5459 Miles from Rancho Santa Fe
6269 Miles from Loreto
The little town of South Baymouth was neat. Really quiet last night, no bars, no traffic. Peaceful this morning, with just the gulls squawking. It seems odd, it looks like the ocean, but no tides and no salt air smell. It's impossible to imagine the vastness of the great lakes until you've seen them, truly incredible. We grab a coffee and bagel and sit on the dock awaiting the ferry. 3 other bikes and about 40 cars are also waiting. A few locals are fishing and a few boats leave the small marina. The air is chilly and clear and the water calm as the 385 Che-Cheemaun rounds the point heading into the narrow channel. The ferry passes within 30 feet or so of where we stand and then backs into the loading ramp, pretty impressive. Motorcycles board first, (and depart first). The trip across is pleasant and again it's hard to grasp the size of these lakes. We arrive at Tobermory, a nice little town and head east. The speed limit now is just 50, but the road is ok and passes through several Provincial Parks until the end of the peninsula. The traffic is the heaviest we've seen in a while. This keeps up for several hours as we follow the southern coast of Lake Huron. Finally at Wasaga Beach we head inland and leave most of the traffic behind. Our map of Ontario is not very detailed, so we just pick a place that maybe we can get to around 4 or 5 o'clock. We end up in the town of Fenelon Falls. Apparently, the "House Boat Capitol of Ontario" The town is quaint and small with 1 motel and several restaurants. Fenelon Falls is home to Lock 34 in a series of locks on the Trent-Severn Waterway and sits between Sturgeon and Cameron Lakes in the Karwathian Lake district. The lock is pretty big and all the locks on the waterway are still in use, The Alley Cat would even fit. We walk around town a bit and settle in at the bar at the Dockside restaurant. The town seems to be a popular tourist area, yet only 1 hotel, and it was pretty much empty.
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