Manitoulin Island Southwards

Manitoulin Island is the largest freshwater Island in the world. We left our motel in Little Current and headed south on Highway 6 to South Baymouth. On route we passed by some nice views of the coastline but, unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to fully explore the Island.

 

At South Baymouth we took the Chi-Cheemaun ferry for the 1hr 45min crossing to Tobermory. There was thick fog during the crossing. All the Great Lakes are still cold after a very hard winter and when the warm summer wind blows across the fog ensues.

From Tobermory we started our southwards journey to Toronto. We still don't have a paved hard shoulder but we have less traffic and more courteous drivers on this Highway compared to Highway 17. 

We stopped for the night to camp at Wiarton and although the two beer shops had closed at 6pm, one of our fellow campers kindly provided Susan and I with a couple of bottles of beer. All through Canada, people have been interested in our cycle and very kind and helpful to us. Our camp on the shores of Lake Huron was lovely and peaceful.

 

We also had some lovely views of the lake that night and the following morning.

 

From Wiarton we set off early knowing the forecast was for thunderstorms and rain. The forecasts were right.

 

A hard rains a gonna fall. And so it did. We got soaked through to our pants but once you're soaked to your pants you can't get soaked anymore. It's the most soaked you can get. So we continued cycling for a bit until we reached Chatsworth. No, not the famous house but a small town in Ontario. 

4,781km to date.