Nous n'avons fait que 47 km aujourd'hui, notre plus petite journée. Sur notre premier 27 km, heureusement il n'a pas mouillé, mais ensuite nous avons eu du vent de face et de la pluie, qui a même continuée toute l'après-midi. Nous sommes à la retraite, donc il n'y a pas de raison de ne pas prendre notre temps! Manitoulin Island est une superbe belle région et nous aurions probablement été capable de se rendre plus loin, mais nous voulions le faire quand il faisait plus beau pour mieux profiter des beaux paysages. Il y a plusieurs montagnes, et on admire le paysage au haut de chacune.
Little Current est à l'entrée de Manitoulin Island. C'est un beau village avec un quai et plusieurs bateau. Juste avant d'arriver nous avons traversé un pont en métal à une seule voie, controlé par feux de circulation. Le pont est fermé pour 15 minutes, à chaque heure du jour, sauf en hiver, pour laisser passer la circulation marine. Nous avons été chanceux de ne pas avoir eu à attendre sous la pluie. Ce pont était activé avec un moteur à essence jusqu'en 2003, mais depuis c'est un moteur électrique. De la mi-octobre jusqu'au début mai, quand le traversier jusqu'à la Bruce Peninsula n'est pas en opération, ce pont est la seule route pour se rendre à l'ile.
only 47 km but big hills!
early start
many similar pictures but all at different hill tops
plusieurs photos similaires, mais toutes à différentes montées
view from behind
a waterfall along the way
view from the hotel
taken from internet -bridge opened
from internet
portrait pris le soir après la pluie
taken in evening, after the rain
We got up at 4:45h, so that we would be able to leave at the crack of dawn, because we wanted to try to make it to South Baymouth ferry terminal; since tomorrow we are heading to Lion's Head, to stay with Charles' cousin and husband, Denise and Rocky. But we only did a part of that route today, due to the weather. Denise would have liked us to get there early, but we are now 67 km from the ferry and still have a 58 km ride to do after being on the ferry for two hours, so we will only get there around suppertime.
We only did 47 km today, our shortest day. But at least we had no rain for the first 27 km; and we had head wind and rain after that. The rain also lasted most afternoon. We are retired, so there are no reason to rush!! This is a very nice area, and we probably could have gone further, but it is definitely an area you want to see when the weather is nice. Just like in B.C., you could take a picture every time you are on top of a mountain.
We are in Little Current, just at the entrance of Manitoulin Island. A very pretty little town, with a wharf and lots of boats. Something we didn't know, is that to get in Manitoulin Island, you have to cross a big one-lane steel bridge. Circulation is controlled with a set of lights. The bridge closes for fifteen minutes on the hour every daylight hour during spring, summer and fall to allow for marine circulation. We were lucky not to have to wait in the rain. It used to be run by a gasoline engin until 2003, and now it changed to an electric motor. From mid-October to early-May, when the ferry to Bruce Peninsula is not in operation, the bridge is the only road link to Manitoulin Island.
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