We headed out for a long weekend up in the Bruce Peninsula, having rented a cottage to meet Keith and Ashley "in the middle". After enjoying a nearly five-hour drive up the Lake Huron coast, we arrived at our cottage in the Red Bay area and settled in for the weekend.
Friday morning, we headed out early and drove to Lion's Head, where we tackled the Lion's Head Lookout hike. Known to be moderately challenging terrain, the unseasonable heat and humidity kicked in to make it considerably more strenuous. We made it over slippery rock and root to the main lookout in about an hour and a half. The way back was considerably slower, as it got hotter and fatigue also factored in. By the time we got back to the car, we had nearly reached the limit of our four-hour parking.
After exploring Sauble Beach and Sauble Falls, we returned to the cottage before walking up the road for a lovely dinner at Red Bay Lodge.
On Saturday, the four of us set off to explore the backroads from Wiarton and northwards up the eastern shore. We stopped at Spirit Rock Conservation Area to check out the ruins of The Corran, and the cool spiral staircase in the rock that led us down to the beach below.
We drove out through the Neyaashiinigmiing reserve and on to the Cape Croker lighthouse, at the end of the road jutting out into Georgian Bay. Retracing our steps, we made a stop in Hope Bay to savour the beach.
We journeyed into Lion's Head proper for a delicious lunch at The Taste Kitchen, before heading back south to explore Greig's Caves. This was also a bit of a tough hike, with the hills and humidity again plaguing our steps. Stunning area though and well worth the effort.....and filming location for 1981's "Quest for Fire"!
With our remaining strength, we continued north as far as Cape Chin, before calling it a day and heading back for the cottage. After a nice meal and some down time, we made the short walk over to Red Bay beach to soak up the sunset.
On Sunday morning, we hung in at the cottage and then had an excellent late breakfast at The Lighthouse in Southampton, before parting ways for our respective roads home. The stunning weather persisted as it had for the entire weekend, and after a pleasant cruise back down the shore we arrived home around dinner to some needy felines.
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