It was all about people on this travel day. First of all, the ladies down in Tobermory’s Little Tub Harbour were setting out the annuals in all the flower pots. We were there early enough to catch them in the act and our conversation was just as lovely as the work they
were doing. Then we stepped into an art gallery and met a man named Kent Wilkins (www.wilkens-art.com) whose claim to fame is the mural he painted of the Sea of Galilee in Ramallah (Palestine’s West Bank). He has since married an Australian missionary, and together they have brought 6 children into the world. He now works out of his gallery just a stone’s throw from Little Tub.
There are about 12 lighthouses on the Bruce Peninsula and we were determined to see one or two so we turned off the main highway to Lion’s Head Harbour and found the lighthouse as promised right off the shore at the marina. The thing that caught my eye was the white Angora rabbit at the end of a leash, perched atop an umbrella-shaded table. She and her owner were sharing a picnic of gre
en grapes, nuts and seeds and were very happy to pose for a photo. The owner told us that this was the annual weekend when the crane comes to town to move all the boats from their cradles into the water. It’s also the time when boat owners re-install the masts that have been sitting onshore all winter. All of this to protect the boats from winter weather, and the storms get pretty bad in these parts, we’re told.
Next we set off to find a campsite in Sauble (sounds like wobble) Beach Provincial Park. We popped into the ValuMart to pick up something for dinner and Gord had a hankering for ice cream. Sauble Beach wasn’t far so we headed there. The approach is something like Monterey, California where the boutique shops and crowds quickly become more concentrated closer to the beach. We felt instantly transported as we directed Stella onto a sandy parking lot amongst hundreds of other cars. We made our way toward the water clicking photos, photos and more photos!
A retired fellow wearing a Vancouver shirt came over and chatted us up – first about Stella, then about BC, then about the changing weather, the increasing shoreline, the May 2 4 Weekend, as it’s known around here. He gave us the low-down on why all alcohol and radios are banned in campsites and parks for only this one weekend. He said it is due to college students’ appetite for letting loose at year’s end. In the past the experience has created such havoc that residents go elsewhere.
The weather is hot, it feels like summer and I would be playing Little Deuce Coupe on my radio but with the ban and all, this college student will keep things tame.
