Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Mutiny, Coffee Failure...and a Voyage

Oh, well, Unohu-gozalong fears he will be pulp tomorrow. Unohu failed to get his XXXX dry cappucino till 5 pm today and got nothing yesterday. He was practically blubbering from caffeine failure. Fortunately, Unohu-gozalong had a bright eye for a place in Tobermory today that got the fix in, just in time.

Unohu-gozalong felt vibrations in the car that could have been mutiny...no navigator--which would have been painful. It's easy to get lost without a navigator.

Oh, well. We had a great day. A boat trip, a great sunset and a good meal at the Grandview Inn in Tobermory,Ontario. It's a diving and wreck center on the Georgian Bay that is as pretty as Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island and points on Cape Cod, with waters clear enough to see down for many feet.


We started this morning from Sault Ste. Marie, a dump of a town, but it had a good Sleep Inn, and we managed to find a terribly Canadianized Chinese restaurant, the Golden Dragon, that managed to provide a good mix of meats and vegetables, good ribs, and some wontons, with enough left over for lunch today. We also had a good look at the larger boats heading into the locks on the American side, and the recreational boats going through the smaller and older Canadian side.
Don't put the place down as a "must" visit, though.

Manitoulin Island, where we embarked on the ferry to Tobermory was gorgeous. Much like rocky Maine with granite boulders. We were hurried to catch the ferry. The ride was smooth and misty, and the arrival in Tobermory just lovely. Tomorrow we go see wrecks on a glass bottom boat and leave for our last stop before home. Toronto.

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