After sitting inside the boat at the marina during the worst weather of the season we were grateful to meet up with a local acquaintance from Sudbury who drove us to a new spot on Manitoulin Island for dinner. It's always a treat to leave the water and see what's "down the road" from where we are currently docked. I contacted our friend Richard from Sudbury, who we met up with a few years ago, and made arrangements to meet in Little Current on Saturday for a get together. Richard and his wife are in the process of relocating to Ottawa where they will retire officially next year. In the meantime Richard is living by himself in Sudbury and jumped at the opportunity to pay us a visit. I told Richard that we would buy his dinner as long as it was not in Little Current. After Googling the local area for restaurants (not that many) we landed on the quaint spot at the Red Lodge Resort on the shores of Lake Manitou. It was a nice spot and the food was good.
Upon returning to the marina I asked Richard for one little favor and that was to drive us over the Little Current Swing Bridge which we had only been under by boat. Much to our surprise the bridge was only a single lane affair and has lights on each side to control traffic flow. In 2013 the bridge will celebrate its 100th birthday.
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