Day 1 - Friday - Sep 25 - Niagara-on-the-Lake / Barry's Bay, ON

Day 1 (569 KM) Friday – 2015-09-25

Niagara-on-the-Lake – Barry's Bay, ON

Enjoyable ride from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Huntsville via the QEW, 407, 400 and 11 highways, traffic was OK but just before Huntsville there was only one lane open due to paving the highway and traffic came to a stop for 20 minutes, not fun.

I met up with Ben at Tim Horton's as planned even if I was a few minutes late.  After lunch we were off on Highway 60 through Algonquin Park.  

Highway 60 is just got to be one of the best Roads in Ontario, with scenery that can only compare to the Rocky Mountain forests of BC or Alberta.  There are so many lakes  rivers that are crossed, it is imposable to keep track of it all, thankfully the GO PRO Camera recorded all of it, which will make a nice video in the future.

We stopped along the route hoping to see a mouse or bear but we see no animals at all.  We even checked out the Opeongo Road which is one of the best moose roads in the Park, no luck.

Ministry of Natural Resources - Forest Fire Spotting Plane - Algonquin Park

Algonquin Park

Algonquin Park

Morley at the Lake of Two Rivers Store Algonquin Park, he at times can be found here in the Chip isle or near the cash register posing for tourist photos etc..  

Highway #523 Madawaska

After Leaving the Park around 4:30pm, we head for Maynooth via Hwy #127, and then back North on Highway 523 to Madawaska and back onto highway 60, that triangle route added 60 minutes to our journey, but all of this was planned and in our GPS's.  Highway 523 is a well maintained secondary road through untouched forests, one might think a Moose might appear but no such luck. 

Halfway along the route it was time to add more layers of (clothing) gear as it was cool (cold) +9c by 6:30pm when we arrived at our motel, the Ash Grove in Barry's Bay for the night.

Weather:
cloudy and cool, +18c and dropped throughout the afternoon, no rain.