As Mike went to bed tonight he said, “I can’t believe everything that happened today happened in one day!”
The longer we’re on the road, the more stuff we seem to be cramming into every day, so at night we look back and feel like it’s been a week since we woke up in the morning. Each day we travel several hundred kilometres, and in each place we stop, we talk to and interview people we meet. So today it was really nice to spend some time with some familiar faces – Ontario Tourism Management Partnership Corporation’s Claude Aumont, and his family at their home outside of North Bay. Claude and Amy graciously made space in their driveway for our gypsy caravan, and the kids made sure we “exercised” the road out of our muscles on the trampoline in the back yard.
After returning south to North Bay on the Ontario side of the Temiskaming Loop Tour, we boarded the Chief Commanda II for an afternoon cruise of the Manitou Islands in Lake Nipissing. We met up with Glenn & Gwen Roberts from Motorcycle Mojo, our tour companions for the next few days, at Churchill’s Prime Rib House for a delicious meal in the cozy ‘snug’ – a private room – which is decked out with heritage stained glass from an old Toronto steakhouse. They have a gorgeous wine cellar and some amazing antiques – and the prime rib is pretty excellent too.
Tomorrow — off to Sudbury on the Nipissing Circle Tour!
Photo by Alexandra Sawicki
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