BOBCAYGEON, ONTARIO TO FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

Day 352

Miles Traveled: 16

Total Miles Traveled: 5252

  We decided to make the day a short travel day due to the predicted wind.  We left the lock mooring wall early, about 7:00am, in order to travel along Sturgeon Lake before the wind really began to increase.  It was a beautiful cruise.  Like most of the Trent Severn Waterway Lakes, there were numerous cottages/homes along the shoreline.

Sturgeon Lake

  Within two hours, we had arrived at the next lock, Fenelon Falls.  The mooring wall above this lock has both power and water.  We had hoped to arrive in time to find a spot on this wall.  We were excited to find several spots with power available.  We tied up, hooked up, and set off to explore the town.  We scoped out several restaurants for lunch and/or dinner. 

  

  The falls at Fenelon Falls are also known as "Little Niagara".  They were by no means as large as Niagara Falls, but, they were pretty just the same.

Fenelon Falls through some trees

looking down on Fenelon Falls

  After lunch, the next task at hand was the short walk to Canadian Tire for some fishing gear - a net (to catch those big fish anticipated in Georgian Bay) and a stringer (to hold the numerous fish that will be caught).  Still with some time before dinner, we found a laundromat with great WiFi.  We hurried back to the boat to gather our sundries and laptop and back we went to "Wash and WiFi".   .  Later, we discovered that the laundromat used solar energy to power its machines.  How Cool!

  For dinner we went to Cows and Sows with George & Martha on "Aunt Aggie".  We all had the special - 1/2 rack of ribs with fries.  These were the largest 1/2 rack of ribs we had ever seen.  Leftovers were brought back to the boat to enjoy again another day.