Tuesday July 1: Lakefield

After the short trip to Ohio, we headed back north to the Trent on Thursday afternoon. By Friday late afternoon, Becky and I moved Guppy to Bobcaygeon while Steve drove the rental car to meet us.

It was a perfect weather day again – light breeze and warm sun.

Of course no trip to Bobcaygeon is complete without a trip to the bakery for a chelsea bun for breakfast. They may actually be getting better every year! I say this because sometimes the memory is better than the reality but in this case the reality IS better (or at least at good as) the memory.

It was a crazy night at the lower lock dockage area with the arrival of the houseboats (a vacation week with them begins on Fridays so Bobcaygeon is the most favorite place for the first night).

Fortunately we had stopped at the top of the lock for the night!

Off to Lovesick! We were through the lock at Bobcaygeon at 9:30 for a fast run through Pigeon and Buckhorn lakes. 

The goal was to arrive at Lovesick right around 11 am with the hope that we would be able to get a spot for the night. It's one of the most popular stops – and the favorite fishing spot for Steve and Becky.

From the lower docks at the lock it's also a nice place to swim. The water is about 78 degrees - perfect for cooling off from the now 80 degree days.

It wasn't too long before Becky pulled up a nice bass! One of the downsides of fishing off of the dam is that when a fish is caught, it's necessary to climb down to the side of the dam to be able to pull the fish in.

Nice fish – great job bringing it in!

Steve was not to be outdone but his fish really wasn't close to the size of Becky's :-)

And a great picture of Becky and me on top of the dam!

Lovesick is where we caught up with Peter and Cheryl (Deja Vu), Jim and Linda (Symmetry II) and Bob and Linda (Waypoint). They convinced the lockmaster to let them stay docked until we were able to make our way to Lovesick. It was a quick reunion as they had to move along (there is a 1 night limit to stay there with “checkout” at 11 am).

We then joined them at Burleigh Falls lock about 8pm or so for the last night stay in Canada for Becky. Steve had driven the rental car to Burleigh Falls lock earlier in the day (Peter used Jim's dinghy to go and pick him up as Lovesick is accessible only by water).

The whirlwind tour of Ohio and the Trent ended for Becky Saturday morning as we said goodbye's early that morning. She headed off to Toronto to make a noon flight back to California. It was a short but great visit :-)

The trip on to Lakefield was supposed to be a leasure trip involving perch fishing – well, not so much! The first place on Clear Lake (where the guy in the cottage yelled at us – we were on a houseboat – as we were spoiling his view!!!) was already taken by a boat fishing.

No problem, we'll stop at the lake below Young's Point and fish. Not so much there either! Too many boats flying by and without being able to stay in one spot, perch are really hard to catch.

Oh well – there is always another day to fish! Sunday night on the lock wall at Lakefied was very quiet and peaceful with several large cruisers headed north on their Great Loop journey.

Yesterday we moved a mile back to the Lakefield Marina to join Deja Vu, Symmetry and Waypoint. We've been here two nights now and will be here again tomorrow night. Maybe we'll move on Thursday – who knows!

This has been one of the better sunsets that we have seen lately.

It's been a very enjoyable and relaxing few days – just catching up on some down time. The evenings have been spent enjoying the company of a group of really nice friends. Once again, I'm reminded of just how fortunate we are to be able to do what we are doing.