Sunday, July 25, 2010

Free at Last...Free at Last...thank God Almighty...we are free at last.....though significantly poorer. 13 days at Cape Vincent...all because of a 180 degree mistake in the placement of the transmission fluid pump...not once but twice. We left ASAP...and are now on Wolfe Island in Marysville, Canada. We are just across the bay from Kingston. (great view) A free ferry runs every hour to Kingston...so we plan to stay here and see those sights for a day or three. Our challenge now is that, according to locals, the French Canadians are free as well. Seems the providence of Quebec pretty much shuts down for two weeks every July for holiday. French speaking Canadians are flocking everywhere. Finding available marina space was an issue yesterday and will be an issue for another week. Meanwhile,we are re-thinking all the plans we've made. For now with frustrations high and money low, we are planning to just go home. We wanted to be able to enjoy going slowly through the Trent-Severn and Lake Michigan...and we are so far behind now that it would be a real rush to get it done. For whatever reasons, this leg has been pressured and expensive and we are feeling it. Besides, I have a house to sell. So the plan now is for now cancelling the fun planned with my kids in Chicago, the boating with Ann and Bob on Lake Michigan, touring the Tennessee River in October and the finishing of the loop in September. Of course, this is dependant on us finding proper storage for TUMBLEWEED. We've begun that search. On the plus side, we'll be home...for WSU Volleyball and BB, Fredonia Homecoming, Theatre League, kids, parents, sisters, and friends...I can help with Assistance League projects and Gingerbread Village and begin the process of home repair. And the pocket book can grow fatter. Stay tuned as this plays out.

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