Day 04

Today I left London and headed off for world famous Leamington Ontario. For those of you who have lived under a rock for your entire life, Leamington is located on the southern tip of Ontario, on lake Erie, which also happens to be the southern tip of Canada.

Leamington is also the tomato capital of Canada

I arrived around 2 in the afternoon, just an hour and a half before my friend Cliff had to work for 6 hours. He was washing his truck when I arrived, so I quickly washed my car as well. Its now super shiny and no longer has bird excrement down the sides.

Cliff had thoughtfully dropped markers on google maps all around Leamington, with a description of why that place is significant to the area and the local history. He lent me his phone and truck for the afternoon, which I spent taking in the surprisingly numerous sights that the area has to offer. I saw attractions as a big tomato tourist booth, the Heinz ketchup factory, the local park, marina, ferry and Point Pelee National Park. I stood as far south in mainland Canada as is possible without getting your feet wet.

Nowhere to go from here but up

At the end of the day I randomly ended up exploring a Value Village and bought a few awesome CDs such as Eric Clapton unplugged, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Elton John as well as Coldplay, for the next few days of driving. To top it all off, I found the book “The Princess Bride”, which I have wanted to read for a long time.

All in all, today was a really good day. Tomorrow I turn off my phone and I enter the US of A for about a day and a half.