{"id":2572,"date":"2019-04-01T20:24:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T01:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2020-01-20T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T00:24:11","slug":"day-4-perry-sound-to-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/01\/day-4-perry-sound-to-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4: Perry Sound to Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Like the previous days before leaving town we have a look around for a few hours to quickly take in some of the local sights.
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Water is always a big attraction for me so off to the waterfront we go. And what do I find? A lighthouse of course. We’re seeing a lot of lighthouses all over the place, some of them not even close to the water!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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As we’re roaming around I notice an attraction on a local tourist map. It’s amazing! So amazing it has it’s own website<\/a> along with other things to see in Ontario<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You can see the tower from several roads in the area but as we tried to navigate to the tower we managed to miss the turn, where there was a very small sign, and had to loop around a couple of times and just wing it to get to the bottom of the tower. There was a nice museum there, which like so many things this time of year was closed but the tower was accessible, so up we went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High up on a hill…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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How many more flights are there?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The view from the top was pretty spectacular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Downtown Perry Sound looking towards the Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After leaving Perry Sound its a steady drive to Orillia to visit my cousin Linda and her husband Bob. We are greeted warmly on our arrival and spend a wonderful afternoon catching up and learning more about their life in Orillia.

Strangely, I didn’t take any pictures at Bob & Linda’s. No worries, they will show up on a later day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After we leave Bob & Linda we tour around downtown Orillia, again no pictures, and then head on to Toronto where we’ll be staying for about a week with my cousin Leslie. Yes! No more hotel hauling for a few days! The drive is uneventful except for getting reacquainted with freeway driving on the 401. Yikes! A lot of cars, and a lot of lanes but the GPS keeps us on track plus I’ve driven here several times over the years on business trips.<\/p>\n\n\n

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