Don’t Listen to what they say Go See!
chinese proverb
While having a discussion on the ferry yesterday, about how to avoid Hwy 401 back to Ottawa, a fellow traveler overheard us. He was so excited to share his travels and experiences. So, today we decided to go to Ottawa via Lake Huron, and see some of the places that he told us about.
The Caribbean like blue colored water of Lake Huron, definitely caught our eye. Wow it was stunning! While trying to find a place to stop and check out the lake we stumbled upon the little village of Bayfield. Bayfield was incorporated as a village in 1876 and was the most peaceful and pleasant stop. It still had a lot of that old town charm. Here we enjoyed some ice cream from the Copenhagen’s Ice Cream shop; a pink lemonade from the Pink Flamingo Bakery & Boutique and showed great restraint in their boutique and did not buy the Santa. And if you know Jo, that is GREAT RESTRAINT!! Exhibited even more restraint when she only took a picture in the chocolate shop!
We then walked through the peaceful Pioneer Park which had access to the beach on Lake Huron, and of course we had to put our feet in the water! The “mission and purpose of the Pioneer Park Association is to promote the health and enjoyment of the Bayfield area” and we have to say the park certainly accomplished it’s mission for us. While meandering around Bayfield another couple encouraged us to go to the town of Goderich. Enough said, next stop Goderich!
Apparently, Goderich is “Canada’s Prettiest Town”. They have a beautiful board walk that hugs the lake, with lots of areas for picnics and also some nice sandy beach areas. It is the home of the Goderich Mine “The World’s Largest Underground Salt Mine”. The town has also converted the old train station into a restaurant with great views of Lake Huron. Here we walked around and just people watched and enjoyed the view of the blue waters of Lake Huron.
Our stop for the night was Inverhuron Provincial Park. Apparently, home to some of the best sunsets on Lake Huron. I have to say we sat on the beach for hours watching this beautiful scene develop. And as we always say; “How does it get better than this?!”