Yesterday was an awesome day!  We left Owen Sound and headed to Tobermory to catch the 11am ferry. We had to be an hour early, so left the hotel just before 8am.  The trip up was very nice.  We went through a few small towns, including Wiarton, home of the famous groundhog Wiarton Willy!  We didn't see him but his pictures were everywhere!

Willy was hanging at every lamp post :-)

We continued along, passing some wind turbines and headed up to Tobermory.  We were able to have coffee while waiting for the ferry, and enjoyed the gorgeous view.  This area has a marina, and Kevan had his eye on a very nice 56ft. boat...he says he wasn't really paying attention. Ha!  It was a SeaRay.

Wind turbines on the way to Tobermory

Tobermory Marina

Coffee break waiting for the ferry...a gull checking for leftovers

A lighthouse we passed by

The ferry ride was 1.75 hours.  It was warm weather, and a smooth ride.  We were sailing on Lake Huron up to Manitoulin Island.  The island is the largest island in fresh water in the world!  We are learning alot about our county as we travel.   Once on the island, we headed for the west side and had lunch.  This was about a 27km trek out of our way, but worth the trip.  The roads on this island have some curves and small hills, so lots of fun to ride on a bike.

Kids were feeding the gulls cheesies...eating out of their hands.  They followed us for  the entire trip :-)

Kevan at lunch checking in with Dave at Mountainview Harley :)  What's the name of the dealer in Winnipeg??  We need an oil change.

The view as we travelled after lunch

The bridge to leave the island, back to the mainland

Alot of the topography was similar in ways to BC landscapes as we travelled to Espanola.  Even though it was already 4pm, we decided to head to Sault Ste. Marie, which is 3 hours away.  We felt good, the weather was great, and thought we'd make a longer day and have Sunday off to do laundry.  One of the necessary things when you can only pack one week's worth of clothes.

The road we travelled

What fun!!

We stopped to stretch our legs at this motel off the road..nice views here too!

Just a small place, but great location

The view for paying guests only.. Kevan snuck in to take a picture

We had a good dinner and sleep, and have Sunday off.  We headed to a laundromat to take care of our clothes, and have a relaxing day today.  We are looking at the weather carefully, as there is a nasty storm travelling our way, but decided we'd risk the rain and head to Marathon tomorrow, and then make our way to Thunder Bay Tuesday.  Then off to Kenora and then Winnipeg on Thursday!  Will be seeing family there to celebrate Crys & Denley's wedding!! They will be getting married, and we will be celebrating our anniversary :-)

Having fun at the laundromat!  We played crib while the machines cleaned our clothes.