I stopped on the way to visiting friends to visit the Scenic Caves, southwest of Collingwood (more than two and a half hours drive). At the road, it has a gift shop, restaurant, mini-golf, picnic tables.

They won't let you on the grounds unless you have running shoes or hiking boots. Anyway, here i'm climbing up the steps to see the caves.

This cave is the 'Natural Refrigerator'.

Inside is 4 celsius, about the same temperature as a real fridge.

Looking down on some ants.

Sometimes they have these narrow metal bridges and steps.

Inside the Ice Cave, where ice can remain throughout the summer.

Same cave, without the flash.

A view of Georgian Bay. It's pretty spectacular - you can see virtually all of Nottawasaga Bay.

Looking down on the main grounds.

Purdy steep - along Petun Trail.

A close up into Nottawasaga Bay.

Looking into the woods.

A 360 degree composite, Georgian Bay to the right, the viewing 'platform' to the centre-left. This is 'Signal Point'.

Those steps are only 1 person wide.

Down in Petun Fortress. You can see the steps i came down, and then you have to walk over those rocks.

The walls at the top are closer than the bottom.

Ekarenniondi, a sacred site to the natives who lived here (the Petun (Tionnanati/Tobacco), who merged with the remaining 'Hurons' (Wendat), to form the Wyandots, scattered into the USA).

The entrance into 'Fatman's Misery' - hard to believe i squeezed into that space.

Halfway down.

Inside. Not surprisingly, it's easier for little kids to make it through.

I climbed up these steps - they go to a different exit. You had to 'keep your right shoulder flat against the rock, and push with it'. Uhhh.. once i got up there, i realized there was simply no way, i'm just too big. I went out the way i came in.

Another view of Ekarenniondi.

Walking around the last cave, you end up in another cavern.

Fern Cavern - you can see in the lower right the other exit from Fat Man's Misery (shut up!).

A rock overhang, directly above my head.

'Indian Chief'.

Petun Arch.

The way out is up these rocks. It's not super difficult, but you do have to be careful.

Once you're part way up, you can see the face in the rock.

I could see another, unmarked, face.

Bear Cave. Barely enough room to squeeze into.

Steps at the very top.

Looking back down.

When i got out of the caves, i decided to do the nature trail. Funny, i saw no animals (birds, reptiles, whatever), other than a single nervous chipmunk.

I came back down to the ground, and decided to go visit the Suspension Bridge. I didn't realize what a long walk it would be.

Okay, the beginning of the Suspension Bridge.

Okay, here's what a suspension bridge is - two long cables, hanging from two tall towers, and anchored to the ground on either side. That's what's holding everything up. Cables are dropped from it, and beams attached each pair (so, like a set of swings). Then the wooden decks are set on the beams.

Looking down - apparently this is as high from the ground as the Eiffel Tower.

So, the bridge sways, eh? You could get the entire thing to swing by moving from left side to right side. Funnily, the swning didn't really bother me so much, but the wooden boarss did - i trust the steel, but as someone who's had a porch made of wood, i know, they can go rotten.

The other side.

Running kids! Watch that bridge sway.

When i got back to the first side, i decided to wait for the tractor pulled 'trolley'. I shouldn't sat in front - dusty!