Monday, unfortunately brought the end of Veronica and Shawn's visit with us and they headed out on the first Ferry of the day back to Toronto and their car for the long ride back to Ottawa. We had a great time with them and the weather was outstanding.
Tuesday afternoon brought Mark and Cynthia to the Island for a visit. Again we took a walk about and a dinghy ride though to show them the islands.
Early Wednesday morning we departed for Port Dalhousie, just a quick 3 hour run through the still calm waters of Lake Ontario. We even had a monarch butterfly land on us half way across for a little rest. Once in Port Dalhousie we arranged for a car for Thursday morning as it was going to be Wine Country tour and a visit to Niagara Falls day.
We also stopped off at Pelham Estates Winery for Lunch, and then continued onto some more wineries, including Wayne Gretzky's before heading to Niagara Falls. Truly a tourist mecca, we did all the usual walking of the Falls area and the busy entertainment district . We all decided to dinner in Niagara Falls and stay around for the light show. Back to the boat by 10:30 which made for a long day.
Friday morning we were up early to drop off the car, and get out of Port Dalhousie by 8:00am
The 4 1/2 hour run to Whitby was the first time we encountered the Lake a little on the rough side. We had 3 to 4 footers on the Port Quarter Stern all the way which made the ride a little lumpy. Glad to say the swim platform and the dinghy rode the following seas very well. Spending the night in Whitby Marina to head out again early Saturday for the Trenton area, although the winds are still high so unsure what the lake will be like tomorrow.
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