In the mid-West and East there are toll roads. Until yesterday and today, we had only encountered a few for short distances or bridges/tunnels. Now we were traveling hundreds of miles on these toll roads. The tolls aren’t really high but when you forget to get your Canadian money exchanged and you find out you only have a few dollars of American money and the change in the console you begin to start counting and panicking!!! We figured from the little card that we were going to owe $13.40 American at our exit. Picture this: Boots is counting the few quarters (8), the little dimes (10), fat nickels (8), and pennies to get to the total. There was no surface to lay out the coins and she kept dropping 1 or 2 after she’d already finished her count – hence the panicking part.
So, we pull up to the toll booth coins at the ready and we notice there is an “Accept Canadian money” sign. Whew, between the Canadian and American money we were able to get through the tool booth and head for the nearest ATM! Unlike when we came down through British Columbia to Washington state last year, we now had no Canadian money to try and find a bank for the exchange. Canada has 1 and 2 dollar coins (wish we did, too) which American banks will not exchange. So, we had been carrying $10 in Canadian coins around all year waiting to spend them in Montreal.
This RV Park/Camp Ground has a section of the lake reserved for dogs. So, as soon as we got here, Karma and Ruthi went to check it out. Near shore the base is mucky. Out about 2 feet or so it changes to rock and get deeper. Karma is not a swimmer yet; so Ruthi tried to throw the ball along the shore about 2-3 feet out so Karma could walk out to it. She (Karma) loves the water and spends most of the time in the water approaching the ball. After a few throws, the very wet and tired dog was ready to call it a day. Back home they came. Before Karma could go in the house she needed a good rinse and drying out. While Karma is not real thrilled about the shower approach to rinsing her, she really loves to be dried/rubbed down/combed.
