Jack and Pat's Adventures

  August 29th We arrived at Killarney Mountain Lodge on 8/15. It was everything and more than we expected. The grounds were beautiful with high-end, log-style buildings. The massages were wonderful. They had a nice pool, 3 restaurants and a cocktail lounge that had live music every evening. And yes, to Jack’s delight, a great ice cream store and bakery one block away. We had a great dinner at the Steak House, ate at Herbert’s,   a little Fish and Chips restaurant right on the water and another Lodge restaurant another night. Our planned 4 day stay in Killarney was extended an extra day due to weather so on 8/20 our Flotilla headed to Little Current that actually had strong currents (somebody’s joke, I presume). The strength of the currents, as we were trying to pull up to the fuel dock before going to our slip was quickly forgotten when we realized the kid pumping our fuel was putting in gasoline instead of diesel fuel. Panic immediately set in but the manager was very res...

  August 14 th , Our emergence from the Trent Severn Waterway into the east end of Georgian Bay brought us to Star Point Marina in Midland for work on our air conditioner and provisioning and then to the Penetanguishene City Dock Marina. “Pentang” was a nice little town that had a grocery and several casual restaurants. We took advantage of their long trails in and around the city to get some much-needed exercise. On 8/5 th & 6 th we were in Honey Harbor which was touted as a nice, isolated Marina. It was tucked away in one of the thousands of coves we were yet to experience on our way through the Georgian Bay. August 7 th was an exciting day for us as we joined a group of Looper friends we had traveled with before. This group notably included Michael and Evan whom we had met at the Leland Oil Company Marina on 4/8 while we watched the solar eclipse from the dock. We have shared many experiences with them since but hadn’t seen them since Norfolk, Va. due to different Lo...

  August 1st, On Monday, July 22 nd we left Peterborough, ON heading for Young’s Point. We went through 7 locks, the second of which was the “Lift Lock”. This is the lock where you drive into a tub of water and you are lifted 65 ft up to the next level.   The 8 locks lifted us up a total of 138 ft. We stayed in a small marina in Young’ s Point called Sunset Cove Marina.   Although a bit rustic, it had nice showers, a laundry and a very nice restaurant. So a shower, 2 loads of laundry and a nice dinner capped off our day. The next morning, July 23 rd , we headed for Bobcaygeon, a lock town, and entered the most beautiful part of the Trent Severn Waterway we had seen yet. We cruised past hundreds of small islands, one of which had a beautiful white church seemingly in the middle of nowhere. As we cruised further, the isolated area started to be populated with beautiful vacation homes. On our cruise to Bobcaygeon we went through 4 locks lifting us up a total of 35 ft....