Day 41 Tobermory to Prot Elgin OT

We left Tobermory after a decent breakfast at about 8:30 AM headed south
on Hwy 6. Riding was OK, but sometimes a bit too much like the TCH. The
roads was pretty good, but there was no rideable shoulder and often too
much traffic. We stopped at a resaturant a few miles north of Ferndale
for a second breakfast. We visited with a fellow there who suggested
that we should be riding on Bruce 9 instead of 6. At Ferndale we headed
east to 9 at Lions Head and then rode 9 down to Wiarton. Nice riding on
somewaht hilly back roads with little traffic. We were only averaging
about 11 mph, but we were enjoying the riding much more than we had on
6. We also me a group of young Canadian tourists bound for the beach
above Lion Head. I was jealous of their leaders Conti TT tires!

9 runs south to Calpoy's Bay (beautiful! part of Georgian Bay) and then
west to Wiarton. There is a very steep hill to climb coming up from that
bay! Bob amazed me again by climbing it in his, not so low, low gear. He
said if he had to do it again he would walk it. We rode on into Wiarton
for lunch. There is a great downhill into town. After lunch we discoverd
that the road we wated to take out of town was back at the top of that
hill. Not too worry; there was a better way to getthere that only
required pushing the bike up one hill. Hmmm, that hill was a block of at
least 15% grade. Bob pushed and I rode in my granny gear. After that it
really wasn't very hilly (rolling hills) for the rest of the ride. Our
speed improved considerably.

We turned south for Sauble Falls when we reached the coast and riding
was pretty good except on the vicinity of Sauble Beach - av ery popular
resort area and therfore a bit of a zoo. After Sauble Beach the road was
less travelled and more pleasant to ride. It ran along the shore of lake
Huron and the lake side was like a subdivison of lake houses and
cottages almost all the way to Southampton - several hundred houses,
many with cute names. The cuteness go a bit old after a while, but it
would be a lovely place for a summer house.

When we arrived in Southampton, the motels were full so Bob called ahead
to B+Bs near Paisely about 15 miles down the road. What he got was a
Farm Saty B+B out the country south and west of Paisley. It was getting
late and Bob didn't want to ride after dark, so he arranged for the
folks from the BB to pick us up. We stayed in Southampton for supper and
then rode south along the coast on Hwy 21. This Hwy actually has a
narrow shoulde and riding it was pretty easy. The folks from the B+B met
us just south of Port Elgin (about 7 mils from Southampton) and took us
to their farm. We passed a number of Mennonite farms where the horses -
used in place of tractors - were being put up for the night.