Day 11, Saturday, July 7, 2007
It was about 9:45 am before we got started this morning. The Tim Horton’s was just across the street from the Walmart where we camped for the night. Had a good nights sleep. Very quiet parking lot considering we were right in town. I had gassed up the night before so didn’t have to contend with that. We drove through to Espanola where I topped up my gas tank, got groceries and a few items from Canadian Tire. The drive to Espanola was pretty featureless. I am amazed at the different rock formations and colourings. Even the trees and ground changed from spindly trees and muskeg to hayfields then to very sandy ground. Even the rivers and creeks are different from home with beautiful smooth rock outcroppings in the middle of the creek or river. We followed Lake Heron to Manitoulin Island that is after we left Lake Superior. The weather
was overcast for most of the day with a few sprinkles. Very pretty drive to Manitoulin Island, you are high in the hills and you come down to water level. There is a about a 300-400 hundred foot Iron Bridge that crossed the water that turns Manitoulin into an Island. We stopped in Little Current at the Visitor Center to find out what was happening on Manitoulin Island. The young fellow there suggested we go to the Pow Wow that was going on in Sheguiandah and he recommended the Batman’s Trailer Park. We took his advise on both and after we got our campsite we drove over to the Pow Wow. I now know what a minority feels like. Everybody was ver
y friendly. We watched different First Nations dances and dancers. Some of them have such good rhythm and well practiced in the different dances. This was a gathering of the local First Nations people and some from the Six Nations from the USA. Willa and Tegan watched more of the dancing and I went around and looked at the different displays set up with items to purchase. Of course Willa couldn’t resist buying some of the oldest native food - - - Pop Corn. After the Pow Wow we came back to camp, had some thing to eat then went for a walk around the campsite. Tegan had a 
shower, and Willa and I will have one also. We want to be up early as we have reservations for the 9:15 am Ferry to Bruce Peninsula and we have to be there an hour early plus it is about a 45 min drive from Sheguiandah to the Ferry. So we can’t be late. I suppose now I have you wondering what tomorrow will bring.
It was about 9:45 am before we got started this morning. The Tim Horton’s was just across the street from the Walmart where we camped for the night. Had a good nights sleep. Very quiet parking lot considering we were right in town. I had gassed up the night before so didn’t have to contend with that. We drove through to Espanola where I topped up my gas tank, got groceries and a few items from Canadian Tire. The drive to Espanola was pretty featureless. I am amazed at the different rock formations and colourings. Even the trees and ground changed from spindly trees and muskeg to hayfields then to very sandy ground. Even the rivers and creeks are different from home with beautiful smooth rock outcroppings in the middle of the creek or river. We followed Lake Heron to Manitoulin Island that is after we left Lake Superior. The weather
was overcast for most of the day with a few sprinkles. Very pretty drive to Manitoulin Island, you are high in the hills and you come down to water level. There is a about a 300-400 hundred foot Iron Bridge that crossed the water that turns Manitoulin into an Island. We stopped in Little Current at the Visitor Center to find out what was happening on Manitoulin Island. The young fellow there suggested we go to the Pow Wow that was going on in Sheguiandah and he recommended the Batman’s Trailer Park. We took his advise on both and after we got our campsite we drove over to the Pow Wow. I now know what a minority feels like. Everybody was ver
y friendly. We watched different First Nations dances and dancers. Some of them have such good rhythm and well practiced in the different dances. This was a gathering of the local First Nations people and some from the Six Nations from the USA. Willa and Tegan watched more of the dancing and I went around and looked at the different displays set up with items to purchase. Of course Willa couldn’t resist buying some of the oldest native food - - - Pop Corn. After the Pow Wow we came back to camp, had some thing to eat then went for a walk around the campsite. Tegan had a 
shower, and Willa and I will have one also. We want to be up early as we have reservations for the 9:15 am Ferry to Bruce Peninsula and we have to be there an hour early plus it is about a 45 min drive from Sheguiandah to the Ferry. So we can’t be late. I suppose now I have you wondering what tomorrow will bring.
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