2008-07-31
Tobermory
The town of Tobermory is found at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. It is well known as the end of the Bruce Trail (a trail that starts in Niagara Falls and follows the escarpment to Tobermory), home to the Fathom Five National Marine Park (a favourite place for scuba divers) and one end of the Chi-cheemaun ferry (a ferry that goes to/from Manitoulin Island). As you have probably guessed by now it's a cute little tourist town with lots of restaurants and shops and is our destination for today.
Tobermory is a little over a 2 hour drive from Walkerton with the first part of the drive going through farm county and the second part through a lot of forests and rocks. My brother had been told that Lion's Head, a small harbour was worth a stop and it was. We decided to continue our journey following the coast and then driving back roads till we were forced back to the main road. One of the roads I found was gravel with hills and lots of bends, another road was closed for construction. As I didn't want to back track over five kilometres and they didn't appear to be working on the road I continued through the construction knowing that in kilometre or two there was a road I could turn off on. As we were driving my mom's car she wasn't impressed but we made it through "no problem". By the time we arrived in Tobermory we were all ready for lunch .... we chose "The Fish Place", a casual restaurant with a view of the harour. The menu was limited but we were happy with local white fish and chips .... mmmmm good. While we were wandering around the Chi-cheemuan ferry arrived so we watched it unload and load .... it can carry an amazing number of vehicles. On the drive south we detoured to visit the Cabot Head lighthouse .... another very interesting road.
I think I owe Ed an apology for all those times I told him "he was too dependent on the GPS". I couldn't believe the number of times I looked at the dash where the GPS should have been. It's an addictive little device.
The lighthouse at Lion's Head
The harbour at Tobermory
Loading the ferry .... that truck has an interesting load.
Big Tub Lighthouse just outside of Tobermory
Cabot Head Lighthouse
Tobermory is a little over a 2 hour drive from Walkerton with the first part of the drive going through farm county and the second part through a lot of forests and rocks. My brother had been told that Lion's Head, a small harbour was worth a stop and it was. We decided to continue our journey following the coast and then driving back roads till we were forced back to the main road. One of the roads I found was gravel with hills and lots of bends, another road was closed for construction. As I didn't want to back track over five kilometres and they didn't appear to be working on the road I continued through the construction knowing that in kilometre or two there was a road I could turn off on. As we were driving my mom's car she wasn't impressed but we made it through "no problem". By the time we arrived in Tobermory we were all ready for lunch .... we chose "The Fish Place", a casual restaurant with a view of the harour. The menu was limited but we were happy with local white fish and chips .... mmmmm good. While we were wandering around the Chi-cheemuan ferry arrived so we watched it unload and load .... it can carry an amazing number of vehicles. On the drive south we detoured to visit the Cabot Head lighthouse .... another very interesting road.
I think I owe Ed an apology for all those times I told him "he was too dependent on the GPS". I couldn't believe the number of times I looked at the dash where the GPS should have been. It's an addictive little device.
The lighthouse at Lion's Head
The harbour at Tobermory
Loading the ferry .... that truck has an interesting load.
Big Tub Lighthouse just outside of Tobermory
Cabot Head Lighthouse
# posted by The Agnew Family @ 8:50 AM 
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