Author: Mark Haskell

Today is the day we say thank you and goodbye to Canada. We’ll be back for another visit if you’ll have us. Off an on rain showers had Lake Huron looking a little hazy. It was hard to find the horizon before a boat came by. The folks at the Sarnia visitor’s center were very…

Departed Owen Sound and headed southwest. Found a Canadian Tire along the way who had multiple sizes of DEF at reasonable prices. Port Elgin marina was a convenient lunch stop. The town is having a festival and some streets are closed off. A Nonsuch is nestled in with other sailboats in the harbor.  Didn’t stick…

Owen Sound has a delightful city park and campground. We spent a quiet night in a pull through spot beside this stone laundry building. Two streams run through the campground. The site with electric and water was 37.29. We highly recommend it as a central spot from which you can explore the area without needing…

Started out at a chilly fifty-eight degrees this morning amidst rain showers at Killbear. Though it continued to rain all day, we would run into the most interesting bit of engineering of the trip. Stay tuned… First railway of the day was at Parry Sound. A very cool harbor, it offers a lighthouse, shops, marinas,…

Not what we want to do, but the name of the Provincial Park where we are spending tonight. Just returned to the van after biking a trail (better suited to mountain bikes) to get to a hiking trail leading to lighthouse point. The water is clear and boats are moored in several bays. Our campsite…

Awoke at “goose o’clock” when the geese decided it was time to have a pre-flight conversation.  We drove around the eastern side of the island visiting viewpoints we had missed yesterday.  There really aren’t any bad choices here! The Cup and Saucer trail was a fun hike. The western end of the Niagara Escarpment extends onto the…