The Mulmur Cruise
We set out on June 3rd, 2018 with 11 Vets and 20 members to ride the hills and valleys of Mulmur Township. The area has been described as a wee bit of heaven, tucked away on the northeast corner of Dufferin County, straddling the Niagara Escarpment.
Our first stop was the Village of Creemore. After completing a “challenging” quiz of the village, we enjoyed a private breakfast at the local Legion. Around noon, we headed west on County Road 9 to Dufferin Road 124. A police investigation forced a u-turn on us and we headed back to Creemore. This was a real bonus as we got to navigate both west and east runs on County Road 9. Spectacular!
On the way back, we learned that a couple amongst us, Doug and Mary-Ann Fraser had married in the village of Creemore a few years prior. No wonder they flunked the quiz! Memories of that eventful day got in the way.
Once we wormed our way through the village, we headed South on Airport Road to County Side Road 21 West, through to the small town of Honeywood. What, someone said they saw Mary Hunter! Really! Unbeknownsed to many on the cruise, Mary Hunter and her husband Doug were two of the Club’s founding members (1991) and now honorary members, living in the Parry Sound area. A short distance from Honeywood we found Dufferin Road 124 remained closed due to the same police investigation, so, back we went through Honeywood. Hey, it was Mary Hunter. Did someone pay her to be our Track Marshal? Great job, Mary! We found out later that Mary was visiting their daughter and took advantage of some small town excitement. Another bonus, thanks to the police investigation, we got to navigate both west and east runs of County Side Road 21.
Heading back to Airport Road, the scenery was spectacular with an eye on the entire valley to the south. Once on Airport Road a short jaunt south to Side Road 20 west and onto River Road. Wow! The view of hills and valleys were spectacular, with endless twists and turns. Exhilarating to say the least!
Arriving in Horning’s Mills, we met 84 year old Professor Bruce Beach. We learned that Professor Beach had constructed the Ark Two Nuclear Fallout Shelter* to the south of Mill Lane in Horning’s Mills in the early 1980’s. It is reported to be the largest in Canada. The structure is 10,000 square feet and made up of 42 abandoned school buses, connected and buried underground, covered with 2 feet of concrete and fourteen feet of earth. Professor Beach spoke with the group and boarded Eugene Yaceyko’s Corvette and off we went to the shelter. We walked the property and Professor Beach, who explained some of the highlights of the property. He showed us the locked entrance to the shelter and two beautiful waterfalls flowing into the area from the Pine River.
When we cleared Horning’s Mills, we turned back on River Road and south on Prince of Wales Road to 10 Side Road and over to Mansfield. Dark clouds began rolling in and we called it, heading north on Airport Road to Cashtown Corners for a pit stop and ice cream. Everyone said their good-byes and we all headed home, managing to get our corvettes blanketed before a heavy rain soaked the roads and the beautiful Mulmur landscape.
The winners of the quiz: 1st Bruce & Barbara Young, 2nd John & Gail Sharoun, 3rd Emil & Halina Petko.
Rick – Google Gazer In Charge, Linda – Chief Quiz Master
* CTV interviewed Professor Beach Nov 13, 2017. “Ready for the end: Inside Canada's largest nuclear fallout shelter”
For more information about Ark Two check out the website at:
http://webpal.org/SAFE/aaaarktwo/index.htm
Our first stop was the Village of Creemore. After completing a “challenging” quiz of the village, we enjoyed a private breakfast at the local Legion. Around noon, we headed west on County Road 9 to Dufferin Road 124. A police investigation forced a u-turn on us and we headed back to Creemore. This was a real bonus as we got to navigate both west and east runs on County Road 9. Spectacular!
On the way back, we learned that a couple amongst us, Doug and Mary-Ann Fraser had married in the village of Creemore a few years prior. No wonder they flunked the quiz! Memories of that eventful day got in the way.
Once we wormed our way through the village, we headed South on Airport Road to County Side Road 21 West, through to the small town of Honeywood. What, someone said they saw Mary Hunter! Really! Unbeknownsed to many on the cruise, Mary Hunter and her husband Doug were two of the Club’s founding members (1991) and now honorary members, living in the Parry Sound area. A short distance from Honeywood we found Dufferin Road 124 remained closed due to the same police investigation, so, back we went through Honeywood. Hey, it was Mary Hunter. Did someone pay her to be our Track Marshal? Great job, Mary! We found out later that Mary was visiting their daughter and took advantage of some small town excitement. Another bonus, thanks to the police investigation, we got to navigate both west and east runs of County Side Road 21.
Heading back to Airport Road, the scenery was spectacular with an eye on the entire valley to the south. Once on Airport Road a short jaunt south to Side Road 20 west and onto River Road. Wow! The view of hills and valleys were spectacular, with endless twists and turns. Exhilarating to say the least!
Arriving in Horning’s Mills, we met 84 year old Professor Bruce Beach. We learned that Professor Beach had constructed the Ark Two Nuclear Fallout Shelter* to the south of Mill Lane in Horning’s Mills in the early 1980’s. It is reported to be the largest in Canada. The structure is 10,000 square feet and made up of 42 abandoned school buses, connected and buried underground, covered with 2 feet of concrete and fourteen feet of earth. Professor Beach spoke with the group and boarded Eugene Yaceyko’s Corvette and off we went to the shelter. We walked the property and Professor Beach, who explained some of the highlights of the property. He showed us the locked entrance to the shelter and two beautiful waterfalls flowing into the area from the Pine River.
When we cleared Horning’s Mills, we turned back on River Road and south on Prince of Wales Road to 10 Side Road and over to Mansfield. Dark clouds began rolling in and we called it, heading north on Airport Road to Cashtown Corners for a pit stop and ice cream. Everyone said their good-byes and we all headed home, managing to get our corvettes blanketed before a heavy rain soaked the roads and the beautiful Mulmur landscape.
The winners of the quiz: 1st Bruce & Barbara Young, 2nd John & Gail Sharoun, 3rd Emil & Halina Petko.
Rick – Google Gazer In Charge, Linda – Chief Quiz Master
* CTV interviewed Professor Beach Nov 13, 2017. “Ready for the end: Inside Canada's largest nuclear fallout shelter”
For more information about Ark Two check out the website at:
http://webpal.org/SAFE/aaaarktwo/index.htm