Another beautiful summer day and a perfect day to go exploring in the Miata (and of course geocaching).

A couple of times in our travels through the local countryside we've seen the sign for Lakelet. This time we drove into the hamlet of Lakelet. Not sure why we didn't take any photos but we didn't. It's a cute little cottage / trailer community surrounding a small lake.

We've driven through Gorrie a number of times but never ventured off the main road or in fact stop. Today we did. The town is not large but larger than I thought. The first attraction we stopped at was Watson's Home Hardware. Ed has seen trucks delivering lumber from Watson's a number of times and was curious about the store. It's a large, very nice Home Hardware with very helpful staff. I'm sure we'll stop in again when we're in the neighbourhood.

The Maitland River runs through town and is a dammed by the old mill. On one side of the river is a park.

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Ed found a geocache in the remains of a tree. It might be just me but I didn't know what a milkweed flower looks like. Now I do. When I think of milkweed I think of the pod filled with silky seeds that you blow into the air.

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The Gorrie dam.

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The Maitland Mill in Gorrie was built in 1856 by brothers James and Nathanial Leech. In 1957 the post office was established and the town named Gome after Gorey in County Wexford, Ireland hometown of the the Leech brother's parents.

Wroxeter was a booming town in the late 19th century. There were five general stores, five hotels, two schools, a library, a woolen mill and a grist mill. In 1874 a rail line was completed and a train station built. Today it is a small village.

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Wroxeter doesn't fit the ghost town definition exactly but it is a mere shadow of what it once was.

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A Mennonite driving through Wroxeter. I think there are Mennonite communities near every town in South Western Ontario.

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The town of Bluevale also has an old mill. Elias Disney, father of Walt Disney was born in Bluevale in 1859.

Wingham was our last stop of the day. The local Tim Horton's provided a much needed bathroom break and a much needed cold drink. If you've never tried the frozen raspberry lemonade, Ed and I recommend it.

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Wingham is much larger than the other towns we visited today. We didn't have a lot of time to explore so we'll have to return another day but we did find a geocache in this cute downtown park.