After a very enjoyable time at Taylor-Made B&B and a delightful breakfast it was time to hit the road, looking forward to another cool day (ie: COLD) with a temp of 3c, but no rain to start.
I stopped in town at the Post Office for my MOAZ photo for the letter "L" and after that it was off on CR9 North along the shore of Lion's Head harbour and the crystal clear waters of Georgian Bay, before the road turned West and onto Highway 6 to Tobermory. Because the Tobermory to Manitoulin Ferry is not running the town is dead, only 4 cars passed me in a 40km stretch of road. After touring the town and visiting the Parks Canada visitor's centre and climbing the 120ft observation tower, with a magnificent view of the harbour and the adjacent islands.
So as the skies darken it was time to be off, South on Hwy #6, again an empty stretch of highway. Just South of Lion's Head is the corner called Mar, with a post office, so it qualifies as a MOAZ photo location. This is a corner gas station (ie: Corner GAS as on TV), restaurant and post office all in one. But did you know that this is a secret OPP training centre? Yes under the guidance of Warren Stuart, who served in US Special Forces in the Koren war, he will teach you how to disarm a person with a knife, the OPP are is regular customers for this training, plus coffee and great stories. Could have spent the entire afternoon here, but rain was coming and it was time to push on.
Next stop was on the West side of the Bruce Peninsula at Sauble Falls, which was ragging with the spring run off plus a month of rain.
Next is Sauble Beach, with a 13km long white sand beach, which no one was out on, well at 6c with a 20km wind and waves of 2m who would, but one of the surf shops was open on the main drag with the owner setting up for another long season - he hopes for.
Time to go, the rain was not stopping so passing through Southampton, Port Elgin, Tiverton and my overnight stop in Kincardine. What is interesting in all these small communities, was impressive downtowns, lots of people / traffic coming and going. One word vibrant, no economic downturn here. Oh, I did I mention that the main economic driver is the Burce Nuclear Power Plant and the project to add 2 more reactors to the already 8 on site. Bruce power generates 1/4 of all of Ontario's power needs, impressive.
Kincardine is reached by 5:30, in the light rain.
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