Today we spent the day traveling along the shore of Lake Ontario. It was a beautiful drive including a short ferry ride over a small inlet. No Underground Railroad today. I have to say Courtney every time we see something in French we say "too bad Courtney isn't here"!! We did take a picture of the Montreal skyline however it was sunset and we were in a moving car so the picture is either "artsy" or blurry depending on your thoughts. Bruce, I remember your offer to search for UGRR sites on golf courses along the way and I have noticed quite a few courses so maybe there is a tie there.
We found a fabric store in the Quilter's Travel Companion and when we stopped - we were right in the middle
of a Shop Hop!! We did about three shops in the Shop Hop and had a great time. They do their Hops differently than at home - they have one quilt - this one a beautiful log cabin and you buy a kit for part of the quilt at each shop. You have to visit all 6 shops to get the complete quilt. I had forgotten that they do everything in meters up here so fat quarters are closer to fat thirds. Fabric is VERY expensive! It almost made my heart stop to see $14.99-$16.99 on the end of a bolt. While that is for a meter it works out at the $14.99 price to be $13.68 a yard!! YIKES! I didn't buy very much fabric. We have found everything to be very expensive up here even with the exchange rate ($1 USA = .85 Canadian).We stopped for the night outside of Toronto. Tomorrow we finish our trip to Owen Sound and will visit some of their historic sites at the end of the UGRR.
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