A couple of photos from yesterday - downtown Bracebridge and the group enjoying a drink at dinner time.
We left Bracebridge in rainy weather looking very much like a BC drizzly, rainy day. Pedalling for the morning was good for biking in the rain - more rolling hills and generally good road.
The morning coffee stop at the Clear Lake store was interesting. Clear Lake may have been a community once, but now it is the store. The house was originally built as a log cabin in the 1860's and was a stop on the stagecoach trail. From then until now, only 3 different families have lived in the house. Also, they have put siding on the outside so you wouldn't recognize it as a log cabin any more.
You have to be careful when looking at communities on the map. Sometimes there isn't much there.
We lunched at Carnarvon - a small community at the junction of two highways.
After lunch the rain cleared and we had a nice ride the rest of the way into Haliburton. Haliburton is a nice little town beside a lake. The town was very busy, with the summer cottagers, tourists and (I believe) an art school.
We almost couldn't get lodging in town, but the very helpful lady at the Tourist Information found us a B&B. This turned out to be in the oldest commercial building in Haliburton (1863 or so). A very nice old place that has been converted into a cafe and B&B by Nicola, who has ambitious plans for the place.
Haliburton is the home town of Walt McKechnie, the NHL's most traded player.
The morning coffee stop at the Clear Lake store was interesting. Clear Lake may have been a community once, but now it is the store. The house was originally built as a log cabin in the 1860's and was a stop on the stagecoach trail. From then until now, only 3 different families have lived in the house. Also, they have put siding on the outside so you wouldn't recognize it as a log cabin any more.
You have to be careful when looking at communities on the map. Sometimes there isn't much there.
We lunched at Carnarvon - a small community at the junction of two highways.
After lunch the rain cleared and we had a nice ride the rest of the way into Haliburton. Haliburton is a nice little town beside a lake. The town was very busy, with the summer cottagers, tourists and (I believe) an art school.
We almost couldn't get lodging in town, but the very helpful lady at the Tourist Information found us a B&B. This turned out to be in the oldest commercial building in Haliburton (1863 or so). A very nice old place that has been converted into a cafe and B&B by Nicola, who has ambitious plans for the place.
Haliburton is the home town of Walt McKechnie, the NHL's most traded player.
Check out the sign above the doorway on this old house in Haliburton. we're on the 45th parallel, so he is correct.
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