Category: Camping

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…

Released the bicycles from their carrier for the first time this trip. Pedaled out to Janet Light to get our daily lighthouse fix. Sailboats accompanied us on our way out to the light as a race was getting underway. Two Nonsuchs were part of the fleet! Back in Gore Bay we visited the Farmer’s Market…

Started the day by cleaning up, dumping the tanks, and topping off the fresh water. Met a couple in a beautiful silver Roadtrek CS Adventerous based on the same Sprinter 3500 van as ours. They had four solar panels and an underslung air conditioner. I asked how they liked the A/C and they said it…

Started the day at a bakery, loading up the van galley with a huge blueberry scone, muffins and raspberry pie. Headed off the Island and joined the Trans-Canada highway which, surprising to me, dropped down to two lanes with occasional passing lanes.  We turned off at anything with an interesting sign or map point that…