Owen Sound Road Trip

Last weekend we spent in the area of Owen Sound, that is the hometown of our Canadian friend Alan. Owen Sound is about 3 hours drice to northwest from Toronto and is located next to Georgian Bay that is part of Lake Huron. Our plan was quite much as follows: Leave from Toronto on Friday evening after work. Arrive to Owen Sound, accommodate to Alan's parents. Get back to Toronto on Sunday evening. In between, take it easy and enjoy life.

And that is what we quite much did. On Friday, we were at Owen Sound around midnight and quickly visited Alan's friends' party before heading to bed. On Saturday morning, sun was shining and sky was clear of clouds. We started the day with a quick dip in the clear waters of Georgian Bay and great breakfast. Around midday, we headed out to the wild. Our destination was the natural reserve in Bruce Point and its hiking routes and cliffs. After hour and half of driving and 45 minute hike in the natural reserve, we finally arrived to the waterfront. And what a view we had! Clear sky, crystal clear water and bunch of other tourists:D

The waters in Georgian Bay are expectionally clear, because the bottom of the lake is all rock without any sediments that would make it muddy. Even though it is part of the muddier Lake Huron, Georgian Bay has kept its waters clear. My guess is that the Bay has been formed as a part of melting glaciers in the end of Ice Age and it has been joined to Lake Huron much later on. At the tip of the Bruce Point is an area full of cliffs and rocky beaches. The sights are quite impossible to describe, but if you take a peak to my Flickr photos you'll get an idea what it is like.

So, there we spent our afternoon diving around in the clear waters, climbing the rocks, visiting the grotto cave that was under the cliff and even doing some cliffjumping. Even though it was strictly forbidden by park rules and some drunken dudes have managed to kill themselves while jumping of the cliff, most of the people did it anyways. I myself settled for pathetic one meter cliffs, but Alan and Kasper shooted off from 8 meter cliff to the water. I have one picture of Kasper jumping in my pictures. However, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, I can share another jump made from the very same cliff. In the following clip, Alan's friends brother does a backflip from the same cliff that Alan and Kasper shooted off.

Cool, ain't it? Also the water of the lake was bit cool so we had to take off at some point and hike back to our car. Rest of the day was spent grilling and chilling, and finally everyone of us was so tired that we never made it to the two bars of Owen Sound as we had planned.

On Sunday, the day started similarly to Saturday. After noon, half of us took of to Sauble beach that claimed to be the best beach in Toronto (I was part of this group) and others went to see an art gallery of Group of 7 that is a famous group of artist from Ontario. After seeing that, they joined the rest of the gang at the beach. Masa and Anna had to leave early around four o'clock as Masa, working at TicketMaster, had won two tickets to the VIP section of the Police concert. Anna had won the draw among us and was to be accompany Masa to rock and clock (aka kellottaa) with Masa and Police. Also Alan and Ilona left with the same car. Us rest, took our time both on the beach and on the road, arriving to T.O. around 22.00. The weekend had done its job and every single us was tired but happy. The relaxing weekend is now behind and hectic life in Toronto ahead. Tomorrow some of us (including myself) are going to party bigtime and fancy, as Emily's brother Mitch is throwing a party at Club V, a neat place with a strict DC. According to Facebook, around 2000 people are invited, so the party should be huge despite it is Tuesday. But, more about that later on.

As our whole stay in Canada has been very busy and actionpacked so far, it seems to be it to the very end. We have something planned for every single weekdend and something going also every other night. I will try to look for some time to sum up my experiences and tell about things I haven't said a thing so far (for example, work). However, be warned, as happened in Argentina, I will be even more busier as the end of the trip comes nearer and won't dedicate as much time for sharing my experiences. I still hope you wil stay tuned at least to the end of August, maybe even longer. For now, write to you all later!