery

As we departed the End of the Road Winery at about 06:30 we were treated to a beautiful Sunrise.

Sault Ste Marie Bridge to Canada

It cost us $10.35 to cross the Sault Ste Marie bridge to Canada and the wait at customs on the Canadian side was about 10 mins, not bad. 

We got on Rte 17B, then 17 headed east, this is called the Trans-Canadian Highway but in reality it is 90% a two-way road that is limited to 90kmh (61.5mph). Most of it is OK, but there are definitely rough patches. 

We drove just short of 600 miles, arriving at our destination of Cabela's outside Ottawa about 19:00, it was not a hard drive and we did take two breaks to just take a quick nap and of course lunch.  

Cabela's Ottawa

The Cabela's has plenty of space, we initially parked in the RV section and walked to Tim Hortons for sammiches, they make good chicken wraps. We brought our sammiches back to the Serenity to eat but the guy next to us was running a noisy generator...some people...so we just moved to an open lot.  

Sunday we plan to cross back into the USA in Ogdensburg, NY and stop in Potsdam to visit our friends John and Kathy. We should be home by evening.