yes dear …

July 30, 2019 Tuesday Bustard Island group, ON  to Sportman’s Marina, Killarney, ON  40.4 nautical miles.

45°58’11.7″N 81°30’54.2″W
45.969904, -81.515057
Elevation: 577 ft

This is our last day in the Georgian Bay. We’ve really pushed through it faster than we wanted to. We’ll be back again and stay longer. We just received notice of another 2 week lock closure near Chicago in September and need to catch the lock openings our we won’t be able to get to St Paul till next year.

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With the water levels as high as they are we were lucky enough to be able to take the channel behind Phillip Edward Island. At normal water levels we wouldn’t have been able to take this run as there is a narrow section of water that is barely four feet. We entered at Beaverstone Bay, crossed Mill Lake and exited out Collins Inlet.

This run was the most beautiful we’ve had in Canada. It had a little bit of everything but locks. Open water, island, narrow channels, trees, spectacular pink granite and plenty of rocks.

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A short open water run and then into the Killarney Channel that connects the Georgian Bay to North Channel.

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It’s a Sportsman’s Inn is an expensive marina especially given where we are and what it is. NO internet on the island side of the marina.

Worse yet, there was no bait store. Don’t Canadians fish? The ice cream store sells worms.

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Disappearing propeller boat (aka Dispro or Dippy) is a unique boat originally built in Port Carling, Ontario Canada. The unique feature is its disappearing propeller, in that if the prop hits an object it will retract into the boat preventing damage.

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I came out of yes dear to see what all the noise was behind our boat. This saiboat came by with its foot just flapping in the wind. It was footloose, just flapping. I knew I needed to run for my camera. I was certain it was going to hit the boat dock and then it started going for the boats…

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It was a noisy night with whistling in the wind sailboat lines and howling hounds.

Floccinaucinihilipilification

There are no mountainous landscapes in Ontario. The highest point is Ishpatina Ridge 2,274 feet above sea level in Temagami, Northeastern Ontario.

Nauti Words

Footloose and fancy-free: someone acting without commitment.
Origin: The bottom of a sail is the foot and must be attached to the boom. If it is not properly attached it may become “footloose” causing the sail to dance randomly in the wind and the vessel not to sail properly.

Try a different tack/change tack: try a different method or approach
Origin: The direction in which a ship moves as determined by the position of its sails and regarded in terms of the direction of the wind (starboard tack). If one tack didn’t bring the ship up properly, one could always attempt another.

Drolleries and Yuks

How long do chickens work?
     Around the cluck!

July 29, 2019 Monday Snug Harbor, Georgian Bay, ON  to Tie Island in the Bustard Island group, ON  46.7 nautical miles.

45°53’53.9″N 80°53’50.3″W
45.898308, -80.897309
Elevation: 577 ft

Along the Way

Another grey day. At least we had the sun for most of yesterday.

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The local experts recommend the open water run on the Georgian Bay from Point Au Baril Lighthouse to the French River Provincial Park/ Bustard Islands as the small craft channel going west from Point Au Baril Lighthouse isn’t as pretty what we’ve been through and very time consuming to travel.

After securing yes dear, a little bit of fishing and exploring was on the agenda.

Neighbors

There are 5 Looper boats and 9 other boats with us in the anchorage tonight. Most are tied Mediterranean style drop short scope anchor and tie the stern to the land (e.g. rock, tree) to minimize swing.
We managed to do it too. It wasn’t pretty to watch.

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☹ Docktails was cancelled due to rain.

We left our anchor light off, just like everyone else.

Good Night

Floccinaucinihilipilification

It is widely believed that the legend of Paul Bunyan was inspired by Big Joe Mufferaw (birth name, Josesph Montferrand). Mufferaw was a lumberjack who was renowned for his feat of strengths. He became beloved for his courageous stand against big logging companies. Even though he was a real life logger and strongman, many of his feats were embellished. A statue has been dedicated to him in his hometown of Mattawa, Ontario. He was also the subject of the Stompin’ Tom Connors’ song bearing his name.

Nauti Words

Even keel – calm and steady. situation that is well balanced.

Origin: A vessel that floats upright without list is said to be on an even keel. A keel is like the backbone of the vessel, the lowest and principal centerline structural member running fore and aft.  Keeled over (upside down) was a sailor’s term for death.

Drolleries and Yuks

What did one hat say to the other?
     You wait here. I’ll go on a head.

July 28, 2019 Sunday Indian Harbour, Georgian Bay, ON to Snug Harbor, Georgian Bay, ON  47.2 nautical miles.

45°22’39.8″N 80°18’36.9″W
45.377722, -80.310241
Elevation: 577 ft

Along the Way

Cold grey morning. Again we zig zagged our way through channel markers in a serious rock avoidance course. We rocked out to Canadian band Tragically Hip.

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We continue to be amazed a how many cottages/homes and how much boat traffic there is in these remote areas. (skipped these pictures today 🙂

Here comes the sun! Definitely prettier with the sun.

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Parry Sound. I want to come back here.

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Mary was tired of hearing Dale gripe about not being able to find a real bait store. Canadian Tire is NOT a bait store. After gorging ourselves with gourmet quiches, potato pancakes, salads, fresh fruit and MORE at the Country Gourmet Sunday brunch we went in search of a real bait store.

We didn’t get too far before we were stopped dead with the delicious smell of jerk chicken and pork at Fort Knox Island Grill. We were too full to eat again but Mary would go any further unless we bought some jerk for supper before we returned to the boat.

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Dale stopped to ask Mike if he knew where there was a bait shop. Mike has a great little shop in one of the bays in the car wash he owns. Mike knew of a bait store a little ways up the road that a friend of his owned. He gave us a ride. All I can say is Thank you and Canada Nice!

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This whole area is one big hunk of rock. The Canadian Shield at its finest.

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Good Night

Mary’s instructions were to drive the dingy anywhere she wanted to go as long as it was in the direction Dale wanted. Um, OK?

Dale’s new lure cost more than a single buffet brunch at the Country Gourmet. The lure worked! He probably caught his money’s worth of fish tonight. Below are pictures of the two largest bass. Purple works.

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Dale’s done griping. He’s smiling now.

Floccinaucinihilipilification

The Canadian Shield is composed of igneous rock resulting from its long volcanic history and covered by a thin layer of soil. With a deep, common, joined bedrock region in eastern and central Canada, it stretches north from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean, covering over half of Canada; it also extends south into the northern reaches of the United States.

Nauti Words

Gripe: complain, complain, complain. An act of grasping something tightly(archaic)
Origin: Lashings securing a boat in its place on deck or in davits. Vessel tending to come up into the wind in spite of the helm.

Drolleries and Yuks

What did the Tin Man say when he got run over by a steamroller?
      “Curses! Foil again!”

Poet Laureate

This is a special contribution from Vienna J

Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!
Show your bum to Canadian Tire.

July 27, 2019 Saturday Bay Port Marina, Midland, ON   to Indian Harbour, Georgian Bay, ON   31.2 nautical miles.

45°02’04.5″N 80°00’39.3″W
45.034582, -80.010915
Elevation: 577 ft

I couldn’t wait to go to the bakery this morning. The smell of fresh baked bread wafted over the marina last night! Better yet, Midland is the famous for its butter tarts.

Along the Way

Canada Nice! That sums up the marina and our marina neighbors. Our neighbor Chuck from the big boat next to yes dear in yesterday’s blog took us to the bakery and the grocery store to provision before we took off.

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LOL we forgot beer. Ken, the Bay Port Marina owner, drove us to the Beer Store so we could pick some up.

We stopped for fuel as we were leaving the marina. The service attendants descended on us like we an Indy car. They fueled both sides at the same time and a third person was standing by in case we needed a pump out. Ken runs and awesome marina with great customer service.

And we are off!

You get pictures of the whole run entire run from Midland to Honey Harbour to Indian Harbour. The small ship channel which we are following runs in and out of the islands and sometimes into the bay. It was a dark dreary day but the temperature was quite pleasant.

This area of the Georgian is often referred to as 30,000 Islands but it more likely has over 100,000 islands as there are so many land surface inches below the waterline.  We’re really glad we attended the navigation overview last night in the marina. Without plotted charts it would be so easy to get lost.  Too bad we don’t have a month to spend here. We are really trying to get back to the Twin Cities by October.

Ken forewarned us of the heavy boat traffic in this area and competition for anchoring. He wasn’t exaggerating. Competitive boating at its finest. It was nary impossible for me to take picture without a boat in it.

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Our first attempt to anchor tonight was Bernadette Island Cove in Monument Channel. We found a great place to anchor but people in a cottage came out and started yelling at us to leave. Go Home!  Go Home!  Not that they owned the water, we decide to relocate rather than deal with them.  Bernadette Island Cove already had several boats anchored so we decided to move on to Indian Harbour.

LOL. Indian Harbor was a little smaller and had more boats than Bernadette Island Cove! Competitive anchoring at its finest. At least no one was yelling at us.

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Floccinaucinihilipilification

The Canadian Shield, also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier canadien (French), is a large area of exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks (geological shield) that forms the ancient geological core of the North American. It covers about two-thirds of Ontario and is exposed in the Georgian Bay.

Nauti Words

We binge ate our butter tarts. It’s a good thing we only bought four.

Origin: Binge
Rinsing or clearing something out or soaking a wooden vessel. The word binge was first recorded in 1825 and spelt ‘benge’. The word, written as we know it today, was recorded in 1854, and was a form of English dialect that meant ‘to soak’.

I wonder how many butter tarts I would have to eat to feel full?

GRRRRRR

Drolleries and Yuks

What do you call a fake noodle?
     An impasta.

July 26, 2019 Friday Lock 44 Big Chute, Severn River, Coldwater, ON   to Bay Port Marina, Midland, ON   17.1  nautical miles.

44°45’40.9″N 79°53’41.7″W
44.761358, -79.894919
Elevation: 577 ft               Locks 1   Descent 16 feet

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Our last lock in the Trent-Severn Waterway. We parted ways with Shoreline Traveler a buddy boat at the top of the lock. The lock was so small it could only take one larger boat at a time. Shoreline Traveler had lost their starboard engine yesterday and are only running on one. They’re headed a different direction than we are so they can get it overhauled. 🙁

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Locked out! Passed through our final lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway, a total of 43.

Headed into the Georgian Bay

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Floccinaucinihilipilification

The Georgian Bay, just north of Lake Huron, is a bit of a misnomer. At 5,792 square miles it’s not that much smaller than Lake Ontario (7,320 square miles), earning it the nickname “the sixth Great Lake.” With more than 1,240 miles of grayish-pink granite shoreline, it is part of a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

At the moment, the Georgian Bay is 55 inches above mean water level.

Nauti Words

Origin: Overhaul
To prevent the buntline ropes from chaffing the sails, crew were sent aloft to haul them over the sails. This was called overhauling.

Drolleries and Yuks

Where are average things manufactured?
     The satisfactory

July 25, 2019 Thursday Chiefs Island on Lake Couchiching, Orillia, ON to Lock 44 Big Chute, Severn River, Coldwater ON   29.8  nautical miles.

44°53’02.8″N 79°40’36.8″W
44.884114, -79.676898
Elevation: 593 ft             Locks 3   Descent 126 feet

Good Morning! I’m beginning to rethink my previously held position on spiders. Dale wouldn’t let me use the spider sucker a couple days ago because there were two deer flies in its web.

Along the Way

We’ve paired up with Looper Boat SHORLINE TRAVLER (Pierre and Renee) for the Georgian Bay run.

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Our original thought was to time up at the top of Lock 44 Big Chute then chute it in the morning. As long as it was still early enough why not do it today? **Blame Mark H if there are toooooooo many pictures in this section. He told me to take lots so I did.

Taking turns at the lock. Unlike the locks the first boat in line isn’t always the first boat loaded. The lock master (chute master ???) needs to ensure boats are proper balance. Also, unlike the locks little boats are loaded first and larger boats last.

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After a pot luck supper swam using noodle for over an hour. Where were you? We needed someone to take our picture.

Floccinaucinihilipilification

The patent slip (aka marine railway) was invented by shipwright Thomas Morton in 1818, it offered an alternative to the expensive and time-consuming process of dry docking a ship to perform maintenance or repairs to its hull below waterline.

Big Chute Marine Railway is a patent slip. This engineering marvel physically lifts the boats out of the water in individual cradles and over an inclined plain 60 feet on a track system, before launching them back into the water where they can continue their journey.

The old system was decommissioned by Parks Canada, to conform with modern safety standards, although the old tracks and carriage still remain. The last operation of the old system was in 2003.

Nauti Words

Origin: Taking turn
Changing watches with the turn of the hour glass.

Drolleries and Yuks

Why can’t male ants sink?
     They’re buoy-ant.

July 24, 2019 Wednesday Lock 39 Portage (middle of nowhere) Brock, ON  22.8 to  Chiefs Island on Lake Couchiching, Orillia, ON       nautical miles.

44°39’11.1″N 79°22’41.9″W
44.653082, -79.378298
Elevation: 719 ft               Locks 3   Descent 26 feet

Lock 39 Portage – It was wonderful night. Cool and crisp. Nice sleeping weather. We slept well except for the two trains that came through somewhere nearby. But it wasn’t the trains that disturbed our slumber. It was the darned pack of coyotes that got riled up at the trains.

Along the Way

We pulled into the Orillia City Marina for lunch and to pick up a few groceries. We were greeted by about a dozen Looper friends before we got off the dock.

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Lunch and grocery shopping. Once we saw the do-it-yourself bread cutter we knew we needed to try it. Custom slice your own bread. After we cut 10 loaves we took the best looking two and placed the other 8 back on the shelf.

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Just kidding about the other eight loaves. But we really did cut and buy 2 loaves.

It was a tough decision to stay the night in the marina or continue on and anchor out as we had planned. Anchoring out won. We haven’t anchored out since July 9. (Staying on a lock is close, but not the same as anchoring.) . We both wanted to swim and Dale wanted to fish.

Neighbors

Mary went to investigate what the whole lot of cussing and stomping on the swim deck was about. Dale had tossed out a fishing line and was fending off deer flies with the fly swatter. What did the Indigenous Peoples do?

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Floccinaucinihilipilification

Lake Simcoe is name for Sir John Simcoe who was the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1791. He is well known for having abolished slavery in 1793, 72 years before the United States.

Britain abolished slavery throughout its empire by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (with the notable exception of India), the French colonies re-abolished it in 1848. The Indian Slavery Act abolished slavery in 1843.

Drolleries and Yuks

Why did the chicken go to the séance?
To get to the other side.

July 23, 2019 Tuesday Big Bob Channel Lock 32, Bobcaygeon, ON to Lock 39 Portage (middle of nowhere) Brock, ON     35.7 nautical miles.

44°29’56.5″N 79°07’55.7″W
44.499026, -79.132147
Elevation: 745 ft   Locks 2   Ascent 30 feet. Locks 3 Descent 95 feet

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Fenelon Falls. From one cutesie town Babcageon to another Fenelon Falls.

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Floccinaucinihilipilification

– Marshmallow was originally made from the mallow plant (Athaea officinalis) that grows wild in marshes. 
– The French were introduced to marshmallow in the early to mid-1800s.  candy makers replaced the mallow root with gelatin.
– Americans buy 90 million pounds of marshmallows each year, about the same weight as 1,286 gray whales.

Drolleries and Yuks

Did you hear about the fire in the shoe factory?
The police said some heels started it. 10,000 soles were lost.

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July 22, 2019 Monday Otonabee River Lock 26, Lakefield, ON  to Big Bob Channel Lock 32, Bobcaygeon, ON     35.0 nautical miles.

44°25’10.3″N 78°16’13.2″W
44.419535, -78.270335
Elevation: 810 ft            Locks 5   Ascent 59 feet

We were startled awake in the middle of the night with a loud bang and something that sounded like electricity crackling.

Along the Way

It was pretty cool this morning. With Mary’s new hair cut she now knows how Dale feels when he says is head is cold.

Hells Gate area. I imagine someone has a good business fixing props. It’s so beautiful it’s hard to limit pictures. (That and I have free internet)

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Neither Dale or I get it. Some people really want to live on and island or more accurate, a big rock. I suspect it sounded good at the time they bought it. We are not big rock people. No electricity. Wonder where their septic is going?

Vacation season

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Some of the passages are as narrow as the locks. We are not good sharers and always wait rather than to pass between with an oncoming vessel.

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Bobcaygeon is the Nisswa MN of Ontario.

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Floccinaucinihilipilification

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world’s lakes combined.

Drolleries and Yuks

Bobcaygeon by Tragically Hip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofChsLBfBp0

I left your house this morning
‘Bout a quarter after nine
Coulda been the Willie Nelson
Coulda been the wine

When I left your house this

 morning,
It was a little after nine
It was in Bobcaygeon, I saw the constellations
Reveal themselves, one star at time

Drove back to town this morning
With working on my mind
I thought of maybe quittin’
Thought of leavin’ it behind

Went back to bed this morning
And as I’m pullin’ down the blind
Yeah, the sky was dull and hypothetical
And fallin’ one cloud at a time

That night in Toronto
With its checkerboard floors
Riding on horseback
And keeping order restored
‘Til The Men They Couldn’t Hang
Stepped to the mic and sang
And their voices rang with that Aryan twang

I got to your house this morning
Just a little after nine
In the middle of that riot
Couldn’t get you off my mind

So, I’m at your house this morning
Just a little after nine
‘Cause, it was in Bobcaygeon
Where I saw the constellations reveal themselves
One star at time

July 21, 2019 Sunday Peterborough Marina, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON   to Otonabee River Lock 26, Lakefield, ON       8.9 nautical miles.

44°25’10.3″N 78°16’13.2″W
44.419535, -78.270335
Elevation: 751 ft            Locks 7   Ascent 134 feet

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Peterborough Lift Lock 21 National Historic Site of Canada.  Lock 21 is the highest hydraulic lift lock in the world at 65 feet. Opened on July 9, 1904. It still runs perfectly 115 years later. The water powered lift lock is an engineering marvel that operates on a balance system entirely without electricity.

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Water is let into the upper chamber and the heavier chamber automatically descends, forcing up the lower chamber to start a new cycle. Because of Archimedes Principle, adding the boat displaces the equivalent weight in water, so the mechanism doesn’t have to deal with any more weight.

Check out the window and doors in the walls. They don’t flood because water stays in the tubs.

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Locals honk their horns as they pass through to scare the ghost(s).

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Trent University in Peterborough.
Just like the UoM Minneapolis, a river divides the campus. UoM has a covered bridge. Trent University doesn’t. Bet it’s a cold walk in the winter.

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Lock 22. This is our 132nd lock on our loop. We still have 235.4 kilometers to Port Severn at the end of the Trent-Severn Waterway (22 more locks).

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Good Night

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Floccinaucinihilipilification

Canada’s official phone number is 1-800-O-CANADA.

Canada is just 1.5% larger in land than the U.S.A.

Drolleries and Yuks

Where are fish in orbit?
     In trout-er space

July 20, 2019 Saturday Peterborough Marina, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON   0 nautical miles.

44°17’48.2″N 78°19’05.7″W
44.296727, -78.318259
Elevation: 617 ft            Locks –   Ascent – feety

Along the Way

Woo Woo! We have guests. Chanda, Vienna and Alex J from Toronto are here for the weekend. They came bearing gifts and are working hard to Canadianize us.

The Tragically Hip won over 16 Juno awards but never managed to break into the USA market. Incredible…
Canadian beer has managed to break into the USA market.

Unfortunately we pretty much hung around inside yes dear for the air conditioning the most part of day. Outside felt exactly like the inside of a Montreal wood fired bagel oven.

Chanda and Mary did manage to wander out to Farmers Market for butter tarts and Montreal wood fired bagels. 🙂

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This poor man… He said the boiling the bagels was actually hotter work than baking the bagels in a wood fired oven. I’ll take his word for that. We bought 6 of the sesame seed Montreal style bagels.

In early evening it barely cooled down enough for us to go the Peterborough Music Fest. The bubble chaser kept us amused until the music started, and even longer than that. First you blow the bubbles then chase them all down to catch them. A light breeze carries them a long ways. Such joy!

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Tonight Virginia to Vegas https://www.facebook.com/virginiatovegasofficial/ was featuring songs that didn’t make the cut for their last record. LOL Yup, you heard that right. If it wasn’t good enough for the album, why were they featuring them ? We left early ….

Floccinaucinihilipilification

Americans have invaded Canada twice, in 1775 and 1812. They lost both times.

One of the thirteen articles in the 1781 U.S. Articles of Confederation states that if Canada wants to be admitted into the U.S., it will automatically be accepted.

Drolleries and Yuks

What kind of math do owls like?
     Owlgebra

July 19, 2019 Friday Peterborough Marina, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON   0 nautical miles.

44°17’48.2″N 78°19’05.7″W
44.296727, -78.318259
Elevation: 617 ft            Locks –   Ascent – feet

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Take 5

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Floccinaucinihilipilification

Americans have invaded Canada twice, in 1775 and 1812. They lost both times.

One of the thirteen articles in the 1781 U.S. Articles of Confederation states that if Canada wants to be admitted into the U.S., it will automatically be accepted.

July 18, 2019 Thursday Peterborough Marina, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON   0 nautical miles.

44°17’48.2″N 78°19’05.7″W
44.296727, -78.318259
Elevation: 617 ft            Locks –   Ascent – feet

Along the Way

Another day spent working around the boat. We should have bought a smaller boat.

Lemon juice is a wonder cleaner for boat stains. We ran out and needed to hit up the grocery store.

Tales from the Loop

Dale and I both religiously read the America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association (AGLCA) email forum everyday. Every now and then one of the forum topics gets a little dicey and ‘mom’ needs to step in…… This form topic looked like it was going to go south very quickly and it did. LOL

Subject: Who is the moron here?
Posted by: Kimberly Russo on 7/16/2019 at 9:37 AM

The Home Port Crew has been monitoring this post. It has been teetering on the edge, and it’s officially crossed the line. It is now closed to further comment.

Kim Russo
Director
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association

You tell them Kim!

Floccinaucinihilipilification

Before he was the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau worked as a nightclub bouncer and a snowboarding instructor.

Drolleries and Yuks

Why did the kangaroo stop drinking coffee?
     She got too jumpy!

July 17, 2019 Wednesday Peterborough Marina, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON   0 nautical miles.

44°17’48.2″N 78°19’05.7″W
44.296727, -78.318259
Elevation: 617 ft            Locks –   Ascent – feet

We decided to hang around Peterborough through the weekend. The week is supposed to be rainy and hot. Here we have a secure mooring and better yet, air conditioning.

Today was both rainy and hot.

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Mary needed a down day after all the walking around Toronto. Not Dale. Mr Ambitious attacked the mustache yes dear has been wearing for the past couple of months. (stains from tannin in the river water).

Mary did manage a short walk about to the farmers market. Off to the farmers market. yes dear is left of the boat on the left with the Canadian flag in the picture below (grey dingy on top).

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Wednesday night concert featured the Paper Shakers https://www.papershakers.com/ and Said the Whale https://saidthewhale.com/

After about 10 minutes we relocated our seats. Good thing because they stood there for the remainder of the night.

Floccinaucinihilipilification

It’s estimated that 93,000 Canadians live in the U.S. with expired visas, more than any other group of immigrants.

Disambiguation

Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving the oars through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving a single oar over the stern. By extension, the oars themselves are often referred to as sculls when used in this manner, and the boat itself may be referred to as a scull.

Rowers sit facing the rear of the boat and wield an oar that pivots in an oarlock. Boats are called shells. Rowers either scull (row with two oars) or sweep row (one oar). Sweep oars are longer than sculling oars. The rowing team is called a “crew.”

Drolleries and Yuks

Which dog breed is guaranteed to laugh at all of your jokes?
     A Chi-ha-ha!

July 17, 2019 Tuesday Peterborough Marina, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON   0 nautical miles.

44°17’48.2″N 78°19’05.7″W
44.296727, -78.318259
Elevation: 617 ft            Locks –   Ascent – feet

Along the Way

Peameal bacon (also known as cornmeal bacon) is a wet-cured, unsmoked back bacon found mainly in Southern Ontario. The name “peameal bacon” derives from the historic practice of rolling the cured and trimmed boneless loin in dried and ground yellow peas (or corn meal) to extend shelf life. Toronto pork packer William Davies, who came to Canada from England in 1854, is credited with its development.

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St Paul MN really needs a market!

The Distillery District

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Old Town District

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Union Station

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Queens Park

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I’m not sure how effective the protester was. It sounded like he was speaking in an Asian language. Pretty certain it wasn’t English or French.

I’m reasonably certain we were at Harry Potter World (University of Toronto)

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Found Chinatown

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Then off to catch a Greyhound.

Thanks Chanda for you exploration ideas and letting us spend the night at your house!

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Yonge Street in Toronto is the longest street in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It’s 1,896 km long. We walked at least part of it.

Around 25% of Hollywood movies are actually filmed in Toronto. We saw two filming crews. One in the Distillery District and the other on the University of Toronto campus.

Drolleries and Yuks

Why did the baby elephant need a new suitcase for her vacation?
     She only had a little trunk.

July 15, 2019 Monday Peterborough Marina, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON   0 nautical miles.

44°17’48.2″N 78°19’05.7″W
44.296727, -78.318259
Elevation: 617 ft            Locks –   Ascent – feet

Along the Way

Off Toronto for an overnight to visit Mary’s friend Chanda J.

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Look out Toronto!

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But of course we headed straight to the harbor.

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Time to connect up with Chanda. She has to be done working by now! She works over by the CN Tower.

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After a cold one we were off to pick up her 4 year old daughter Vienna from day care, meet up her husband Alex and head out for supper.

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Chanda and her family graciously invited us to spend the night in their condo. They live in the Distillery District of Toronto. But of course we took them up on it! We got to sleep in their loft bed that Vienna calls the Tree House.

Good Night

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Inspired by the green guy … We sat on the condo roof top patio and watched the night settle in.

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Thanks Chanda, Alex and Vienna!

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Hanlan’s Point Stadium in Centre Island is where Babe Ruth made his first professional home run.

Approximately half of Toronto’s population was born outside of Canada.

25% of Canada’s population lives within a 160 km radius of Toronto

Drolleries and Yuks

Why didn’t the elephant get the job he wanted?
   His qualifications were completely irr-elephant.

July 14, 2019 Sunday Otonabee River Lock 18, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON  to Peterborough Marina, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON   1.1 nautical miles.

44°17’48.2″N 78°19’05.7″W
44.296727, -78.318259
Elevation: 617 ft            Locks –   Ascent – feet

Along the Way

We moved from here … to there. A total of 1.1 nautical miles. A shorter distance if we walked it.

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Neighbors

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Happy National Nude Day July 14! Hope you celebrated! (We didn’t.) https://nationaltoday.com/national-nude-day/

If you missed this event the next similar event is April 18 ‘National Send Nudes (picture) Day’. We will probably skip this one too.

Drolleries and Yuks

What do you get when you cross a fish with an elephant ?
     Swimming trunks.

July 13, 2019 Saturday Otonabee River Lock 18, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON  0 nautical miles.

44°17’22.0″N 78°18’28.2″W
44.289437, -78.307822
Elevation: 617 ft            Locks –   Ascent – feet

Along the Way

But of course Mary couldn’t sleep in all morning even though we planned to keep yes dear on the lock wall for another night. Dale wanted to buy bait and maybe an new pair of shorts. His ‘end of life’ clothes are becoming ;end of life’ before he is.

We didn’t get too far before Mary made Dale stop. Have to say this was one of the best farmers markets we’ve been to with all the diverse food booths and farmers market stuff.

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Shopping…

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Dale didn’t get clothes but he did buy bait.

LUNCH! Kawartha Rotary Ribfest. They take BBQ serious around here!

Boss Hog’s

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Fat Boys

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A couple more

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All this by 1:00 pm. We raced back to the boat because it started to rain.

Neighbors

Good Night

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Speaking of shopping, the Mall of America in the Twin Cities is owned by Canadians.

Canada consumes the most doughnuts and has the most doughnut shops per capita of any country in the world.

Canada consumes more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world.

Drolleries and Yuks

Why did the whale cross the street?
   To get to the other tide.

July 12, 2019 Thursday Trent River Lock 13, Trent-Severn Waterway, Campbellford, ON  to Otonabee River Lock 18, Trent-Severn Waterway, Peterborough, ON  50.2 nautical miles.

44°17’22.0″N 78°18’28.2″W
44.289437, -78.307822
Elevation: 617 ft            Locks 6   Ascent 122 feet

Along the Way

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Whew. We think we figure out our locking kissing issues from yesterday. We think it is related to us being the only boat in the lock and the lock doors starting to close as soon as we are clear, coupled with extra-length in lock cord. Closing the doors causes swirl and the extra length in the lock cord acts like a big sling shot we try to move the stern over. To compensate we’ve been tying off our mid-cleats then of the bow and stern. Only 26 more locks to go till we are off the Trent-Severne.

Good Night!

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“Canada” is an Iroquoian language word meaning “Village.”

The U.S. / Canada Border is the longest international border in the world and it lacks military defense.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor during WW2, Canada declared war on Japan before the USA did.

I really like Canada!

Drolleries and Yuks

What’s the smartest animal?
    Fish because they stay in schools.

July 11, 2019 Wednesday Trent River Lock 6, Trent-Severn Waterway, Frankford, ON   to Trent River Lock 13, Trent-Severn Waterway, Campbellford, ON    22.8 nautical miles.

44°19’13.6″N 77°47’10.3″W
44.320448, -77.786181
Elevation: 495 ft            Locks 7   Ascent 134 feet

Along the Way

Helping the lock master prep the lock for the next lift.

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Up river

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Locks 11 and 12 at Ranney Falls were step locks. There is a suspension bridge over the falls. REAL FALLS! This is the first one we’ve seen. They are usually dammed over or off in another channel.

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It was a hard day today for yes dear. Lock hard. She kissed the first lock of the day with Mary at the helm and left a little lipstick on the lock wall. She kissed the second lock of the day with Dale at the helm and left a little more lipstick on the lock wall.

We struggled but managed to make it through the next 5 locks. One would think at having already cleared 117 locks we’d have it figured out.

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Oh what a wonderful evening! We moored at top of Campbellford Lock 13 for the night. After a cool down swim we biked back to town to catch up with friends on the Campbellford city wall. Swimming on the waterways has been fabulous. The water is really clear and warm.

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Despite being a huge country (second only to Russia), Canada has the fourth lowest population density in the world, with only three people living per square kilometre! Almost half of the population in Canada were born in other countries.

15.9% of the population is 65 or older. 68.5% are between the ages of 15 and 64.

The median age is 41 years.

Drolleries and Yuks

What do you get when you cross a centipede with a parrot?
     A walkie talkie.