2006/08/09
Another Great Swimming Spot
August 6 to August 9
Our friends Dorothy and Tom have a cottage about 25 km east of Bracebridge and the campground near their cottage was to be our next stop. As this was the area hit badly by the storm last week we called to see if they were there and what their status was. Dorothy answered the phone and said there was no electric power to the cottage yet, but they were there and planning to stay. The campground was also open for business, running generators several times a day to provide water. It was an interesting drive into the campground as Ed had to watch for low hanging wires, with some trees and wires laying on the road. Luckily, the campground was on a turn off before the cottage as there was no way we could have gotten the trailer past some of the leaning poles and hanging tree limbs we encountered on the way to the cottage. Even without storm damage the trailer wouldn’t have made it down the final stretch of road to the cottage as the road was a narrow winding path through the trees with a large living tree leaning over the road. Power was restored to the campground Tuesday evening and the cottage finally got power Wednesday afternoon — the 7th day without power. Zaph, of course, didn’t care about the lack of power as the cottage was on a lake and had its own beach. As ice was needed for the fridge, Ed, Dorth and I made a trip into Bracebridge. Ed and I did the tourist thing while Dorothy did some errands.
The first power generating station was in Bracebridge.
Interesting girders --- art shot.
A train crossed the bridge while we were under it.
The waterfalls.
The river below the falls.
Just below the falls is this water wheel.
One of the damaged trees hanging over the road --- the truck got by but the trailer wouldn't have made it.
The beach at Dorothy's cottage. Ed used the paddle boat to take the raft out into the bay to reset it's anchor. Zaph and a new friend were out for a swim.
Our friends Dorothy and Tom have a cottage about 25 km east of Bracebridge and the campground near their cottage was to be our next stop. As this was the area hit badly by the storm last week we called to see if they were there and what their status was. Dorothy answered the phone and said there was no electric power to the cottage yet, but they were there and planning to stay. The campground was also open for business, running generators several times a day to provide water. It was an interesting drive into the campground as Ed had to watch for low hanging wires, with some trees and wires laying on the road. Luckily, the campground was on a turn off before the cottage as there was no way we could have gotten the trailer past some of the leaning poles and hanging tree limbs we encountered on the way to the cottage. Even without storm damage the trailer wouldn’t have made it down the final stretch of road to the cottage as the road was a narrow winding path through the trees with a large living tree leaning over the road. Power was restored to the campground Tuesday evening and the cottage finally got power Wednesday afternoon — the 7th day without power. Zaph, of course, didn’t care about the lack of power as the cottage was on a lake and had its own beach. As ice was needed for the fridge, Ed, Dorth and I made a trip into Bracebridge. Ed and I did the tourist thing while Dorothy did some errands.
The first power generating station was in Bracebridge.
Interesting girders --- art shot.
A train crossed the bridge while we were under it.
The waterfalls.
The river below the falls.
Just below the falls is this water wheel.
One of the damaged trees hanging over the road --- the truck got by but the trailer wouldn't have made it.
The beach at Dorothy's cottage. Ed used the paddle boat to take the raft out into the bay to reset it's anchor. Zaph and a new friend were out for a swim.
