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  • Trans Canada Highway

    Many parts of the Trans Canada Highway seemed more mountain-like than anything that we had previously seen in Ontario that were called mountains. Here’s a hint, if you build a road through mountains and just lay it straight up the mountain, it’s not a mountain. Roads through mountains look like this because you have to make a flat part to put the road on.

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    We also saw a guy selling knives from a stand on the side of the highway, a horse-drawn carriage, and a “warning horse drawn carriages” sign. Kerri wasn’t quick enough with the camera to get any of these things. But we know you won’t believe us unless there’s a picture so here you go:

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    Then we crossed a bridge into the US.

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  • Manitoulin Island

    We took the ferry across to Manitoulin Island, which is the largest island within a lake in the world. This picture isn’t of the island, which was too big to take an interesting picture of.

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    The ferry passed a cormorant with a very orange beak.

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    This is the largest lake within the largest island in the world.

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    And this is the largest island within a lake within an island within a lake in the world.

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    There are several lakes within that island, and some of them even have islands. But we decided we’d have enough of this nonsense and moved on.


  • Singing Sands Fen

    Fens are wet.

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    So of course this path was flooded too.

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    And Kerri was weighed down by a hitchhiker.

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    And we had to dodge carnivorous plants.

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    And evil kidnapping plants.

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    They lure bees inside and then trap them and refuse to release them until they are covered in pollen.

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    They hang out in gangs.

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    Big bee-bullying gangs.

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    We’re sure these plants are evil too.

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    Although we aren’t sure exactly how.

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    Oh, and there were even some carnivorous animals too!

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  • Bruce Trail

    The Bruce Trail is almost 900km long, from Tobermory to Niagara.

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    We hiked maybe a km of it.

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    And parts of that were flooded.

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    Making it confusing to follow.

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    But we figured it out.

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    Other parts are always wet, so they had bridges.

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    This part is always rocky.

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    This flower is pretty.

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  • Grotto

    This is the grotto in Bruce Peninsula National Park.

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    This is the backside of the grotto. As you can see, it’s more of an arch than a grotto.image

    The grotto is so popular that Parks Canada has to limit the number of visitors most of the summer.image

    People like to swim around there, which is not particularly safe.

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