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We would play bigwig Island the Rock and Muskoka Bay and live High on the hog in our Mobile motels. We would sit by the campfire at night drinking Beer telling lies and laughing heartily. Perhaps a game of pinochle Back in the Comfort of the re. We were Huw and Scott representatives of go ring Canada and three writers golfers from Winnipeg Ottawa and Thunder Bay. Huw is pronounced Hugh and generally spelled that Way in languages other than Welsh. Five Guys having a Guys Holiday. The five Amigos. Travel editor Patrick Flynn 697 7294 Pat. Flynn free press. My. Ca i Winnipeg repress. My. Ca saturday August 30, 2008 e 1 Winnipeg repress. Com by Darron Hargreaves bigwig Island Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Ernest Hemingway h. G. Wells and the Rockefeller used to summer at bigwig inn in the 1930s and 1940s, escaping the heat and avoiding the rabble. They would dance to count Basie and Duke Ellington in the Black tie Pavilion ballroom Gorge in the Marine dining room and sail on Lake of Bays late at night returning to their modest Cabins where the fun would Roar on til Sunrise. Local legend has Clark and papa during it out three sheets to the wind in their tuxedos vying for the rights to a certain lady not Carole. The Island was accessible Only by boat or float plane. It is about a mile from the Shoreline to bigwig Island a distance that makes for a formidable Moat even today. Pre approved interlopers like us Are ferried across to the clubhouse from a parking lot on Shore. Rumour has it the mob took Over in the 60s, and mysteriously pulled the plug one Day walking away leaving everything All manner of Kitchen supplies pots pans and paraphernalia. Today bigwig remains a Refuge for the wealthy. Shania Twain ted Rogers and scores of Toronto is top cos keep summer Homes Here. They Fly in with float planes and the occasional helicopter and get around the Island by yacht. There is a Marina a slip at the still grand clubhouse where islanders Park their boats prior to embarking on a game of Golf. And this is one humdinger of a Golf course. Stanley Thompson designed the first nine holes which opened in 1922. A second nine followed in 1930. The resort flourished for several years then fell upon hard times from the 1950s through the 70s. Now 80 years after it opened big wings glory Days have returned. Doug Garrick has redesigned the Thompson layout and it is like nothing you will see in these parts. It is consistently rated in the top 10 of scores top 100 in Canada and was named Canadas Best new course by Golf digest in 2002. Featuring Elevation changes of up to 200 feet this is a verdant meticulously manicured Golf course that the average Hacker can Only dream of playing. We had the course completely to ourselves As the locals were still sequestered in Toronto four hours to the South padding their fortunes. The signature Hole is the Par 5 18th which drops almost 200 feet to the Green and overlooks the clubhouse and Lake. Afterwards we decided against charring a package of weiners on a bbl and spent a Small Fortune in the dining room on Fine wine Brandy port and aged beef. It was Fine. There were no big bands or dancing but for one afternoon we had a notion of what it must have Felt like to be the great gatsby. Continued please see Road warriors e4 the machinery one class a motor Home and one class c motor Home. Both sleep three to four comfortably have refrigerators ranges sinks showers tvs and so on. Plenty of room for five travellers. Huw Thunder Bay and myself took the class a Scott and Ottawa the smaller class c. The a has a master bedroom at the rear while the c does not. Otherwise they Are quite similar. The first thing people want to know is what kind of mileage these things get. A class a gets about eight Miles per gallon on the Highway a class c does slightly better. Our 448 Kilometre round trip journey up Highway 400 from North Toronto to Muskoka and Back took approximately one full tank of Gas about $ 200. According to Huw re sales Are up across Canada despite Gas costs and Winter ring is also becoming More popular. Re Convoy great Way to Golf through Muskoka submitted photo the lads pose for photo before embarking via High Speed watercraft for their first Golf destination bigwig Island. The class c far left and class a will provide much Comfort on the trip. Machine Road warriors a 01_ aug 30 08. Ind e1 8 / 28/ 08 6 48 59 pm ;