Tues July 25: Bobcaygeon to Fenelon Falls upper lock wall

To help heal my knees Rick brought us donuts from the Canadian version of Dunkin - Tim Hortons.  He's is evil!

That perked me right up, so we went for a stroll over to the destination stop the town is famous for - Bigley's Shoe and Clothing store.  It has over 40,000 pairs of shoes - def the biggest shoe store I have ever seen.  Sadly, we didn't need shoes!!

In our haste to get into the lock we cut off a big boat, C’renity.  Of course we all fit into the lock so there was no need for a Zero-Sun game attitude….but this many people tends to make one fall into that mentality. Fenlon Falls, our destination, is so popular, and there are only so many power poles, that we had to obsess for awhile that C’renity would take the last spot on the wall.  Which they did.  But that is not the end of that story…read on.

We are now deep in cottage country, and the houses, er…..cottages, get fancier and fancier.  This one is a whole island.

This one is all vintage signs-that’s fun!

When we got to Fenelon Falls the walls were jammed, and there was some dithering and some words were exchanged. We locked up and cruised past all the walls, and then back.  Suddenly there was a giant group effort, lead by our new friends Missy and The Judge (on boat Motion Denied) AND …. C-renity.  They opened up a space about 44’ long-we are about 42’.  And Rick just slid us in there, it was amazing, while about 12 other boat people helped.  It was a real community feel, and a reminder that negative thinking doesn’t change anything and just makes us feel grumpy… 

Then momma duck brought her babies over, and Rick fed them bran flakes, so that was cheery (the ducks didn’t like bran flakes!).

 

Fenelon Falls now seems like a lovely place, thanks to the kindness of strangers. 

Good night!