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Swimmers in the Iron Man
Competition |
Today, we filled up with diesel, did a pump-out, and were on our way to Manotick. We were treated with sights of lovely homes and some areas that are not developed despite being so close to Ottawa. Folks along the shore were friendly and seemed excited to see us - not sure if it was because of our size, our looper flag or our American flag. Maybe it was all three? Many well maintained parks were spotted, as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police camp ground (real friendly folks). Of course, Linda admired all the gardens in full bloom and felt slightly negligent for not being at home working on hers (or the church’s) — but the feeling dissipated after connecting with Nick who is doing the weeding for her (we are so fortunate he is willing). We locked
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Picture shows a small part of the
beautiful campground for the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
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| Splash Down at Hurst Marina |
through one double lock and one triple lock with a connected bridge (locks 9 & 10, and locks 11, 12, 13), and passed through several no-wake zones, a canoe race and a triathlon of swimming, biking and canoeing to arrive at Hurst Marina at 2:00pm. In fact, the Park personnel had us carry maps from one
lock to the next so that lock could warn boaters about the activities before they proceeded into the area. The receiving park personnel were glad to have their “boat mail” of maps. Chris now has his technique down and is comfortable working the stern position while Linda takes the lead on the bow position, and is assisted by Brian (once he has cut the engines) in keeping us off the wall. After checking in at the Marina, we walked to the Swan
Restaurant next door. Linda had a salad and a half litre of wine (she was not converting metric correctly, but Brian and Chris decided to not correct her). She now knows half a litre is really 17 ounces—yikes! Chris had a Shepherds Pie and two one-litre beers (34 oz), and Brian had fish and chips, and two one-litre beers. We were feeling much better when we got back to the boat. Two other large boats, one being the SS Minnow docked after us. After our showers, we watched a little TV, had dinner around 7:00pm (yup, the guys were hungry, again), then went to bed. We'll head out around 9:00am today to go to Merrickville - "The Pond."
