Sunday in Orillia, Ontario

This seaplane drove right behind us in the marina.

Today we did chores:  washing laundry, scrubbing the boat, vacuuming inside, and stocking groceries. I visited with Keri from Dream Girl at the laundromat.  It was a sunny and beautiful day.  Several boats left the marina to continue on the Trent Severn Waterway.  We are still here with five looper boats.

When I finished washing the boat and went to turn off the hose, a couple was standing there, looking at Aunt Aggie.  The man asked me several questions about our trip and the boat. After I answered a few, George came outside.  We introduced ourselves to Mark and Marti, our Canadian visitors.  They
were quite curious about our adventure.  We brought them on board to see the interior and gave them a boat card.  It was fun to talk about our trip.  They were on holiday and imagining possible
life changes.  We remember walking around docks and looking at boats and wishing we could take off. This was one of our main vacation activities for years.

Later we walked around to visit with other boaters.  We saw friends from Field Trip, Patriot, Penny Pinchin', Seaquacious, and Spirit Journey.  We compared plans with them.  Some boats are exiting tomorrow, and some will wait for Tuesday.

We plan to travel to the Big Chute tomorrow.  We will watch it and see how it works and how to approach.  We'll probably wait until Tuesday morning to get on the blue line and go through the
Chute. This is another cool engineering feat.  Look it up on youtube:  Big Chute Lock in Ontario.

Seahorse and Aunt Aggie are tied on the wall below Lock #40.

Notice the park land beside the canal. 

Here's a clear shot of the blue line at Lock #40.  When a boater is ready

to enter the lock, he ties onto the blue line to wait for the lock master to let them enter.