Day 3 - July 23

Our departure started at 8:00 am from Len’s Cove this morning, where promptly 10 minutes later Bob had to shut down due to a warning light and concern for a pressure gauge reading on his transmissions. So officially Bob is the first to break down and needed a tow from our fearless leader Jim. Once investigated and all was good we were underway again by 9:00. It was a hot day of locking through the Narrows, Newboro, Chaffey’s, Davis and JonesFalls. Due to the fact we are 3 large boats we ended up divided in our locking and all met up at Jones Falls. We also crossed paths with the Kawartha Voyageur at Elbow Channel and thankfully not the Newboro cut. Our only hold up was also Jones Fallswhere we had to wait for the next down bound lock, which gave us an opportunity for a swim and an ice cream stop at Hotel Kenney. Destination for today was Morton Baywhere we have all rafted up for the night, enjoyed supper and surprised Rachel with a birthday cake.

We missed what looked to be a big storm, but heard later that it had hit areas north of us including Manotick and Ottawa. Thankfully all we had were some strong winds, but the evening calmed down nicely.

The day ended with the unfortunate circumstance of Bob winning the first three games of cribbage, but glad to say he was my partner, or better yet Jim insists that Bob was riding on my coat tails.