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The 18th was another many lock day. We started at Bobcaygeon (Lock 32), went thorough Fenelon Falls — which was a beautiful place and looked like a nice stop — but we pushed on… We had to go through a narrow canal/river on our way to Kirkfield Lift Lock — and had to wait forContinue reading “Bobcageon to Thorah Lock 40 August 18th”

After a full day of going through Locks on the Trent Severn Waterway, we stopped overnight at the Lakefield Lock Wall to spend the night — no water or power, but luckily it was a cool night. The locks were slow so we didn’t make it to our planned marina. Lakefield was a nice placeContinue reading “Lakefield to Bobcaygeon August 16-17”

We headed to Peterborough Marina, in Ontario and after a long 8 hour day and 40 miles, we cleaned up the boat then strolled around town to find an Irish pub, McThirsty’s Pint Larry had a Moosehead beer — Canada’s Oldest Independent Brewery. We headed back to the boat and had some great Indian FoodContinue reading “Peterborough Marina and the Famous Peterborough Lift Lock August 15-16th”

We spent the night at Hastings Marina, just past the Hastings Lock #18. It was a cute marina, just on the waterway, within walking distance of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church where we walked to for Saturday night service. After church we went to get appetizers at the local restaurant McGillicafey’s PubContinue reading “Hastings Marina at Lock #18 August 14th”

The first day on the Trent river was very scenic. There were several houses or “cottages” along the river and the park service had some glamping cottages as well that they rent out. We went through several locks and a few swing bridges. Campbellford, Ontario was a quaint small town and nice stop. We arrivedContinue reading “Going through the Trent Severn Waterway – Day 1 to Campbellford”

After making it across Lake Ontario, we were having an engine heating problem. We found out it was a melted 6″ exhaust elbow . This was a part that we had to order. but luckily we got it in 2 days. In the meantime, we walked around the town and got to see a movieContinue reading “Canada Here we come! Trent Port Marina, Trenton, Ontario August 9-12”

After dropping Shelley off at the Rochester Airport, Larry and I went on a 9 hour driving adventure to Chicago to visit Erin, Noe and of course Stella! We had a great couple of days with them. They drove us by their new home that they will move into in September. Stella was a lotContinue reading “Visit to Chicago Macias Family August 1-3 then back to Sackets Harbor to wait for Canada to open August 9th”

Since we didn’t have good weather for boating when Shelley was visiting, we decided to get pedicures and take a trip to the Seneca Lake Wine Trail in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Our first stop on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail was the Earle Estates Meadery. The tasting room was a majesticContinue reading “Seneca Lake Wine Trail July 29th”

We drove the rental car to visit Niagara Falls, NY and then went to the Erie Canal where we met with some other Loopers for docktails before heading back to the boat. We stopped by Buffalo, NY for dinner at the Hofbrauhaus House that had a lively band. We got to visit Niagara Falls twiceContinue reading “Niagara Falls and Buffalo Side Trip July 25th AND Niagara again with Shelley July 30th”

From Sodus Point, we headed to Rochester in preparations to meet Shelley Kerr, our friend visiting from Kingsport, TN. On our way in we saw a Fire Boat – who was practicing fire-fighting in Lake Ontario. The Port of Rochester marina was very nice. They had a great boaters lounge and free laundry! We tookContinue reading “Port of Rochester, Rochester, NY July 22-24”