O Canada

We had a long drive day on Sunday.  We left the house before 9:00 a.m. and crossed into Canada about 2 hours later.  It was a lovely day for driving and we gradually changed our head set from mph to kph.  I always use the 10K measure to do estimates - 6 miles for every 10 kilometers.  The MUCH harder part is getting used to liters vs gallons of gas for the car!  When we stopped for gas in Grand Bend, the pump only allowed a prepay in set amounts of money.  Gas cost was $1.109 per liter - did we want $10, $25, $50 or $100?  We chose $25 and then I did the conversions to understand exactly what we really needed ($53 for a fill up).  We're adapting.

Rather than staying on the larger highways and going up the middle of the Bruce Peninsula, we drove up on highway 21 along the shore of Lake Huron.  It was a beautiful drive.  At first we saw miles of lush farm land.  We noticed many wind generators and solar panels.  I wonder if the Canadian government subsidizes these on farm lands.

There were a few stretches of land right along the water and it was beautiful.  Then the geology started to change as we entered the Niagara Escarpment area.  It became rocky and hilly - not as much farm land.  Once we passed Dyers Bay Road the highway (highway 6) we were on became the only road.  So travel speed was as fast as the slow cars in front of us on this two lane highway and there was not much traffic and there were no people or towns.

Then, we were in Tobermory and it was crowded and a bit raucous and very colorful.  We found our hotel and then found a brewery for a beer break.  We watched boats coming into and out of the harbor and noticed that there was a small dixieland band playing on the street.  The musicians played tuba, trombone, trumpet, clarinet and saxophone - really fun!

We settled into our room and checked out the lay of the land to plan our Monday activities.  All in all it was a good beginning.