A Day in Campbellford

Chip and I spent 2 nights in Campbellford. It is a quaint little town...docked at Mill Oak Park. It was very comfortable and within walking distance to everything. A "No Frills" grocery store, an ice cream shop, a wonderful bakery (Dooher's) and even a Canadian Tire Store (Canada's equivilant to Home Depot)...we were beat after a long day getting there so we weren't in a hurry to leave.

We rode bikes up to the top of the double lock that we had gone through the day before to see what it looked like from the top looking down (see photo). We also went across the Ranney Gorge Suspension Bridge. This span of steel was designed, engineered and built by the Canadian 81st Airborne Regiment. We were about 20 meters above the Trent River at Ranney Falls. There were nesting Osprey, "Beware of Bear" signs and a lovely trail through Ferris Park which ran along the river back into town.

We had a great day...then today we took off and are now settled in the village of Hastings, population 1,100--looks like we will stay put again for a couple of days before crossing Rice Lake and heading to Peterborough for the weekend.