Parry Sound to Orillia
Our original plan had us heading for Gravenhurst today but when we got on the dual carriageway we had such a wide shoulder to ourselves we decided to stay on it for about 90km and take the exit for Coldwater. After about 50km we saw storm clouds building on our left but it looked as though they would stay off on that side. At 60km there was suddenly an almighty crash of thunder behind us that made me jump six inches off my saddle. If I hadn’t been locked in the pedals I might well have shot clean off the bike. We stopped and had a look at the way the storm was building and decided to drop of the highway and look for somewhere to have lunch at Crooked Lake while the storm passed over. It turned out that there was a small Marina and store but nowhere for a lunch so we sat at a picnic table on the shore of the lake and watched the storm approach. The storm was going west to east just north of us and the closest lightning strike was a mile away so we decided to get back on the
highway and carry on south. We reached the exit for Coldwater without getting wet and stopped in the town for a late lunch after which we carried on for the remaining 23km to Orillia. We are a little further on than Gravenhurst and now in a good position for tomorrow’s stage to visit Tim’s Dad in Bowmanville.
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