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My Birthday Trip- Day 4

Today is Ferry Day! I am not talking a ferry like the one in Toronto, this ship was huge! I guess it would have to be to hold 18 wheeler's plus dozens of other cars.

The Chi-Cheemaun runs between South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island and Tobermory on Bruce Peninsula. It moves passengers and their vehicles between the above two points a few times a day. 

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E got a business call when we were leaving the Ferry and he got pissy cause he's on vacation and still they called him. Anyway that meant that he left the ferry and the Port too quickly for me to speak about what we were supposed to do next or rather what I wanted to do first. After he calmed down a bit I asked him if we could go back and get tickets to take a ride on a glass bottom boat.

We turned back and found the Blue Heron company that did the tours. We booked a tour instead of the explorer tour but that was because I was in pain after a fall during the morning. While we were waiting for the ferry we went for a walk to see a lighthouse and I decided to be a bit of a smart ass. While E was looking for a proper path I cut across the stone beach. I lifted my head for a second to see how far the light house was and got tripped by a rock.

Look at this beach

on the Ferry


The rock that tripped me


Then when I headed back to the boardwalk, I figured I would climb up to it using a pile of rock beside it. It worked ok but I wasn't balanced properly so I went of the other side of the boardwalk and landed on my back. Two falls in two minutes, least that's what it felt like, caused me a bit of pain the rest of the day.

 When we turned around and got the tickets, then headed back to the Harbour. We had to wait a bit for the boat to arrive so we explored the harbour and explored a couple of the shops attached. I found a lovely little bag set that reminded me of the maiden, mother, crone and it was purple so perfect for me. Once we were underway, there was a lot to see thus the gallery below.


check it out one last thing here before we move onto the Dreamers Writing Farm where we spent the next couple of days.


 

The Dreamers Writing Farm turned out to be the perfect place for me to feel like I could write though for the most part I stuck with the Travel book. The Studio was worth the extra money since it included Wifi and a full kitchen.

If it wasn't so far from home I would love to go every year.

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