Monday August 26: Orillia - Time to Head South

The leaves are beginning to change and the days are getting shorter. It must be time to be thinking of heading south.

We arrived at Orillia without any problems after installing the new distributor cap Peter and Cheryl delivered to us. Rest assured we'll be picking another one up while we're here with easy access to extra parts.

More very peaceful travel on the Severn River. Sure is more relaxing when the engine is running right again!

Swift Rapids lock never ceases to amaze with its 47 foot lift. The doors just sort of resonate as the lock fills. Not sure I like that sound ...




Saw a cute float along the way. Maybe Guppy needs one of those to tow behind?







We were in and tied up by late afternoon on Saturday - it was good to be back here. Orillia is one of our favorite stops.

I don't know where yesterday went. Although I suspect having internet on the boat was definitely part of where it went :-) I was finally able to start making plans for how we were going to get from Fenelon Falls back to Yesterdays' Dream.

And then the storms started rolling through. Just about dusk (remember the other bad squalls in the North Channel? Just about dusk? What is it ...) with lots of wind and rain. A repeat show sometime in the middle of the night.

And then rain again this morning. We considered waiting until late afternoon to cross Lake Simcoe (last of the large lakes that can really blow up fast and wicked) but in the end decided to just wait until tomorrow.

It just wasn't a very nice morning. But we went out to breakfast anyway. I got a haircut. Steve rode to the auto parts store.

We also entertained ourselves by ordering a pair of glasses for Steve online. It was an experience! Really cool though. Upload a picture of your face and you can 'try on' the glasses. I was measuring the distance between his pupils here :-)

Wonder how that is going to turn out ..... sent to Wendy's so we'll find out when we get to North Carolina.

After the rains cleared up it was time to ride and get some exercise. There is a nice bike path but we cut off at the end and rode through some of the streets near the lake. Very nice homes - well kept.

What was lacking was any kind of lake access. Not at all like Florida where every few streets there is public access to the ocean. Guess it's a lot different around lakes.

We thought of course about Fozzi and how he would have liked the Dog Water Fountain in the park near the marina!

This is a first class place for sure :-)








So long Orillia until next year. Tomorrow we'll move on to either Coboconk or Fenelon Falls.