Pub Crawl Day 14 Sault Ste Marie, Mi to Tobemory, Ontario

Thursday July 19 is our 14th day on the tour.  Two weeks of constant activity... driving, sightseeing, eating and sleeping.  Seems almost routine but it has been exciting, highly interesting and rather exhausting. 

This will be a long day of driving.  Here Charlie, our tour planner, and Reg discuss the route.

Which looks like this.  From Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, across the border and back into Canada, turn right and 100 or so miles, then turn right again for another 100 or so miles.  We need to be at the Ferry dock by 4:30, so everyone is leaving rather early.

It is a cool morning, and with basic cars, most without having put their side curtains (windows) in we were bundled up.

Across the bridge which separates Lake Superior from Lake Huron, and over the Soo locks.

We got to Little Current, a small town at the north side of Manitoulin Island, at lunch time.  Missy and Beth hit the shops to work up an appetite.

Here, Beth and Charlie relax waiting for their lunch.

And, Bob and Missy pose for their 2-shot, at the same restaurant.

While taking the 2-shot of Ellen and Bill Kukuk, the group curmudgeon Al stuck his head in. 

After lunch a stroll down Main St., in Little Current.

Hope you are not tired of shots like this... woods and water.  But the scenery has been spectacular for the past two weeks and this from the highway in Manitoulin Island was equally evocative.

We made it to the Ferry Dock with about 2 hours to spare, despite a leisurely lunch.  So, nothing to do for awhile except tour the two gift shops in South Baymouth.

The next few shots of of what people do while waiting for the Ferry.  Bruce took a nap.

Missy and Beth got some ice cream.  (And they weren't the only ones to do so.)

Reg took a nap.

Then the ferry arrived... quite an impressive boat, the Chi-Cheemaun Ferry.

People gathered by their cars to watch the arriving passengers disembark, and get ready to load their cars on the ship.

While under way for the hour and a half crossing of the straits between Lake Huron and the Georgian Bay some had refreshments and enjoyed the view.

Missy, Charlie and Beth getting some fresh air.

Almost like a cruise liner... lovely decks, lovely views and calm seas.

Arrival at Tobermory was marked by the lighthouse.  We disembarked, drove a block to our motor hotel and the smallest rooms we've ever had and planned for dinner somewhere.  It was late and most restaurants were closing within the hour so we scrambled to the Crows Nest nearby for another fish sandwich, then back to the room to rest before another early start Friday morning. 

Very poor internet connection so the blog did not get posted Thursday night.  Sorry.