JULY 25th 2013 (Kincardine-Barrie)
This day was a complete hurry. One of our close Canadian friends wanted to hit us in Barrie on 4PM. What we exactly did in Barry is regulated under NDA. But from the beginning.
In 2007, when we landed in Detroit, our plane flew over various Canadian towns (Northwest Airlines even had a map system, allowing us to navigate to thousands other cities, like Bad Hersfeld). NWA stuck us on middle row, so we had only the PTV system to play with. As Detroit became nearer and neared, I saw a place called "Owen Sound"... I misread it Oven Sound. In German it would be "Ofenton"...
Back to the topic.
We left Kincardine in the morning to get to that appointment, so early like we did never before. We set off to the marina of Port Elgin and continued via Southhampton to Owen Sound. I remember about Port Elgin, that there was an outfitter called "Mensch".
About Owen Sound is to say that they have large ships and swimming squirrels..
Meaford's marina was next, where we enjoyed one of the last times, the view over the lake Huron.
If the time budget wasn't that tight, I would have gone on the Collingwood ziplines, but we had to lunch in Collingwood and continue our way to Barrie. The rest is NDA, the only thing I have to say is that you can also eat in an Asian buffet. If you take your noodles with Cho Mein at Manderin in Barrie, remember about our travel experience, which is presented by the video below.
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Größere Kartenansicht
July 26th 2013 (Barrie-Barries Bay)
Our longest day leg so far. 300 km in 6 hours. Now, this is a really long route, so I would recommend to split the route, especially in winters (which I disencourage) to use unpaved routes.
The morning began with a super Canadian breakfast. One woman recommend us to try British Columbia, which should be very nice. Maybe next time.
Our good bye to humans for 300 km was Orillia, after that town, you can't expect restaurants, only forests and water. The Talbot Lock and the Kirkfield Liftlock of the Trent-Severn Waterway are worth to be seen. We didn't visit a restaurant for lunch, so we did a picknick in Norland. Our next city was Kinmount and we followed the 503, 118, 648, 10 and 62 very long to Barry's Bay in the Bancroft County. Here was also the first encounter with Police. In a remote area at the south border of the Algonquin Park, there was an officer asking for Feuerwasser. We didn't have Feuerwasser, so he let us go. The fish images were taken at the Whiteduck Lake at the highway 62 (nicknamed "B62")... The day ended at the Wadsworth Lake. Only one motel can give directions to the lake. We won't. It's our Geheimsee...
circa-map:
Größere Kartenansicht
Who spotted Little Britain on the map? And Minden? The Elephant Lake?
Video will follow...
