July 26 Saturday Tobermory, Bruce Peninsula, ON
It’s mid afternoon and we are parked in the queue waiting for the ferry to take us from Manitoulin Island over to Tobermory. Arrived 11.15 for the 1.30 sailing, but already a huge queue, and just missed fitting Ruakiwi into that sailing, so at the head of the queue for the 5.30 trip. Very pleasant sitting in the van, Ian is stretched out on the bed having a snooze, and I discovered an unsecured wifi link, so on line, checking up on the storm that had hit NZ over the weekend….and doing some photos!
There was a huge electrical storm here again last night starting about 11…we didn’t hear when it finished, but all gone by this morning, and by mid morning the clouds had burned off.
We took a tour around part of the island on the way to the ferry, some nice parts, but not overly taken by this area. South Bay Mouth, where the ferry departs from, though is quite picturesque and enjoyed wandering around with my camera.
Evening…..The ferry arrived about 30 mins late, then as they were unloading a hydraulic hose burst, causing more delays, so finally set sale an hour late. Had lots of fun waiting, there were 2 young couples in the jeep queued beside us. They had been staying on the island for the week, and enjoyed their fishing, so threw a couple of lines off the wharf, with live worms and Jessica hooked a huge rainbow trout. She had never caught anything like it before, and in the excitement brought it into the rocks too quick and lost it. They kept trying while we waited, and caught a couple more tiddlers, but no luck with the big one!
It was a great trip over, very smooth, and everything went well with the van. It was after 8.30 by the time we were on land, and the first campground in town was full, so got into the next one…,.although at $40 and with poor facilities, not a good stop. Anyway, barbecued some New Zealand lamb chops for tea…we had found them in a supermarket in Sault St Marie…3 shoulder steaks for $2.70…discounted! We spoke to some locals and they said very few Americans/Canadians eat lamb, they are not used to the taste.

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