
We got under way early and passed through one lock before stopping for breakfast. Without a generator on board we couldn’t make coffee or cook on board the boat! We tied up at the wall next to lock 38 (Talbot) and walked down a country road to the local restaurant and had a hardy breakfast. On our departure from the wall, John had a mechanical problem with the steering on his boat that required a trip to town for hydraulic fluid! One of the lock attendants drove John into town so I got a chance to fill in and help on the lock, opening and closing the doors by using old machinery t
I still don’t have my parts but have been assured that they have found them and they will be brought to my boat by 9 am! (Stay tuned for the saga of Skips missing parts!)

Picture on left is entering Lake Simcoe.