Maine or Bust, pt. III, the Ontario experience!

We learned a lot during our 3 night, 2 1/2 day trek across the southern part of Ontario and along the Northern edge of the Great Lakes (Superior and Huron); namely Ontario is a big, honking Province (as are most Canadian provinces); and it's largely remote and sparsely populated, particularly in the Western regions.  The view was scenic enough, forested hills, numerous ponds, and small lakes on our left, Superior and, later, Huron, on our right (but NO MOOSE!).  But there were stretches on the two lane main highway traversing the province (there are no 4 lane freeways in this part of that province) where we were the only vehicle on the road within a two or three mile segment.  We didn't mind the lack of traffic, necessarily; but it was a little bit unsettling, particularly given the fact that our Verizon cell phone coverage stopped at the Canadian border; and, like, what do you without a cell phone?  And who or what do you call in an emergency (does 911 work?)?

Anyhow, we survived and enjoyed the scenery along the way for the most part. We spent our first night in Ontario at Thunder Bay in a nice KOA RV Park; second night destination was Sault St. Marie some 450 miles further East.  It took us over 12 hours to get from one point to the other because, 3/4 of the way along we were held up by a flaming truck wreck along the two lane main highway ahead of us.  We waited four hours, thinking at some point we might just camp out in our trailer along the highway for the night; but finally the highway cleared and we drove on to Sault St. Marie, arriving after dark at an even nicer KOA park we would have loved to enjoy more; but for the long delay.  Next day was another trek to Barrie, Ontario, just north of Toronto.  Toward the end we were back in 4 lane freeway/expressway land, but the KOA park near Barrie was in a very rural setting. We were almost back in the good old USA, though Ontario, itself, was a quite peaceful interlude.  And one other thing stood out for us on this long trip across Ontario; that is we saw little if any roadside trash the whole way.  Maybe the USA can learn from this, maybe not!