Monday, July 6:
Wes got up and made us breakfast. He looked at the weather again and decided we could leave on Tuesday. So Wes washed the boat, filled the water and did some computer work while I worked all day. It was a busy day on the boat, but not much to report. We enjoyed dinner on the aft deck, then went inside to watch some TV while Wes worked on the pictures.
Tuesday, July 7:
Wes got up around 0530 and it was foggy, so he waited then at 0630 he decided it was clear enough to head out so he got the boat ready. We dropped the lines around 0700 and headed out on Lake Ontario. It was a bit lumpy but we were taking them on the nose so it wasn't too bad. We would get a big wave every now and then that made you hold onto everything, but we managed. The winds calmed down and the ride smoothed out around 1230. We arrived at the marina at 1730 just as they were closing, but they waited and gave us our badges so we could get back in the gate. We got checked in with customs without any issues. We enjoyed dinner on the aft deck, then walked up to visit with other loopers just as they were headed to dinner, so we sat in the chairs and had a couple beverages by the water. Then we went back to the boat to relax before heading to bed.
Wednesday, July 8:
We got up and I stripped the bed and gathered all the laundry and headed up to "set up camp" with my laptop in the boater's lounge as I did all our laundry (it was free). There were others that needed to use the laundry so it took a little bit, but I was able to get it all done while working. I did the rest of my afternoon calls and work back at the boat. Then we went up to docktales at 1700 and enjoyed visiting with our fellow loopers! The group slowly started leaving. Then Tim from Black Diamond showed up so we stayed and visited with him for a bit. Then we walked to Toscana where we enjoyed some additional beverages on our aft deck with Tim. We once again got stuck on the fun wheel and ended up going to bed around 2400.
Thursday, July 9:
I took the day off as we were headed to Campbellford and we had 12 locks to go through to get there. We thankfully didn't need to leave a first light! We got up and got everything ready to travel. We dropped our lines around 0815 and tied up to the blue line behind Sassy Girl at lock 1. At 0900 then opened the lock and Sassy Girl and Toscana went in. They are smaller chambers so only 2 boats fit at a time. It was back to back locks from locks 1 - 6. Then there was a little break between 6 and 7 (about an hour) and another break between 7 and 8 (about an hour and a half). We then made it through locks 9-12 and arrived at Campbellford around 1530. We had a tight fit on the wall where we had to "parallel park" Toscana between two boats without much extra room. Thankfully another boater came to help catch our lines as they aren't allowed to assist. We got in and secured, then stayed in for the night as it was a bit rainy and we were tired. After dinner, we watched some TV and headed to bed early.
Friday, July 10:
We got up and I started working. Wes took the scooter down and headed to Dooher's Bakery for some donuts and butter tarts as every person we talked to said it's the best bakery in Canada. Wayne and Karen arrived around 1530. I finished work, then we hung our in the park, where we enjoyed docktales with the 36 other looper boats there. Then we made dinner for us, Wayne and Karen and Chris and Kimber. We ate that the picnic table by our boat. We hung out for a bit then went inside where I cleaned up, then we relaxed a bit before calling it a night.
Saturday, July 11:
