Sunday, August 2
The good weather can only last so long. The forecast for today was 80 to 90 % chance of rain; we awoke to very light showers. They continued off and on for most of the morning. Since we had 23 miles to our only lock for the day we drove from inside and it was a pleasant morning.
Before we left the Kawartha headed into the lock and Jan and Loren got a chance to watch.
The trip this morning took us through Lower and Big Rideau Lakes, they are very lovely, but it would have been nice if the visibility was a little better. The narrows lock then took us up to
Upper Rideau Lake which is the top of the system. Just as we settled in the lock it rained harder than it had all morning.
Ten minutes later when we left the rain had quite. It was another six miles to the town of Westport that is a few miles off the main route. We got tied to the very busy town dock. We had some lunch watched some blue sky move in. The four of us then walked to laundry. The guide book mentioned a laundry only two blocks from the docks, the down map we were given showed a laundry but it turned out to be about an eight blocks. Later we learned there was another laundry not on the map.
Loren went for a stroll through town and I went back to the boat. I got the water tank filled and watched a dark cloud move in. Soon it was raining very hard. The girls got a ride back from the laundry with a gentleman that was there doing laundry. It quit just as they got back.
We had a quiet rest of the afternoon then walked two blocks to the Cove Inn, an 1876 hotel that served excellent meals. On the way back there just happened to be an ice cream shop.
The good weather can only last so long. The forecast for today was 80 to 90 % chance of rain; we awoke to very light showers. They continued off and on for most of the morning. Since we had 23 miles to our only lock for the day we drove from inside and it was a pleasant morning.
Before we left the Kawartha headed into the lock and Jan and Loren got a chance to watch.
The trip this morning took us through Lower and Big Rideau Lakes, they are very lovely, but it would have been nice if the visibility was a little better. The narrows lock then took us up to
Upper Rideau Lake which is the top of the system. Just as we settled in the lock it rained harder than it had all morning.Ten minutes later when we left the rain had quite. It was another six miles to the town of Westport that is a few miles off the main route. We got tied to the very busy town dock. We had some lunch watched some blue sky move in. The four of us then walked to laundry. The guide book mentioned a laundry only two blocks from the docks, the down map we were given showed a laundry but it turned out to be about an eight blocks. Later we learned there was another laundry not on the map.
Loren went for a stroll through town and I went back to the boat. I got the water tank filled and watched a dark cloud move in. Soon it was raining very hard. The girls got a ride back from the laundry with a gentleman that was there doing laundry. It quit just as they got back.
We had a quiet rest of the afternoon then walked two blocks to the Cove Inn, an 1876 hotel that served excellent meals. On the way back there just happened to be an ice cream shop.
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cool pics
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