Apologies for getting behind on posting. Two reasons—our data connectivity has been poor in the Kawartha Lakes region, and I must admit to some blog fatigue. I do enjoy composing these updates, but it takes energy that I sometimes don’t have at the end of the day. This may be a symptom of our decision to end this year’s Great Loop segment when we reach Lake Huron sometime this week. Our summer on the lakes, rivers, canals and waterways of New York, Vermont, Quebec and Ontario has been outstanding, but the beautiful scenery is starting to look the same. The towns we’re visiting are a lot of fun to explore, but they’re getting to be similar too. Both of these are signals that it’s time to take a break. Last year we waited until it wasn’t fun anymore to stop cruising, and one takeaway from that experience was to quit while we’re ahead, and the end of the Trent-Severn Waterway seems like a good stopping point now. A secondary reason is that from Port Severn, ON, to Chicago, IL, there are no locks or low bridges. Our logical thinking there is that we’d bring back our mast and sails to continue on the Great Lakes next year. Stay tuned for more updates.
We traveled 15 miles and went through two locks to Fenelon Falls, ON, where we tied up on the wall above the lock in a shady spot. We had lunch at the Cow and Sow Eatery, then took a bike ride on the Victoria Rail Trail along the shore of Cameron Lake. We did some souvenir shopping, visited the town’s namesake waterfall and relaxed for a bit before eating dinner on the patio at Murphy’s Lockside Pub, with Dragonfly in view. Map Link: Fenelon Falls, ON
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