Day 113 - Goderich to Kincardine - Two Far 2022 Reunion Bound (the long way around)

August 30, 2022

Day 113 - Goderich to Kincardine

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We started today with a visit to the excellent Huron County Museum in Goderich. To get there, we rode through the town square - or actually, the town circle -which goes around the county courthouse.

The circle is full of vibrant businesses.

The Bedford Hotel is on the courthouse circle. All we could learn about it is that it is a century old building still operating as a hotel.

We got a nice wave from a guy at the bike shop.

The Huron County Musuem is housed in the old public school, built in 1856 and used as a school for almost a hundred years.

The historical recreations portray life in Goderich in the late 19th century. One section has a Victorian apartment.

There was a large main street area with a wide variety of stores. Something we haven't often seen was a display of hearses and caskets. (My picture of the casket exhibit didn't turn out.)

Black drapes worn by horses pulling the hearses

Kerry here... A 1/4 scale model of a Champion motor grader. It was built by Syd Lawson who worked for Champion and took him over 6 years to complete. The detail was amazing.

The original creator of the museum has this elevator built both for himself and for raising artifacts to the second floor. It looks like an early model of today's chair lifts.

There were several bicycles hanging from the ceiling, It was hard to get a photograph that showed them. Kerry found this one interesting.

Shaft-drive bicycle, manufacturer unknown.

An old tandem with no information about it.

In the children's hands-on area, Kerry found a toy he enjoyed playing with.

A second museum was at the Huron Historic Gaol. There wasn't really much to see there, but it was interesting to walk through.

In the guards' watch room, there was this game. There was no information about it. Does anyone have any idea what it might be?

The jailer and his family had living quarters in the building.

It was after 12:00 by the time we finished our museum visits and got going on today's route. We decided to stop for lunch just five miles up the road at the Point Farm Market. They had a food truck, a big picnic area and a busy miniature golf course. We had delicious poutine and a good time talking with some of the other visitors. It was almost all vacationing family groups. I think we were the only ones there without kids.