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The Wiarton Fair

Saturday, July 30th – Oliphant to Wiarton to Oliphant, Ontario – Day 168 

Jo-Ce had not been on the Bruce Peninsula for many years so we wanted to take her around to see the sights. We started with a trip to Wiarton, Gen, Jo-Ce and the kids looked around at the stores while I went to the library. 

When we met up again, we walked across the street to see the living quarters of Wiarton celebrity, Wiarton Willie. He wasn’t up for pictures but a short distance away was the Wiarton festival. We purchased some junk food, the kids each got a ride, and we curled using roller stones. 


 Once we were finished with the fair, we took a short drive to our go-to walk to Bruce’s Cave. The walk is fantastic, you go down a lovely path through the forest with rocks lining the path to a huge cavern in a cliffside. You can climb through a passageway into the rock and out another side. It’s always fun. 


 We had dinner at the cottage before going to Red Bay for sunset. A small but beautiful Lake Huron beach with a pier to swim off. We each had a fantastic swim.

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