Walking the Lehigh Gorge State Park Trail
Near our home in the Poconos is the Lehigh Tannery Trailhead, part of a 26 mile “rail-trail” through Lehigh Gorge State Park that extends from White Haven to Jim Thorpe. The trail follows the Lehigh River, which was used to transport anthracite coal and hemlock trees in the 19th century. In the 1860s, the second [...]
Continue ReadingManitoulin Island to Tobermory via Ferry
Wanting to head south and east from Sault Ste. Marie, you can drive around Lake Huron … or you can cross on a dog friendly ferry ride! With the latter plan in mind, we headed to Manitoulin Island. This was the shortest drive of our road trip – about 215 miles. The terrain was stark [...]
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On to Sault Ste. Marie
Leaving Thunder Bay on Trans-Canada Highway 17, we find ourselves heading in the general direction of home. During the next two days, we traveled over the north shore of Lake Superior – one of the most scenic routes we’ve ever driven. Here is one vista from a lookout area that we stopped at for Buster [...]
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Fishing in Ontario
After crossing into Canada at International Falls, we headed to Lake Shabandowan and the pet friendly Kashabowie River Resort in the province of Ontario (about 65 miles west of Thunder Bay). Catching cold water Walleye in the morning and eating them for dinner with family and friends more than made up for the lack of [...]
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Lunch in Willoughby
We met up with a great friend for lunch in the village of Willoughby. What a cute town … hanging flower baskets from every lamp post (even in this economy). The stretch along Spaulding Ave is a cornucopia of boutiques and artisan shops – I felt like we time traveled back to the late early [...]
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A Dog Park in Eastlake
We are staying in Mayfield Heights, a suburb east of Cleveland. On a gorgeous Monday morning we set out to find an off-leash dog park to exercise Ty & Buster. Paydirt! The Woodland Dog Park (located just east of the intersection of Lake Shore Blvd & Erie Ave) in Eastlake is a little over an [...]
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