Friday August 14, 2015

Today is our 30^th wedding anniversary. I had day dreamed about how I wanted this day to unfold. I was going to wake up in a nice hotel bed, I would put my head on my wonderful hubby\’s chest and listen to his heart-beat as I have done many times before. After a lovely cuddle I would get up and shower and wrap myself in a big fluffy white towel. Then we would have breakfast together, that someone else would cook for us. Eggs Benedict, good coffee and buck’s fizz (mimosas). Then the rest of the day would be a day off the bikes and relaxing.

I woke up in a cold damp sleeping bag, with rain dripping on the tent. I snuggled up to my wonderful hubby (to steal his body heat) and went back to sleep for half an hour. I got out of the tent and went to the shower block, being attacked by mossies along the way and had a quick wash, using a micro-fibre towel! Then back to the picnic table where Ralf had set up the breakfast of muesli, peanut butter and jam sandwiches and instant coffee. Then we packed the tent away and got on our bikes and cycled 78 kms up hill and down dale with a slight headwind. Not quite what I had imagined.

I had however, booked us into Salzburger Hof Resort and Motel for the evening – this didn’t quite turn out to be what I imagined either. The Resort was 7 kms off the highway and the last 2 kms were on a rutted gravel road. The room is very nice and the area is very private and quiet. I was hoping for good German/Austrian food but tonight is the fish fry – not as romantic a meal as I was hoping for, but you can’t have everything.

The sun is out, the room is very nice and I am spending the evening with my lovely hubby, what more could I ask for . . . Everything in paragraph one please – lol.

The route today was much the same as yesterday, going through the Provincial Park. As we left the Park, we passed the Montreal River Hydro generating plant.

The scenic lookout showed Theano Point, this is where Dr. John Le Conte first discovered Uranium in Canada.

We passed a lighthouse that was completely surrounded by trees, I am guessing it has been out of commission for a while.

The weather station at Pancake Bay is very funny. I have read some of these before, but this actually states that Environment Canada’s guesses at future climate conditions.

What a great sunset view of Lake Superior.