One fairly local place that Ed and I have not made it to is Manitoulin Island. A two hour car ride to Tobermory and a less than two hour ferry ride brings you to Manitoulin Island, so it's pretty close to home. From Colin and Margaret's home, it is a two and a half hour car ride. So Ed and I decided to make the trip into a loop and finally visit Manitoulin Island.

Manitoulin Island is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world and has evidence of Paleo-Indianc and Archaic cultures dating from 10,000 BCE to 2000 BCE according to Wikipedia. The island has an area of 2,766 km2 (1068 sq mi) which makes it a little large to explore in a day. Given it was another near perfect day, we explored as much as we could in the time we had.

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Between Espanola and Little Current we found this waterfalls.

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Some of the scenery we passed on our way to Manitoulin Island.

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More amazing scenery.

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The harbour at Little Current. In the background you can see the single lane swing bridge that links the island to the mainland.

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Bridal Veil Falls. While we were there we watch a couple of women go swimming ---- somebody really wanted to join them.

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Lighthouse at Kagawong

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The beach at Providence Bay is very large and very beautiful, unfortunately dogs, horses and motorized vehicles are not allowed on the beach, fortunately there is a boardwalk that parallels a large portion of the beach. Zaph did turn at every walkway that led from the boardwalk to the beach.

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Our motel room in the Buckhorn Motel. I had trouble finding motels/hotels/inns that would let a dog stay and eventually found the Buckhorn Motel and it wasn't very expensive. Sort of wondered what we getting and was pleasantly surprised. There's only eight units and they're not fancy but the rooms are clean. What more can you ask for after a day of traveling. Would definitely recommend this motel.

The owners of the motel moved to Manitoulin Island from Hamilton Ontario.... not far from where Ed and I use to live. Had some interesting conversations with Ameal.

About a kilometer down the road from the motel is Cathy and Earl's Restaurant. Another place I would recommend. Amazing home cooked food and very interesting people. As we were the last to leave after dinner (had something to do with last to arrive) Earl had a few minutes to chat with us. Earl figured there was no sleep for him this night as he had 22 bushels of tomatoes from his garden that needed canning. The man is amazing, he has a garden, processes the vegetables from the garden, cuts his own meat (Cathy's family raises the meat), cures his own peamail bacon, cooks and bakes.