Hi everyone,
Today was such a beautiful fall day I was surprised that we didn't have more members out for today's ride. I'm sure a lot of you were celebrating Thanksgiving today instead of tomorrow.
On today's ride there was Drifter, Needles, DD, MrsEchoBay and EchoBay, Rosey & Kranky also
showed up at McDonalds to chat and see us off. Kranky informed us that he finally sold
his bike and going to wait until he finds exactly what he's looking
for before buying another one.
EchoBay led the ride north on Hwy 17 then north east on Hwy. 556 heading towards Island Lake. Turning onto Hwy 552, we followed it back to Hwy 17 which we crossed and continued on to the
Chi-we-kwe-Don Fish & Chips Hut for something to eat. When we got there, we found it was closed for the season so we proceeded down Goulais Mission Road to the old Mission Church and the Goulais Mission fishing pier were we met a fisherman who had just come off the lake with a load of fish.
We chatted with him and he was very forthcoming about the amount of fish he'd caught, what kinds, how big his nets were, how deep he was fishing, and how often he
fished. Holy man, we were sure getting an education about that
fisherman's day. As he separated his catch, he started throwing a
few small fish in the water and the seagulls went nuts. DD got some
photos of the gulls swallowing those fish whole, one of which was almost as large as the gull that consumed it.
The scenery today on our ride was very
explosive - the colours so bright and so many . . . oranges, reds, golds, yellows, purples, light and dark greens. The
mountains on the shore across from the fishermen's pier were really
beautiful as was the rest of the scenery throughout the time we were riding.
After
we left the pier, we headed to the Zone at the corner of Pineshores Drive and Hwy 17N to have something to eat. After
some chat and good food, we all headed home.
Another Great Fall Ride!
EchoBay
1st Officer and Road Captain
CMC Chapter 032
Sault Ste. Marie ON
Seagull's thanksgiving dinner
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