After the kayak ride at Lovesick, it
was time for dinner on shore. The Coleman stove works great and with
the locks all having picnic tables, it makes it easy to have a nice
place to cook.
The rain clouds continued to roll
around the area but in the end it rained only a little bit sometime
during the night. And no visits from the local racoon population! The
lockmasters advise all of the boaters to put any bags of garbage in
the restroom to help avoid having racoons climbing all over your boat
as they search for food. It's a great idea as in the past we actually
had racoons slide our glass windows open so they could reach in and
grab our hamburger buns sitting on the counter!
The numbers of houseboats locking
through was amazing. With this being the last summer holiday, it
seems many were rented for Friday thru Monday. We couldn't figure out
where they were all going to stay as there was limited dockage beyond
this lock.
Then we looked out over lock at the
small islands below Lovesick – and there they were! Four in total
just tied to an island. Nice and easy to do in a houseboat and often
the way to go.
The sun finally made an appearance –
just before it set for the night!
Steve called me out to the aft deck to
see this really cool thing. Yikes! Get it off of the boat – so he
caught it in a glass and put it on shore. Swell. Guess I'll be stuck
on the boat the rest of the night …..
Monday's travel was still under very
overcast skies with tornado warnings for Fenelon Falls and areas
north of that. Fortunately we were enough south that we were able to
arrive to Bobcaygeon without any issues and with just a bit of rain
as we pulled in below the locks. Rain overnight but really? It went
from summer to fall in a day!
The place was empty by Monday night.
End of the long holiday weekend and so it seemed also the end of
summer! Jeans and sweatshirts again?? I guess that' appropriate since
we went to the hardware store to get the antifreeze for winterizing
the water systems on Guppy.
One last night at Fenelon Falls and
then over to the Fenelon Falls Marina where Guppy will be stored for
the winter.
Tomorrow: packing up and getting ready
to leave!
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