Well it was truly hard to leave this place! I would have a cottage here in a heart beat!!!
A morning swim and then we headed off back through Stony Lake to join the Trent Severn waterway again.Still lots of lovely homes on islands to view, including an Anglican Church on one small island which opens up in July and August for all the cottage residents .
I worked out of we telephone ahead to the locks we get to find out the status so that's what we will do from now on.
Left around 11 .30 am as the locks were clear of boats and were able to get through easily solo. No yelling or shouting amongst the crews as we had yesterday!!!
We decided not to stop at Buckhorn but headed on up to Gordon's Marina and arrived around 2 pm.
On the way we passed through Buckhorn and Pigeon Lakes ( the home of the Happy Rental houseboats) The average price for a house boat that sleeps 8 for this time of year is $1700 Canadian. If any of you want to try this experience , go for it.
Gordon's is a small old Marina ,built just over 100 years ago. We tied up on the long fuel dock and Jodie looked after us. Hot day but pending tender and rainfall due in a couple of hours time
If you are wanting to get through the Bobcaygeon lock which is just in front of us, there is quite a backup of houseboats waiting on the blue line where you tie up.Best is to go through that lock and tie up on the other side, if you want to leave early.
We headed into the town to have a Kawartha Icecream and check out the restaurant scene and the famous big shoe store . In the end we bought nothing there even though it had four stores joined together and a big selection .
With darkening skies , we decided to head back to the boat and order pizza for dinner tonight from Luigi's.
The heavens opened and we had a great free boat wash.It was quite the storm, even some hail stones!
Had a rest then ordered our pizzas , made a lovely fresh salad and enjoyed our first takeaway food for the trip.
Over and Out,
Crew Lady Erica
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