July 13…Loved that night at Davis Falls…met another Gold Loopers and several folks who live along the Trent –Severn but are headed to Ottawa and beyond…we locked through and headed out by 9:15…to the music of a lonely loon…he sang and followed the boat for quiet some time…OMG, how absolutely lovely. Always loved teaching the short story, “How the Loon Got His Necklace”…and this was a sure sign of good things to come.

It is gonna be hot again today. Floyd decided to “go Canadian” (shirtless)…but I’m in a tank top that can go another day…so no swimwear yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Scenery today seems a little like Georgian Bay…rocks, islands, narrow passage ways…it’s Monday so not much boat traffic. Locks are ready for us and except for the go fast boat from Davis Falls who catches up and locks through with us a couple of times, we are alone. Speed limits through the twists and turns among the rocks slow us down…but we are still making really good time until we hit the last flight of locks into Kingston. They just started a group down, so we’ll be waiting at the top for them to finish and then bring a group up…should be about an hour and a half. It’s hot but the Blue Line area has plenty of shade and grass so we get off with Dakota to enjoy the land.

Sure enough, right on time, they are ready for us…and we can still make the marina in Kingston before their 6 PM closing. It is nothing to write home about…small and full of character boats. The point of interest is the fire boat manufacturing operation located there…all sorts of fire boats, labeled and ready for shipping….pretty interesting stuff. We saw a boats labeled Kuwait, Washington,DC, NYC and Savannah. Totally missed that Kodak moment.

Floyd is able to visit with a man about our dinghy leak…he has names and numbers so there is hope that the problem will be solved soon…supper on the aft deck…showers…and once again we are OUT. I’m thrilled that there are NO locks for me in the next travel days…and a layover day in Trenton to enjoy Floyd’s birthday, get Dakota groomed, do laundry and go grocery shopping, hey. A do-nothing kind of day!!! HA.

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