Today we continued our slow trek toward Kingston, with the goal of finding a peaceful place to anchor in Morton’s Bay. The guidebooks say it is lovely and our new friends, Michael and Yvonne, are there already, so we invited them to join us for dinner tonight.
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| Below the lock at Chaffey’s. Every time they lower a boat they let the water out and there is a strong current that bounces us around a little. |
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| Local wildlife - that's a BIG step for such a little guy. |
This morning we walked up the road and came upon Brown’s Marina, where we found a general store and some limited shopping opportunities. Mel got excited about some of the essentials:
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| Oh Canada! |
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| Mel really wanted to get these because they said Souffles! |
As we approached the next lock we were joined by a flotilla of small motor boats. It was like a car movie from the 1950’s, except the cars were replaced by boats. Each boat had a guy or two and their girlfriends riding along. They were all very nice and we had ample time to talk as we waited for the locks to get ready for us.
It took about an hour as the flight of locks (36 + 37-39) brought a boat up and then were ready for us. We suggested that, as we were the bigger boat and harder to control, we should enter the lock first and then they should all follow to fill in the space around us. Apparently they did not understand the “rule of gross tonnage” (we have it, you don't, so you should watch out for us) and they all moved into the lock before we did…I’m glad they had faith in our ability to move into a lock and not run them over!
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| This boat is like a classic old car - gorgeous, and the engine is a work of art. An old Mercury. |
It all worked out fine and we dropped down through 5 locks without running anyone over!
We arrived in Morton’s Bay shortly after the last lock, threaded through the very narrow entrance and entered a beautiful, peaceful, sheltered bay. Yankee Zulu, our friend’s boat, was anchored a short distance south so we motored over and dropped our anchor. Not 5 second later Mel was in the water! She loves to swim, but there never seems to be the right time/place/water.
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| Yankee Zulu and her reflection (look carefully - can you see what is wrong with this pic?!) |
Yvonne and Michael came over for dinner on their tandem kayak. We invited their first mate Max too. He was happy to come over for a visit, and in the true spirit of any dog hoped for a bite to eat, got RIGHT in the way and then promptly went to sleep.
We had a nice simple dinner of chicken, rice and salad and a wonderful dessert with lemon bar, vanilla ice cream and chocolate shavings. It was so fun to have visitors. We talked late into the ... early evening. Our visitors left a little after 8 pm and we were in bed not long after (remember looper midnight??)
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| Yankee Zulu at anchor under a rising full moon |
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