Canada/U.S. Road Trip

Canada/U.S. Road Trip
Our Road Trip Route

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

May 16 – Caledon to Stratford

We had a bit of a chance to sleep in a little this morning, then checked out of our beautiful room at the Millcroft Inn.  We decided to go back to Orangeville to find ourselves a Starbucks breakfast.  Again, we had a beautiful day for travel - not too warm, but pleasant.  It was a great drive from Caledon to Stratford - and we took our time, taking some back roads through the beautiful countryside, and thoroughly enjoying the drive...

We drove through Brampton, and stopped to take a picture of the house that Rick owned while living there, and where Shannon and Meghan first lived after they were born.  This house was about 900 sq. ft. upstairs - a little larger than the house that I lived in, as a child.  It appears that someone's doing renos to this house, at the moment...
18 Royce Avenue, Brampton, ON
We got to Stratford and found the Birmingham Manor B&B that we had reservations at - it was around 4:00 pm by this time.  We were greeted by Elena, one of the hosts of the Birmingham Manor B&B, and were shown to our room.  I had a sneak peek at the other rooms in the B&B, since they weren't occupied just yet.  In the hallway, there was a "guest" mini-fridge that could be used for any items; and was stocked with water and pop which were complimentary for guests.  There were a lot of little amenities for guests, that were very thoughtful.
Birmingham Manor B&B, Stratford, ON.
We thought we'd have an early dinner and catch our evening show that we'd previously booked.  When Rick looked at the tickets for our show, however, we realized that we'd goofed - our show was a matinee that started at 2:00 pm - not an evening show, as we had thought and anticipated.  We were both disappointed, but there was nothing that could be done about it at this point.  So we found a place to go have dinner, and went back to the B&B for an early evening.
Our room at the Birmingham Manor B&B.

 A beautiful, comfortable queen-size bed in a beautifully appointed room.

 The foyer to the Birmingham Manor B&B.

 The other side of the foyer.

 A working telephone booth inside the B&B
- local calls and long distance calls within Canada are complimentary.

 The sitting room for guests at the B&B.

The formal dining room for guests at the B&B.

Mileage to date: 5,157 kms.
Gas in Guelph, ON: $1.33/litre

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