Saturday, July 4
Happy Fourth of July to all of our friends.
We planned to spend the day visiting Orillia and it is a good thing. It was in the mid fifties and the wind was blowing 15 when I got up. It has blown 20 with gust to 30 all day. The next leg of the trip takes us across Lake Simcoe, the largest lake on the Trent Severn System, about 15 by 30 miles. It would not have been a pleasant day to be out there.
We are at the Port of Orillia run by the city; they have about 200 slips all transient. With Lake Couchiching (about 2 by 8 miles) connected to Simcoe by a short, narrow channel there is a lot
of local boating so in addition to people such as us traveling the Trent there are many locals that come to Orillia for Friday and/or Saturday night and go into town for dinner. The docks are very
busy.
We started the day (after using the marina’s ni
ce showers) with a walk up main street to Zats Italian restaurant for breakfast. The omelets 
were very good. We then continued up the street to the old city hall that is now the opera hous
e. They have a farmers market every Saturday morning in the parking lot next door.
The town is lovely with many restaurants, small specialty shops and interesting architecture. We bought a variety of things at the farmers market then stopped at a book store on the way back to get a guide to the Trent Severn that was just published and the nice folks we docked with at Big Chute had shown us. There is a companion book on the Rideau that this store did
n’t have, we will have to pick it up down the line.
This afternoon we took a walk along the boardwalk, the city has a large park along the lakeshor
e; it was a nice afternoon for a stroll. On the way back there is a restaurant in a series of old rail 
cars, we resisted and had a nice pork tenderloin off the grill with fresh bread form the farmers market. We could not resist the cute ice cream stand next door.
It has been a very pleasant day in a lovely setting.
Happy Fourth of July to all of our friends.
We planned to spend the day visiting Orillia and it is a good thing. It was in the mid fifties and the wind was blowing 15 when I got up. It has blown 20 with gust to 30 all day. The next leg of the trip takes us across Lake Simcoe, the largest lake on the Trent Severn System, about 15 by 30 miles. It would not have been a pleasant day to be out there.
We are at the Port of Orillia run by the city; they have about 200 slips all transient. With Lake Couchiching (about 2 by 8 miles) connected to Simcoe by a short, narrow channel there is a lot
of local boating so in addition to people such as us traveling the Trent there are many locals that come to Orillia for Friday and/or Saturday night and go into town for dinner. The docks are very
busy.We started the day (after using the marina’s ni
ce showers) with a walk up main street to Zats Italian restaurant for breakfast. The omelets 
were very good. We then continued up the street to the old city hall that is now the opera hous
e. They have a farmers market every Saturday morning in the parking lot next door.The town is lovely with many restaurants, small specialty shops and interesting architecture. We bought a variety of things at the farmers market then stopped at a book store on the way back to get a guide to the Trent Severn that was just published and the nice folks we docked with at Big Chute had shown us. There is a companion book on the Rideau that this store did
n’t have, we will have to pick it up down the line.This afternoon we took a walk along the boardwalk, the city has a large park along the lakeshor
e; it was a nice afternoon for a stroll. On the way back there is a restaurant in a series of old rail 
cars, we resisted and had a nice pork tenderloin off the grill with fresh bread form the farmers market. We could not resist the cute ice cream stand next door.It has been a very pleasant day in a lovely setting.
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