Wed. Aug 10th, Canada's Prettiest Town

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        Well here we are in Goderich Ontario, its been quite a few years since we have been here but not much has changed. This membership park had changed hands for a few years and did not allow rigs over 30 ft long, but has since changed allowing us access again. Goderich is billed as Canada's Prettiest town and it could very well be. The Port of Goderich is an active working port mainly for loading ships with salt from the Sifto Canada salt mines under the harbour extending 5 kms (3.1miles) under Lake Huron, it is the largest salt mine in the world.

Lake Huron Resort

        We had a heavy rain overnight, the weather has cooled down and we have a very strong west wind coming across the lake.

windy and wavy

        Being its cooler today and overcast its a good time to tour about the local area a bit. Lets start with Lakeside fleamarket next to the resort. Lots of overpriced stuff here but still interesting to browse thru.

flea market

not much has changed here

Blue Mountain Pottery

        After the market we headed into town and check out the harbor first to see if anything is happening here.

elevators

        We got lucky there is a huge freighter getting ready to dock at the pier.

large  freighter

we got closer

        It is the Peter R. Cresswell 730 feet long and was launched on Apr. 26th 1982. In port here to get a load of salt from the salt mines.

cool elevator

getting into position

tug boat working at it

working hard

        According to the hands on deck they will be docked here for 8 to 12 hours taking on a full load of salt. This was an interesting time watching how they maneuver  such a huge vessel  around the harbor and into place.

huge ship

        After this fun experience we went around the harbor  thru town and down to the beach.  

huge waves

the beach

lifeguards on the beach

        With the strong cool winds and huge waves not many people in the water, but we did find two people and a kite surfer having a lot of fun.

a kite surfer and two swimmers

        More people at the snack bar than on the beach.

snack bar on the beach

        From here back up the hill to stop at the bakery and check things out, very busy place so we did not buy anything today. I guess they have a very good business as they are only open Tues to Sat, and for only two months of the year (July and August). The centre of town is a huge "square"  with the court house in the centre, and a three lane road that keeps you going round and round until you pick one of the many streets that radiate off in different directions.

Culberts Bakery

        After circling the "square" a few times we picked a road (the right one) that took us a few blocks away to a grocery store where we picked up a few items. Then returned back home to site in the sun for a while (its a cool breeze today) with our books. Eventually time for supper, and for a change I made a pot of spaghetti sauce with noodles, a baguette with veggies and dip. 

tasty supper

        Now after supper its still nice out so we  can read a bit more while we wait for time to catch the sunset again. So a different lookout tonight, with a couple of benches to watch another nice sunset. And even chatted with a couple of seasonal campers here that knew quite a few people from the village of Plattsville (population 800), where I had lived for 25 years., such a small world.

another peaceful sunset

        Another enjoyable fun filled, busy day just passed us by gotta love it! 

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