8/3/11 Wednesday Free day in Killarney! Spent the better part of the morning on the internet getting booted off because I exceeded the capacity I was allotted! What? This part of being in Canada I do not like. The good news is th…
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Weaving Through Rocks!
Wednesday 7/27/11 First business of the day was fuel and a pumpout before leaving Queen’s Cove Marina. We only managed to get one item of the two done since the fuel pump started to smoke when they turned it on. Guess it’s even …
Visiting Friends
7/26/11 Tuesday We arrived yesterday in Victoria Harbour and after doing some boat chores and maybe one of us catching a nap, we were picked up by Bill & Mary. Canadian friends from Legacy Harbour in Ft. Myers. They were ver…
No We’re Not Lost!
7/18/11 Monday Had a nice thunderstorm last night that knocked the power out at the marina for an hour. Right on Que our inverter kicked in and kept our refrigeration going.Plans for today were to go as far as Burleigh Falls loc…
Lots of Locks!
7/14/11 Thursday Today we departed Campbellford and continued our voyage. The highlight was transiting the Healy Falls flight locks. Two locks connected to one another each with a 27′ vertical lift.Healy Falls Flight Lock.We did…
Headin up the Trent
7/12/11 Tuesday Time to leave Trenton but we can’t get out! The marina filled up after our arrival yesterday and the result was us ending up with very little wiggle room to get out as all the other boats were staying. We were ab…
Oh Canada!
Friday 7/8/11 Following a quiet night behind Boldt Castle we pulled the anchor to find it had grown a few whiskers. This was some of the most vile smelling stuff I’ve ever encountered in any anchorage.Anchor Beard.Once the ancho…
Antique Boats and Boldts
Wednesday 7/6/11 The weather forecast threatened rain and storms starting late in the morning so with that in my arsenal I was able to talk Pam into a 6 am departure! Again our ride was a bit rocky until we turned into the St. L…
Headin North
Monday 7/4/11 After last nights marina cook-out followed by fireworks over Oneida Lake we couldn’t find any reason to keep us from continuing on our adventure so at the early hour of 11:30am we cast off, leaving Brewerton in our…
Back in Brewerton
Thursday 6/30/11 We’re back at Tourist following a whirlwind visit home to catch up with family and friends and of course the required doctor, dentist, optometrist, etc. visits that seem to be part of the aging proce…
