Cardinal, Ontario

We arrived at the Cardinal KOA on Thursday after spending most of the day at the Toronto Zoo. I did not post any pictures taken at the zoo because mostly what we saw were your ordinary zoo stuff. But it certainly is an impressive place. Definitely the biggest zoo I have ever seen. Nickie had a great time taking "professional looking" pics using the telephoto lens. But by the time we had seen about 3/4ths of the place, we were ready to get out of there. It got pretty hot and we estimate that we walked at least 3 miles. So we left around 3:00 and arrived in Cardinal by 7:00. This is a very nice campground with lots of shade. The only drawback is that there are no sewer hookups. So it looks like we will have to break camp later today and go to the dump station to empty our tanks. We plan to stay here at least one more day.
Yesterday we drove back over to the US side of the St Lawrence waterway so that we could take a recommended boat tour of the Thousand Islands in the St Lawrence. These islands have been purchased by the very rich who build summer homes (mansions!) on them. We saw some pretty ritzy looking places. Then there is Boldt Castle. This is a place that was built by George Boldt for his wife in the early 1900's but was never completed because she died and he stopped all construction never to resume. Sometime in the 70's it was purchased by the state and is still in the process of completing it. The place is huge, but, as Nickie says, does not hold a candle to The Biltmore House. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our trip. Today we will drive to Ottawa....about 59 miles from here and take in a famous street mall. More pics have been posted about our boat tour so click here to view them.