Sunday Funday

July 25th Day 9 Wawa, ON - Tobermory, ON

Hours on the Road: 7

5:30am wake up call meant there was no time to make breakfast this morning. Timmy Hos it is! I tried ordering an iced latte and the guy looked at me weird, so I changed my order to an iced cap. I looked at the ads outside after. They're called iced coffees here and not iced lattes! The language barrier as we head east is growing.


Sault Ste. Marie had the largest baseball in the world so we had to stop there. We asked for directions but didn't receive much help. The woman working at the gas station gave me a look (second look of the day!) and said she's never heard of a big baseball. Another customer didn't know what I was talking about either. She said that I probably got it confused with Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She and the customer continued to talk about the ridiculous idea of a big baseball being around town as I walked to the door. The big things in Canada site has been pretty reliable so far so I wasn't convinced that they got the location wrong. We were able to find the baseball with the google satellite search. After we got the picture I was tempted to go back to the station and show the lady the picture of the large baseball that she can find at the town baseball diamonds, but I didn't feel like going all the way back just to be a jerk. I also thought it would be just as jerk-y to deprive her of the cool baseball.



This chair in Livingstone Creek was put up just the day before.
The two hour Chi-Cheemaun ferry ride from Manitoulin Island was a nice break for Aaron. Unfortunately, they didn't have great spots for sleeping. He relaxed with a few games of Angry Birds and a caesar instead.


Lunch in the ferry line-up. Aaron's had no bologna.

Nick met us right at the ferry terminal in Tobermory and drove with us back to the campsite at Bruce Peninsula National Park. He had arrived early, reserved our site and got food and drinks! The dinner he prepared was right out of his mom's recipe book. Chicken tikka was so much yum in our bellies. Nick was added to our list of great hosts on our trip. Thanks, Nick! Especially for the Dark and Stormies.






Nick's late night tai chi in Cyprus Lake.