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Well we are now about to land at our home strip, just north east of Alliston, Ontario. A friendly site after being to the Yukon and back, yes it does have a ring to it […]

George Ryder has this strip in Nobel and kindly allows me to tie down for the night. It’s about 10 minutes from our lot on Georgian Bay so Gloria picked me up so we could […]

Killarney is on the north shore of Georgian Bay and is a favourite destination for fish and chips. It’s a short walk into town from the airport and quite often you can get a ride. […]

Ken, in his Rebel, headed home to Guelph, while I headed for Nobel (just north of Parry Sound) on the east side of Georgian Bay. Show Full Size Photo

The lunch matched the view! Show Full Size Photo

I needed to pick up a little more fuel so that I could fly to Parry Sound and then home so we stopped at the Gore Bay airport. We were pleasantly surprised that they had […]

What a difference 5 days makes in the weather. That terrible weather that we experienced in Southern Ontario over the past week is long gone. Thank you, once again Springer Aerospace for looking after the […]

Tobermory is where the car and passenger ferry travels over to Manitoulin Island. We climbed to about 4500′ as there is about 15 minutes of islands hopping, as you head across the water that is […]

On our way up the Bruce Peninsula, we remembered that Wiarton has a great restaurant so we dropped in for Breakfast. Wiarton is the birthplace of the first woman, Eileen Vollick, to hold a pilot’s […]

It was a very pretty morning, but It was too early to get fuel and visit the restaurant in Collingwood so we pressed on. Show Full Size Photo

No not really, it was a very localized fog bank over the river, so it was clear sailing once we were above 500′. Ken is IFR rated, but it wasn’t necessary. Show Full Size Photo

Saturday morning, a good friend, Ken Lehman, arrived at 7:10 am to give me a ride to Bar River in order for me to bring home the Rebel. Show Full Size Photo