Bruce Peninsula and Bruce Peninsula National Park are a result of the large Niagara Escarpment. A large geological formation that is responible for Manitoulin Island, Bruce Peninsula and more famously Niagara Falls. It is a caprock of hard rock sheltering softer layers of rock commonly creating large cliffs, caves and other phenomenon. In Bruce Peninsula National Park we hiked out to the edge of lake Huron where the escarpment is most noticable. We first hit shore to some beautiful views before heading to the jewel of BPNP, t
he grotto. Once we found it took us some time before we figured a way to get down into it. It`s pretty spectacular a dark cave leads to a pool of water that glows blue from sunlight that enters through an under water cave. I considered swimming through the underwater cave out into the open waters of Lake Huron but upon entering the freezing, freezing cold water I quickly thought better of it and got out as fast as possible. After the grotto we headed for the high overhanging cliffs about two km away. We walked across the top stopping to check out as many view points and photo opps as possible. At one point I noticed what looked to be a bit of a trail along the bottom of the cliff and 
with a little convincing had joanna bush wacking her way down to it. It was equally as neat as being above. By the time we were able to find our way back to the main trail dusk was apon us so we headed back for the campsite. We got back about 15min prior to darkness, just enough time to cook the last of our food into delicous dinner number two, side kicks, as we had already had kraft dinner before the hike.
he grotto. Once we found it took us some time before we figured a way to get down into it. It`s pretty spectacular a dark cave leads to a pool of water that glows blue from sunlight that enters through an under water cave. I considered swimming through the underwater cave out into the open waters of Lake Huron but upon entering the freezing, freezing cold water I quickly thought better of it and got out as fast as possible. After the grotto we headed for the high overhanging cliffs about two km away. We walked across the top stopping to check out as many view points and photo opps as possible. At one point I noticed what looked to be a bit of a trail along the bottom of the cliff and 
with a little convincing had joanna bush wacking her way down to it. It was equally as neat as being above. By the time we were able to find our way back to the main trail dusk was apon us so we headed back for the campsite. We got back about 15min prior to darkness, just enough time to cook the last of our food into delicous dinner number two, side kicks, as we had already had kraft dinner before the hike. In the morning we slept in a little after a bit of a late night then packed up as quickly as we could and set out in search of some food as we were completely out. Luckily for us we found a hot dog stand on the side of the road only a few km away. Hot dogs never tasted soo good. That day we followed the western shore line of Bruce Peninsula which unlike the rocky cliffside of the east is mainly huge soft sandy beaches for as far as the eye can see. Around four O`clock we rolled into Sauble Beach where we figured we should probably get 
some info on campgrounds in the area, we stopped at an internet cafe only to find it was closed. As we were standing there trying to come up with plan B, a woman and her 2 daughters walked by and offered us their wireless network back at home. As the weather got worse and worse, Jeff and Kelly and the kids offered us dinner, and a bed to stay in for the night. Lucky for us, because the rain that night was heavy, and lasted well into the next day. When we finally spotted a break in the rain we packed up and headed out to get groceries and head on. Unfortunatly the break meant only lighter rain, and the winds were still strong and ugly. As we headed to the store we got a message from a friend back home, offering us a place to stay with her mom for the night. Glad to not have to fight the winds and rain we stayed with Bonnie at the Knights Inn, close to the beach. It was fun to visit, and definitely nice not to have to pack up a wet tent for a night.
When the rain calmed down the next day, we started to head out again planning on working our way toward Niagara Falls. This didn`t last long before Luke had some more bike issues, and we decided to head directly to Oakville, where Pavel had offered us a place to stay and we could clean up and fix up our bikes. We stopped at a campground in Durham (about 85km) for the night.
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