Manitoulin Island is a gem of which we only caught a quick two-day glimpse. In Little Current, (town on north east tip of Island) we met the Turner family who has been settled there for almost 5 generations. We ended up camping in their front yard one night.
Next morning, as we were chilling out by the marina, four ladies came walking along the board walk and ended up chatting with us. One of them said that if we needed a place to camp that night we could come stay at her ranch near the ferry terminal. Perfect, that was exactly where we were headed that day!
We just followed highway 6 towards South Baymouth. This is the view from Ten Mile Point
We easily found Kicking Mule Ranch and had a delightful evening with Willie (the owner), her cousin Annie, and their friends Gabe and Pam. Rottweiler Diesel was also present and always eager for a little attention.
Kicking Mule Ranch offers overnight accommodation and trail rides. These are two of the horses in the middle of their dinner meal.
Annie cooked a wonderful Indonesian style dinner for us all followed by tea and muffins by the fire!!!!
We got to stay in the tipi that night. How cool!!!! We hoped all along that we could stay in a tipi some day!
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT TIME AND HOSPITALITY! YOU LADIES WERE GREAT FUN!
Next morning's ride to the ferry terminal offered some great autumn photo opportunities!
Since the ferry charges $7 per bicycle, James asked a pick up truck driver if we could just put our bikes on the back of the truck to avoid having to pay for the bikes. Gino was more than happy to help and even offered to drive us all the way down to Wiarton at the end of the ferry ride. It was a tempting offer but we had to decline. This is a cycling trip after all!
Here comes the Chi-Cheemaun Ferry
Enjoying the view of Lake Huron "in style"!
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