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Monday, July 16, 2012

We enjoyed our time at Sportsman’s Inn.  Everywhere we’ve been in Ontario has Kawartha ice cream.  My favorite flavor is Black Raspberry Thunder, but my second favorite flavor is Tiger Tail.  It is orange ice cream mixed with licorice ic…

Sunday, July15, 2012

We left Parry Sound on Saturday morning.  John had to get out the chart plotting kit to figure out exactly where we were supposed to go.  (Thanks, Sue).  The weather report was calling for scattered thunder storms last night and today.&n…

Friday, July 13, 2012

On Tuesday, we moved along the Trent-Severn Waterway with our ultimate destination being The Big Chute.  We arrived there around 2:30 and we were the only boat wanting to go through.  John has originally wanted to watch a few boats go through…

Monday, July 9, 2012

On Friday, with our guests still on board, we went through several locks, including the Peterborough Lift Lock.  That was especially fun since none of us had ever been in a Lift Lock before.  The ride up was smooth, unlike other locks we have…

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Oh my goodness.  Since we have Internet service tonight,we have a lot of catching up to do.  On Sunday, the 1st, Canada Day, Mike and Linda, and Ed and Kyle came to our boat to visit and watch the Canada Day fireworks.  The fireworks wer…

Friday, June 30, 2012

Our boat tied to the wall.Gazebo on this side of the river.House decorated for Canada Day.We shopped for a few things today like snacks for the fireworks and charts for the next couple of legs of the canal.  We were visited by two families from ac…

Friday, June 29, 2012

Once we had our wits about us this morning, we untied from the dock and headed across the river to the wall outside of the lock.  There was one boat here when we got here, and the man on board grabbed our lines and helped us tie up.  They loc…

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Today was the perfect day weatherwise.  It was sunny and warm in the 80s with a nice breeze.  We spent most of the day cleaning the boat.  Last night Claude and Gina came over and visited with us on the aft deck until about 2:30 A.M.&nbs…

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

This morning from 10:00 A.M. until noon, the harbor had the media people here to film and take pictures for the upcoming Warefront Festival later this summer.  They had a wooden “car” and an unusual looking monkey.  I thought it was a raccoon…

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

John and I spent the morning scrubbing the aft deck.  It looks so shiny and pretty now.  Then we went out for lunch to a restaurant called Banjo’s.  There was a woman in the restaurant wearing the tightest pair of pants I have ever seen….