Sunday June 22: Picking up Rebecca!!

After spending 3 days at Orillia (I'm not sure exactly where the time went but I'm certain it involved more working on the boat!), it was time to rent a car for a day and head to Toronto. Becky arrived at 6 am yesterday. Maximizing time already!!

It was Christmas in June at the Port of Orillia and downtown sidewalk sales day uptown.

Lots of fun stuff to see and buy  – including many pieces of art by locals. I think the lawn mower bicycle was one of my favorites!

The library was promoting reading while Steve and Becky were just having fun with the large sculptured letters :-)

Steve was willing to pose next to the “chef” at one of the restaurants along the main drag. I would take Steve's cooking ANYDAY over any chef in any restaurant!!

We spent Saturday relaxing and checking out the parts of Orillia that have stayed the same or changed since we were last year.  

Coolest thing spotted? The car that drove up to the ramp and drove right on into the water!! I didn't get the make or model though – maybe we could get a car like that to tow as a dinghy??

We also met up with Peter, Cheryl and Lois (Cheryl's mom) on Deja Vu. They had traveled from their home port of Midland on southern Georgian Bay. It was great to see them again – we last parted ways in the Bahamas when we were on the trawler and they were on their sailboat.

Guppy was dressed for Christmas (thanks to Becky for hauling lights to us :-)) and the party was on!

It was an early up and go to cross Lake Simcoe before any winds might come up. It was so calm that even at cruising speed of 20 mph the boat steered itself!

Gorgeous day …..

As we retraced our way back toward Fenelon Falls, the timing of the 5 locks and 2 bridges between Lake Simcoe and Coboconk went pretty well with only a one hour wait at the first lock. 

We were headed for the “favorite” parts of the Trent for the next week that Becky would be with us.

As we moved along Canal Lake, our swans were still in the area but now the six chicks were another week older. They are growing quickly!!

It was nice to see that all of the babies are still there. When they are smaller, they are a favorite food of bass.

Once past the Kirfield lift lock, it was a quick trip across Balsam Lake to “our” dock at Coboconk. Total time for the 46 mile trip? Eight hours! More than half of the trip was in no wake areas and the locks just take up time as well.

Another fun picture: the white geese butts in the air as they stick their heads under water as they eat!