Sunday, August 16, 2009

Day 65 – Thursday, August 13, 2009


We are now in the town of Orillia, Ontario. The weather is perfect today, and has been predicted to stay this way for the next five days!!! At present John and I are waiting for the starting motor and a mechanic to install it. The “Barb’s” are out shopping and its Miller time! Stayed tune for updates!

The mechanic arrived at 1 pm and within an hour and a half the job was complete! With all mechanical systems working and nothing to hold us here – the four of us went to the local supermarket to provision our boats for the Georgian Bay! The four of us had dinner on our boat and discussed the next few days. Tomorrow we will experience the Big Chute Marine Railway.

There’s a lot of history within the park that surrounds the harbor. There’s a large statute commemorating Champlain who was the first white man to step foot in this part of the world. Champlain and his crew of 16 men spent a winter here with the Huron Nation Indians.

After an enjoyable walk the four of us stopped for ice cream, and then returned to our boats.