Thanks for the suggestion Ken. I’ve seen circle-tour brochures but didn’t have a good sense of how long a trip it might be, or how interesting it might be photographically. Depending on the weather when we get to the Soo, we might just turn right and go around. If not then, it will definitely be on my list of things to do later.
stan On Aug 27, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > Stan, what I'm about to suggest is a little out of your intended path but > since you're going through the Sault, you might want to consider a counter > clockwise circum navigation of Lake Superior. > > Starting at the Sault and going north and west around Superior, the highways > mostly border on the lake's shoreline with numerous parks along the way. Alot > of the shoreline has a "Maine" feel to it. Continuing around the top of > Superior into Minnesota, Wisconsin and back into Michigan's Upper Peninsula > at the western most point. A leisurely trip of 3 - 4 days with lots of > photographic opportunities. I've done it several times and have always > enjoyed it. Can be done in less time depending on your stops. > > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley Halpin" > <s...@stans-photography.info> > Subject: Re: Anything worth seeing in Ontario? > > > Thanks Paul, Sandy, Steve, Ann, Dve and Dave! > > Paul, the train tour does look interesting. We would be in that neighborhood > on 14-15 September, just at the front end of the Fall Colours season. A > definite possibility. > Sandy, thanks for the link and the comments on Georgian Bay. And also Dve and > Steve for the Cornwall/Kingston suggestion. I had considered going east > around Lake Ontario, i.e. via Kingston area and then WNW to SSM. I’ve spent > time in and around Kingston (attended a couple of week-long > conference/meetings at the military college there) and am somewhat familiar > with both the U.S. and Canadian sides of that region. But Meg wanted Huron > lakeshore, so we’ll go west around Toronto and then north… > Sandy and Ann, I am also somewhat familiar with Sault Set. Marie, on the U.S. > side. The locks are worth a visit but otherwise I would agree that it is > probably not a destination in and of itself. But it is the only crossing into > the U.S. from Ontario without dropping back down to Sarnia/Port Huron. > Dave, I am glad to see that Ontario will reopen on Sept 9 - we’ll be passing > through to NY on the 11th, back west on the 13-14th so that works out. ;-) > > So far my Ontario experience has been 3-4 trips back-and-forth between Sarnia > and Niagara, my time in the Kingston area, a few days in Ottawa, 2-3 trips to > Toronto. So, no exposure to the countryside beyond the southern farming > region. A fellow participant at my recent photo workshop is from Kitchner, he > spoke of a park a few hours north where he went for scenic and wildlife > shots. I did not pay much attention to details as I did not have this trip > planned, and I don’t have his contact information to follow up with him. So > part of my poking around has been to see if I can figure out where he was > referring to. It could have been the Georgian Bay region. > > stan > > On Aug 27, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Paul <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If you have some time when you get to the Soo, the trip to Agawa Canyon on >> the Algoma Central is a nice diversion. The northbound train drops you at >> the canyon for a couple hour layover, then the southbound picks you up and >> takes you back. >> >> http://www.agawacanyontourtrain.com/content/tours/canyontour/index.html >> >> -p >> >> On 8/26/2014 6:28 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >>> Apologies for the slightly provocative Subject. >>> >>> In a couple of weeks we planned to go to the family cabin near Traverse >>> City Michigan. Then I got a (late) notice that my high school class was >>> celebrating our 53rd anniversary with a picnic. So, we will go east to >>> central New York for the picnic and family visits, then back through >>> Ontario and around Lake Huron, re-entering the States via Sault Set. Marie. >>> Probably spend two days between our first overnight in Niagara-on-the-Lake >>> and the time we cross back at the Soo and head for the Traverse City area. >>> >>> I have never seen any of that country (except for the greater Toronto metro >>> area which I think we need to traverse) and would welcome suggestions for >>> must-see scenic spots. So far I am intrigued by Perry Sound, a provincial >>> park at the north end of Georgian Bay, and Kagawong. But I have just been >>> randomly poking around - any suggestions would be most appreciated. >>> >>> stan >>> >> >> -- >> Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
