Start 2614 9:00 AM
Finish 142 km = 90 miles 7:00 PM
Total 2704 10 hours
Road Surface/Terrain/Traffic: Paved except for about 1 km, mostly flat but some grades near Tobermory, low traffic
Map(s)/Guide: Bruce County, Ontario Provincial Map
Weather: Partly cold & foggy in AM; warm and sunny later with moderate head winds
Flora/Fauna: Yellow Lady Slippers, Flickers, Blue Jays, Groundhog, Rabbit, Swamp Iris, Cedars, Pine
Others in Group: Pictures of Marl Bog, Chi-chi-monks, Tobermory, We didn’t stop!
Points of Interest/Mileage: Bruce County Museum – South Hampton, Sauble Falls, Tobermory, Natural foods store and bakery in Manitoulian
Comments: We make a break for it today and get on the road early, but we stop in Port Elgin for breakfast because it is so cold. Lunch is at Sauble Falls. Mark remembers it from our honeymoon. I don’t really. We Press On Regardless in the afternoon to try to make the 8:00 PM ferry, with stops in Mar, Ferndale & Miller Lake. We also have an unscheduled stop when Mark runs into Pooh’s back tire. The ferry ride is relaxing and we look forward to a motel!
Expenses: Breakfast $9.80, Lunch 4.50, Natural food $3.05, Postage $1.40, C&C $0.48, $0.54, $2.02, ferry $20.00, game $0.25, dinner $11.07, Motel $29.40 (MC) Total: $82.51, Trip Total: $3,085.03
Love revisiting the Trip of ’82! Kudos! The prices—wow! PS. Not everyone can drop the phrase “marl bog” with such élan!
Sam,
Maybe you or JCB know of a good way to take archival slides and make them digital pictures? Then we could display the picture of the marl bog.
–pooh