Well, after my adventure in the Sault I moved onward towards Manitoulin Island. My hope was to park somewhere on the island and sleep, then ferry to the mainland and drive home through Tobermory. I have family in Owen Sound and wanted to stop there too.

Manitoulin in summer requires planning due to the ferry schedule and the fact that it books up in advance of departure times. So in order not to get stuck on the island for a whole extra day I had to skip the sleepover and catch the 10:00pm ferry over to Tobermory. The ferry ride was 1.5 hours and I was tired enough that I dozed all the way.

Manitoulin was beautiful but I was unable to enjoy it or take any really good scenic photos due to catching the ferry. Once in Tobermory I found a place to park in a parking lot and slept. I also had hoped to go to Flower Pot Island. This is a tactical nightmare in the summer and full of tourists. I plan to go off season to explore the island without crowds of people (I’m not a lover of large touring crowds of people).

A short stop in Owen Sound and I was home that day. The whole trip tracked on google maps looks like this and totalled approx 2700kms!

It was such a nice loop it is one I would do again but this time with a sleep over in Manitoulin and off season visit to Flower Pot Island. And without the toilet paper shortage at the Bushplane museum. 🙂