Sunday, September 10 >> Tobermory

We left Kincardine at 7:00, to start our 7-hour trip up to the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula, to the town of Tobermory.  The winds were light, and the travel was easy.  Rick even took a nap while I steered from the lower helm.  The only not-worthy thing was that (against my explicit regulation) we couldn’t see land for nearly 3 out of the 7 hours of the trip.  Since the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, we don't usually follow the shoreline.  
But, as the weather was so fair, I gave in and followed the course.



We had been to this little town of Tobermory 3 years ago (by car) when we stopped here for the ferry to take us to Manitoulin Island at the start of a North Channel Sailing trip.  It hadn’t changed much,
still lots of ice cream, T-shirts, and Glass-Bottom Boat rides! 



 Except now it had a microbrewery! 
You can just see Zingara's bow peeking out from beyond the red kayaks.
It was such a hard decision – beer or ice cream / ice cream or beer.   Why not both?

 The Dock Master recommended a restaurant for dinner – Coconut Joe’s, They just opened in June, so it didn’t even make it on the town map yet.  But, per the dock-hand, they had the best pan-sautéed white fish in town – the kitchen didn’t even own a deep-fryer! So, we cleaned up and walked to the other side of the harbor.  If I had to describe the place in one word, it would be FRESH.  Not only did all the ingredients of our food seemed “just picked”, the atmosphere, the music, and the service was so refreshing!
Way to go, Coconut, Joe! 

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