Greetings from Canada, eh...
Day four started in Oakwood metropark on the Huron River. We intended to finish the river and spend the night at Lake Erie Metropark. Everything changed when we reached the park at 1pm and could see Canada just across the lake. The decision was made to go for it so we connected our kayaks and started paddling. There were no large ships when we crossed and everything was going smoothly. We planned on getting to Colchester that night and checking in with the Canadian border patrol. There was a storm developing behind us so we kept paddling as long as we could to try to reach our goal. Unfortuately, the storm reached us before we reached Colchester and we had to pull our boats up onto the beach in someones back yard. We could not have asked for a better house! (more on that in day five) I sent Shannon to do the talking and soon we were set up in Harold and Isabel's (a cute elderly couple) backyard. The storm eventually blew over with only a few drops of rain falling and Shannon and I were left wishing we had just made it to Colchester. We didn't see much of Harold and Isabel the first night so we just cooked our food and passed out after a long day. So glad to be done with portages!
Jay
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