A bright sunny day.
The locks don’t open until 9 a.m. which
makes for a relaxing start to the day. Just before 9 we pulled out of Bolsover and headed for Orillia, which is at the north end of Lake Simcoe
Today we had 5 locks to go through. Many of the locks are out in the middle of farm country. Notice the dirt path along the waters edge.
Many of the tenders at the locks run from to lock to lock at this time of the year. A path runs along the water way and they travel it by golf cart.
The locks came in quick succession, then it was out in the big water of Lake Simcoe. This is water Ross and I feel comfortable on! Add to it the sunshine and the water only having ripples, well we were loving it.
We have been traveling on and off with the SOUTHERN BELLE.
Chris and Kerm Wold of St. Paul own her. It’s been fun having some local Loopers to be with. Kerm’s sister, Mary Ann, and brother-in-law, Cecil, are with them. And ya, you betcha its fun to get together for happy hour don’t ya know? They were a little ways behind us coming out into Lake Simcoe. Kerm asked us over the radio if we had stopped and reversed the engines to get rid of weeds. Ross responded yes. Kerm said there was a mass of chopped up weeds about 30 feet across! Dang weeds. No wonder they slow the boat down.
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