Day 62 – Monday, August 10, 2009

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 that was over 100 years old. I truly enjoyed every minute of that experience! Once we added the fluid and got the air out of the system we were under way again. That's us as we passed through the “Hole in the Wall Bridge” constructed in 1905 with a vertical clearance of 28 ft. The weather was hazy and overcast all day but we moved forward passing though five locks before reaching Lagoon City Marina, on Lake Simcoe, mid afternoon as the rain began.

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.