With our time in Toronto dwindling down, we took advantage of the glorious weather to finish up our Water Taxi multi trip card. It was a money saver and it got us out to the island more than we might have done otherwise. We brought hot ham and cheese sandwiches for our picnic and found a nice place to watch the water while we ate. The motorized tram was our choice for transport as it could cover more ground. We bought our tickets with 40 minutes to spare and this allowed us ample time to pick our preferred seats. The back to the bus for us! The commentary was fun to listen to and we were able to ask some specific questions to the guide since he was in the seat right behind us. He told us about the ferry over to the island that contains the airport. It is the shortest ferry in the world, 58 seconds for the ride. We are thinking about riding it to be able to cross it off of our bucket list. We drove past the Light House which is the oldest lighthouse on the great lakes. We saw the old and new water treatment plants, a middle school, a facility for Artists in residence (local and transient), the airport, the nude beach, a refurbished dune ecosystem, people scattering off of the trail to get out of the way, the non-nude beach, and finally a chock full water taxi stand.
A big three masted ship on our fine day
This ferry is two years older than the Titanic
Six antennas for the Airport?
The gull are on to us
Planning their picnic attack
Big Blue Heron
One way to keep the soccer ball in play
Behind the trolly is a fountain
A beautiful tree, well worth sitting under for a while
Clang clang clang goes the trolley!
Our carriage
Lets go!
A Grade School on the Island
Right by the lighthouse is this??? Is it a large "Horn of Warning"?
A series of lake side sand dunes
The elusive lighthouse
The statue is of a world class sculler , Ned Hanlan, who lived on the island and became a professional athlete in 1876
He had the big feet
An old tug boat that was named for Ned Hanlen
Chugging along the path
Swinging back by the beaches
Another island to explore
Tulip chairs: open for sitting on and closed to look pretty
Our path on the Tram
Seven water taxis at the dock simultaneously
All the exploring made up hungry
Hungry for Sushi
A roll and some pieces, the Tobiko was exceptional
The crew stopped for a break and a bitr
All over in a minute!
Fluffy wispy clouds
It has been 72 days since we began our Migration.
