Sunday, August 16 
The day started as another warm, clear and humid morning with only light winds. Since we planned on chores in Orillia we were ready to go when the lock opened at 8:30. They had some water management issues first thing, then we waited for another but coming from the previous lock.
By nine we were through Thorah lock and headed into Gamebridge lock. Then it was just another mile and a half to Lake Simcoe. The wind was less than ten mph, so the hour and a half passage of open water was very pleasant.
Then we approached the narrows between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. Many local boaters from around the area go to the Orillia Marina for the weekend. This weekend was a car show in town. That is why the marina had been full (200 transient slips) last night. Now about half of them were headed back into Lake Simcoe, most went to full throttle as soon as they cleared the narrows. We were rock and rolling in boat wakes for the last two miles.
The narrows is a quarter mile of no wake, tight channel, between marinas and bridge piers.
There was a steady parade of boats going in both directions.
We cleared the narrows and had two miles across the south end of Lake Couchiching to the marina. We waited for one more cruiser to clear the breakwater then we went into a marina t
hat was now three quarters empty.
We got tied up and immediately turned on both AC units. It was only in the mid 80s but the humidity was very high. We had some lunch, and then it was off to the laundry. While Diana did laundry I got caught up on e-mails etc, since this was the first internet access in over four days.
When Diana had cooled off from the walk back from the laundry we headed for the grocery store (closer than the laundry). There is an ice cream stand right on the path to the grocery store, so we indulged.
Then back to the boat and a quiet evening. Life is still very good.
The day started as another warm, clear and humid morning with only light winds. Since we planned on chores in Orillia we were ready to go when the lock opened at 8:30. They had some water management issues first thing, then we waited for another but coming from the previous lock.
By nine we were through Thorah lock and headed into Gamebridge lock. Then it was just another mile and a half to Lake Simcoe. The wind was less than ten mph, so the hour and a half passage of open water was very pleasant.
Then we approached the narrows between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. Many local boaters from around the area go to the Orillia Marina for the weekend. This weekend was a car show in town. That is why the marina had been full (200 transient slips) last night. Now about half of them were headed back into Lake Simcoe, most went to full throttle as soon as they cleared the narrows. We were rock and rolling in boat wakes for the last two miles.
The narrows is a quarter mile of no wake, tight channel, between marinas and bridge piers.
There was a steady parade of boats going in both directions.We cleared the narrows and had two miles across the south end of Lake Couchiching to the marina. We waited for one more cruiser to clear the breakwater then we went into a marina t
hat was now three quarters empty.We got tied up and immediately turned on both AC units. It was only in the mid 80s but the humidity was very high. We had some lunch, and then it was off to the laundry. While Diana did laundry I got caught up on e-mails etc, since this was the first internet access in over four days.
When Diana had cooled off from the walk back from the laundry we headed for the grocery store (closer than the laundry). There is an ice cream stand right on the path to the grocery store, so we indulged.
Then back to the boat and a quiet evening. Life is still very good.
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