Day 44 – Thurs. July 23, 2009

Barb and I are alone again since Russ and Mary left this morning around 10 am. They no sooner left when we encountered another rain storm that lasted a few hours. We said the hell with the rain and put on rain gear to walk to the Rideau Canal, Smith Falls Railway museums and Wal-Mart when the weather cleared! We used up our afternoon marching around town and doing a small amount of shopping. On the way back to the boat we stopped for a burger at McDonalds! After returning to the boat, Barb sent out the blog, less photos (except for today), and I read charts for tomorrow’s adventure.

Tomorrow morning we have boat chores to do then wait until 8:30 am for our first lock to open. We will probably divert from the Rideau to the Tay Canal which will take us to Perth via two locks. After that we will retrace our steps and return to the Rideau Canal. Our final destination won’t be determined until early afternoon. Where ever we end up tomorrow night, I’m sure we won’t have Wi-Fi. There are a few large lakes to cross in this canal system with less to see -which will get us to Kingston sooner. Kingston is the last stop on the Rideau before entering Lake Ontario.