IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU CAN SEE MANY BLACK DOTS ON THE RED BAG. THESE ARE STABLE FLIES (SO CALLED BECAUSE THEY APPARENTLY USED TO BLEED OUT HORSES ON FARMS!) WE ARE AT THE POINT PELEE NATIONAL PARK IN ONTARIO CANADA- IN ESSENCE THE KEY WEST OF CANADA, AS IT CONTAINS THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT OF THE CONTINENTAL LANDMASS FOR CANADA. THE SWARMING FLIES ARE THE WORST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN ACCORDING TO LOCALS.
ONE 70 YEAR OLD CAMERA GUY SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN THE "100 YEARS THAT HE HAS BEEN BIRDING THERE...." HE ALSO SAID THAT WHILE OUT THERE , HE "......PANICKED AND WANTED TO START RUNNING" HE ALSO STERNLY WARNED A FAMILY NOT TO TAKE THEIR TODDLER OUT THERE, THEY COMPLIED. SO, I LOOK AT ILEA TO SEE HER REACTION WHEN I STATE THAT WE SHOULD GIVE IT A WHIRL (AFTER HAVING DRIVEN 2.5 HRS TO GET THERE)..... LOW AND BEHOLD, SHE WAS A CHAMP AND WAS UP FOR IT SO OFF WE BRAVELY WENT!!! WE ONLY VENTURED BECAUSE WE WERE PRETTY WELL COVERED WITH LONG SLEEVES AND LONG PANTS- BTW, LOOK AT ALL THOSE FLIES ON MY PANT LEG ABOVE!!! BELOW, I STAND AT THE ABSOLUTE POINT IN A SWARM OF FLIES.... ALSO WALKED THE PARK'S MARSH BOARDWALK WHICH WAS NO WHERE NEAR AS NICE AS THE TWO PLACES WE HAD WITHIN 5 MINS OF OUR DELAY CONDO. NOTICE THE OVERCAST SKIES. OUR LAST 4 DAYS IN CANADA WERE CHILLY AND BLAH WEATHER WISE.
WE VISITED THE TOWN OF LONDON, ONTARIO ON OUR LAST DAY IN CANADA. IT WAS UNIMPRESSIVE AND NOT A PLACE WE WOULD RECOMMEND. AS OF TODAY, SUNDAY SEPT 9, 2018, WE ARE BACK IN THE USA AND STAYING ON THE NORTH SHORES OF ST CLAIR LAKE.
LUNCH WAS GREAT AT BIRDIES PERCH - LAST MEAL IN CANADA'S POINT PELEE PARK AREA.
OUR FINAL DAY IN CANADA AT A PARK IN LONDON, ONTARIO. THIS WAS A DISPLAY TO CATCH ATTENTION FOR A CELL PHONE COMPANY! KIND OF THE BEST THING WE EXPERIENCED IN LONDON!!
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