Need a route from Watkins Glen to Toronto

Jayell

Jayell

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Does anyone know a good route from Watkins Glen to Toronto? Looking to take the long way home, no slab. Will be leaving the Glen at about 4:00pm, would like to be home around 11:00pm. Or, perhaps, I should spend the night somewhere and return home the following day?

Any brilliant ideas?

Thanks!
 
We did it but there was not a lot of interest - if you head north to the drive along the lake it's very rough pavement.
Hitting Niagara Falls by way of the Parkway would be interesting at night ( the lights will be on the Falls ) and then ride the Parkway to Fort Erie. ( across the Lewiston Bridge then stay on the Niagara RIver. )

From there you could go up through Port Colborne along HWY 3 and Welland and stay inland of the QEW or take HWY 8 along the escarpment and pickup Ridge Road which has pretty views at night.

Once you hit Hamilton tho you will pretty much have to slab it as the out and around is pretty long. ( HWY 52 ) and would be tricky to navigate at night to stay on track.
 
That's a good route via corning tho I don't know about time. The Corning glass museum is superb and excellent food there too...worth a look.
 
Sorry, should have said no slab in New York. I'll take the QEW back to Toronto.

Yes, two nice routes. I might go south to Penn, stay an extra night, then visit Letchworth the following day. Worthwhile?

Would it be difficult to find a flea bag motel in north Pennsylvania, say the Coudersport area on Sunday night this weekend?

By the way, I took the Lake Ontario State Parkway once. Avoid at all costs! There is no duller ride. No traffic, either; I felt as if I was the last man on Earth. All concrete, not particularly scenic.

Thanks for the suggestions.
 
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Well if its flea bag motel you want, Paul's Citgo at Coudersport fits the bill :) Just stayed there last weekend - cost me $50.00 and to be fair the room was clean enough, the TV is miniscule, the cable is fuzzy, but it did have a working fridge, microwave and coffee maker - but the smell - bring Febreeze, preferably the kind in that commercial where people are sitting beside garbage blindfolded and think they are in a garden - but hey, it was $50.00. The next closest thing is the Laurelwood Inn which cost me over $70.00 last time, wasn't quite so "old motel" smelly - but the bed was so uncomfortable I slept on the spare cot that had been left in my room.
 
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