Showing posts with label Kids Road Trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kids Road Trip. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2010

Exploring Georgian Bay






July 13th we left Belmont, Ontario and headed to Tobermory to begin our 11 day road trip with the oldest grandchildren. We had to leave Jack at home as too far from hospital in the event of a fever. So we left Sarah behind to keep him company. As it turned out, Jack developed a fever later that day and ended up in London Sick Kids for 5 days. Had a very pleasant stay at Happy Hearts CG in Tobermory. We all enjoyed the company of pirates and lots of fish and chips at the 'Shipwreck'. Up bright and early the next day and were first in line to board the Chi Cheemaun. Stormy day but everyone weathered their 2 hr voyage just fine. Three days at Batmans CG, Sheguiandah, Manitoulin Island turned out to be a fun time. We hiked, swam under the falls at Bridal Veil Falls and enjoyed the waters around the island. Batmans had been recommended and was a great choice. Power weak but plans in place to upgrade to 50 amp over the winter. Would def go back. On leaving the island, we arrived at Little Current just as they closed off the bridge. We climbed out of the rv and enjoyed watching the swinging bridge go around in order to let the boats go thru. Hwy 6 turned out to be an easy drive to connect to Hwy 17 onto Sudbury. We camped at Carols just outside Sudbury while we toured Dynamic Earth and Science North. Awesome!
We bought a 'Grandparent Pass' which is good for all of us for a year plus free and/or reduced prices into 150 more locations outside Canada. Will def take advantage of. The kids loved both places. We ended up the trip with a visit to Santa's Village in Huntsville and the Elvis Festival in Collingwood. We packed a lot into this trip but the kids will have awesome memories for the rest of their lives.