Leg 323, Kelleys Island, Ohio, USA to Brantford, Ontario, Canada
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This is it, the final leg. Back to Brantford via Detroit, Windsor and London, Ontario.
Final count for data streamed since entering Florida, 275.2 GiB worth of PG Areas on the eastern side of the USA. I think I was up to 240 GiB on the western half, a lot of data!
07-10 Kelleys I 89D 6:24 AM
07-10 Pelee Island CYPT 6:30 AM
07-10 North Bass Island 3X5 6:36 AM
07-10 Middle Bass-East Point 3W9 6:39 AM
07-10 Middle Bass Island 3T7 6:41 AM
07-10 Rattlesnake Island 58OH 6:44 AM
07-10 Put-In-Bay 3W2 6:47 AM
07-10 Keller KPCW 6:51 AM
07-10 Gibbs Field 03OH 6:55 AM
07-10 Fremont 14G 6:59 AM
07-10 Toledo Executive KTDZ 7:07 AM Toledo PG Area 41°39’5"N 83°32’27"W
07-10 Toledo Suburban KDUH 7:25 AM
07-10 Tecumseh Mills 22T 7:36 AM
07-10 Ann Arbor Mun KARB 7:43 AM Ann Arbor PG Area 42°16’2"N 83°44’53"W
07-10 Oakland County Intl KPTK 7:59 AM Chrysler Headquarters & Technology Center 42°39’16" 83°13’48" W
07-10 Coleman A Young Muni KDET 8:18 AM Detroit PG Area 42°19’56"N 83°2’57"W
07-10 Detroit Convention Center 42°19’36.11"N 83°2’59.32"W 8:38 AM Ambassador Bridge 42°18’44.1"N 83°04’27.3"W
07-10 Windsor International Airport CYQG 9:01 AM
07-10 Stoney Point (Trepanier) CRJ2 9:13 AM
07-10 Harsens I Z92 9:28 AM
07-10 Sarnia (Hadfield) CYZR 9:46 AM
07-10 Grand Bend CPL4 9:59 AM
07-10 Huron CYCE 10:04 AM
07-10 London CYXU 10:14 AM London PG Area 42°59’9"N 81°14’50"W
07-10 St Thomas Mun CYQS 10:30 AM Grand River mouth 42°39’22.0"N 81°00’27.4"W Bad texture area
07-10 Straffordville CNS6 10:39 AM Long Point National Wildlife Area 42°33’23.6"N 80°09’18.3"W
07-10 Simcoe (Dennison Field) CPA4 11:11 AM Port Dover 42°46’58.4"N 80°12’06.8"W (before the airport)
07-10 Brantford CYFD 11:46 AM Touchdown
Flight time 5:22 27 stops
Kelleys Island early morning
Heading to Pelee Island, on the Canadian side of the lake
Pelee Island in Lake Erie
North Bass Island, back on the US side
Put-In-Bay on South Bass Island
Approaching Toledo, Ohio
ADM Grain Toledo on the Maumee River
Fifth Third Field in Downtown Toledo, home of the Dayton Dragons
Huntington Center, 8,000 seat multi purpose arena. Kiss performed here in 2016 for example
Vistula Historic District
National Museum of the Great Lakes with a docked Lake Freighter
They are impressive to watch come into Hamilton under the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge. One time a small pleasure boat didn’t want to wait and went through the canal in the opposite direction. I doubt they’ll do that again, the wake those lake freighters make in the Burlington Bay Canal is scary, turning the little boat in a bucking bronco.
Mahoney Environmental along the Maumee River
Chrysler - Toledo Assembly Complex
Sections of the Toledo complex have operated as an automobile assembly plant since 1910
originally for Willys-Overland vehicles and Jeeps since the 1940s
This however is the Toledo North Assembly Plant (built 1997-2001)
producing the unibody Jeep Liberty, employing nearly 7,000 workers
Toledo Suburban Airport
Michigan Stadium, known as the big house and Crisler Center at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan, Shapiro Undergraduate Library below
University of Michigan Hospital
Domino Farms, nearly 3,000ft long office structure in Ann Arbor
Chrysler Headquarters & Technology Center
Located in the Metro Detroit city of Auburn Hills, Michigan
GM Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center
As of May 2020, the plant is being retooled to produce electric vehicles, including the all-new GMC Hummer EV, which will set you back between $80,000 and $106,000 (sold out in 10 minutes)
Arriving in Detroit at Ford Field, home field of the Detroit Lions and Comerica Park
Downtown Detroit, nicknamed the motor city
TCF Center. convention center with free parking
If you can skip the booths, luckily not very busy when the PG data was taken
Guardian building (1929) and Penobscot Building (1928)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada, facing Detroit across the Detroit river
Caesars Windsor at Riverfront Festival Plaza
Ambassador Bridge, connecting the US and Canada
The one where I didn’t have trouble getting across the border
US Customs and Border Protection – Ambassador Bridge Port of Entry
Still very intimidating with all the cameras, sensors and what not
Canada Border Services Agency - Windsor Port of Entry
A bit friendlier welcome but still so different when coming from Europe’s open borders
Alumni Field at the University of Windsor
University of Windsor next to the Ambassador Bridge
Canadian Pacific Railway Company - Windsor Yard
FCA Windsor, Chrysler Centre, opened 1928
producing minivans since 1983 with over 4,000 employees
Windsor International Airport
Stoney Point (Trepanier) airstrip at Pointe aux Roches, Lakeshore, Ontario
Walpole Island Indian Reserve No 46
There are more than 600 First Nations/Indian bands in Canada, 3,100 Indian reserves across Canada, and over one million registered Indians in Canada as of December 2019
Saint Clair Flats State Wildlife Area on Harsens Island. Michigan, USA
Babys Point on the St Clair River, which is the US-Canada border
Looks like it was early spring when the images were taken, ice floating in the water
Sarnia on Lake Huron in Southwestern Ontario
Flying over Blackwell Trails Park on the way to Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport
Grand Bend, located on the shores of lake Huron
My wife and I stayed there for a couple days and got attacked by a swarm of ladybugs on the beach. They are vicious! They’re not poisonous but their bites still hurt and they were hungry
Very nice place without swarming ladybugs
Centralia-James T Field Memorial Aerodrome
Arriving in London, Ontario over Argyle
At Quebec st, heading downtown
My wife bought our first car here for me, a hybrid which I was looking for. Turns out they’re not all that practical for Canadian winters. It takes so long to warm up you can’t feel your hands while driving. No trunk space either, but very good at retaining trade in value!
Victoria Park in Central London
London Citi Plaza
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Western Fair District
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Parkwood Hospital and Walkers Pond
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Staffordville
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Long Point, a sand spit and medium-sized hamlet on the north shore of Lake Erie
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Home to Long Point National Wildlife Area, Ryerson’s Island on the left
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Long Point Lighthouse at the tip
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On my list of places to visit
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Port Dover, from where you can just about see Long Point
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Great place to take the kids, and a couple times a year I cycle there for a dip in the lake
Beware if you visit on Friday the 13th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q50eYv1C5JA
Known for the PD13 Motorcycle Rally, started 1981, now exceeding 100,000 bikers in summer
Landing at Simcoe (Dennison Field)
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Back to the bicycle trail to follow it home, passing Waterford on the way
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Black Bridge, century-old 166-metre long rail bridge part of the Waterford Heritage Trail
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As you can see in the pictures it was a great day outside. After finishing the leg I took my bike out and cycled here, awesome trail
It’s the LE & N Trail, here at Oakland, old railroad bed following Brock’s route
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part of the route that Sir Isaac Brock (1769-1812) himself took during the War of 1812. While he did not survive the war, he did manage to capture Detroit after the Americans invaded Canada at Windsor. Canada remained loyal to Britain and gained its independence in 1867, separating from Britain as recently as 1982.
Brantford Airport at Colborne St W, flying on to Paris before landing
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Paris, Ontario, establish 1850 on the confluence of the Nith and Grand River
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My home town, yoo hoo family. (Odd, I didn’t hear my plane flying over)
Back along the river to Brantford to make a turn and approach the airport over the pedestrian bridge over the Grand River, officially Oakhill Trail Bridge
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Hmm my shadow is going the other way, almost there, cossing Robinson Rd and Greens Rd
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Touchdown, back home
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It actually made me a bit emotional, ridiculous. I’ve been sitting at home all this time…
Taxiing to a parking spot, Airport enhancements thanks to @ARH64CDN
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(Everything else is vanilla MSFS, only world updates enhancements)
@ARH64CDN left me the perfect spot to park, the airport looks great!
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Ok, you can get out now, show’s over
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There you have it. Review complete.
Traveled 321,741nm / 375,253 miles / 595,864 km, over 1.5 times the distance to the moon
Over 7,100 airports visited (7,146 stops total but not all at airports)
Just a few minutes shy of 2590 hours traveled at an overall average speed 124.2 knots GS
243 countries, sovereign territories and island nations visited
Could be more or less, I’m not qualified to say what is independent enough and what not. I didn’t count the autonomous regions in Russia and China, might have counted too many island nations.
37.7 GB of screenshots collected along the way, 13,682 total files
Almost 32% of that were in North America where the most detailed data is by far
Best part of the trip, going to places I had never even heard of and find out about them 
Many thanks to Asobo and Microsoft for making it all possible. As well thanks to my wife and kids for being patient with me through this long trip. And of course thanks to this great community keeping my interest going with all the great post of things to see and places to visit.
I already have ideas for my next trip (Mars!) but not so soon. After a Canada world update I do want to take a closer look at this great country.
Keep up the great work Asobo!
Ending with this great inspirational video, from an average height of 2,500 ft to 248 miles high
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIkqs9_FK28