Paisley's entry on Jumping

The Samway kids, Daria and Keenan came with us to jump off the bridge. We all rode in the dingy to the bridge. We all had a blast. I stayed on the small jump my first day .The second day I stayed  on the medium.  We had a blast . You cannot explain how fun it is.

Sabastian's entry on fun with the Samway Family

The other morning I was excited because we were going tubing with the Samway family (Jennifer,Michael, Keenan, and Daria). Before we went tubing we walked a foot path and at the end of it was a Silver Bean Cafe where we ate. After we ate we put on our bathing suits and went tubing. Keenan went first then Paisley was second Sabastian was third and Daria was fourth. After we tubed my sister and Daria went Paddle boarding while Keenan and I played Lego. When my dad finished work for the day we went bridge jumping and had a blast. The next day we had school  and then went over to the Samway's boat Muddy Waters. We walked to the Canoe Museum and spent 3 hours at the museum. After that we went bridge jumping with all of the kids and my dad. We all had a lot of fun.

Trent Talbot Marina to Orillia

Paisley and Andrew were on the bow checking our depth as we were making our way back to the main Trent Canal. We had on average 2.5 feet under our hull on this part of the canal. Paisley spotted a snake and three turtles in the water while keeping watch. Paisley finds all the wildlife.

We are back on the Trent Canal and heading for our 20 mile journey across Lake Simcoe to Orillia our next stop. Seas started out at about a foot and slowly decreased in size as we got closer to Orillia. It was another fabulous day on the water here in Canada. The temperatures have cooled off a little and we are in the low 80's now.

We are approaching the Narrows below and found the marina we will be at until August 2. August 1st is a major holiday here and lots of people will be on the waterways. Our plans are always changing. When Andrew and I put a rough plan together two months ago we thought we would be in Michigan for my birthday but, that isn't happening. Oh well, maybe the Big Chute for my birthday seems like a better plan for now.

Fenelon Falls to Trent Talbot Marina

After a very rainy Monday, Tuesday met us with winds ranging from 10-15 miles an hour. Cameron Lake was our first waterway after leaving Fenelon Falls. We were at lock 35, Rosedale before we knew it.

We are now on Balsam Lake. We are at a height of 840 feet above sea level and we are at the highest point in the Trent-Severn Waterway. 

The narrow cut of the Trent Canal. We radioed Security calls along the way as suggested in case other boaters were heading our way. Nan is the only other boat to radio as well. I was on the bow checking for rocks and deadheads in the water.

 

We were glad we met this houseboat in Mitchell Lake and not in the narrow canal. We did not hear any security calls from any boats heading our way. 

The wind started to pick up as we approached the Kirkfield Lift Lock. Andrew drove out onto the pan which was suspended in the air. Very scary. We did not go all the way to the gate for a better view instead we stayed back a bit. We let Nan slide forward to take a video of the descent, if we meet back up with them we would love a copy. We got ourselves tied onto the pan and waited for our decent. This is our first drop of many until we reach the Georgian Bay. We dropped 49 feet.

We made it to the bottom and are now in the Canal Lake which is very narrow. We meet two houseboats heading in our direction. All goes well.

We made it to Hole in The Wall!

We have 5 locks left on the Trent Canal before Lake Simcoe. The winds have not died down and radio broadcasts are going out warning of large waves and high winds on Lake Simcoe.

It very funny to see cows turning their heads as we passed by. Nice to know we could be some amusement for them.

We made it to lock 39 and the winds were increasing. The lockmaster didn't get a response from lock 40 alerting them that we were coming so they hopped on their golf cart and raced us to the next lock. They won of course.

We found Sweet Pea docked at lock 40 and enjoying the peaceful park to themselves.

The sign for the marina we were staying at. It was a tight and shallow channel. We like staying on the lock walls however, our Wave Wi-Fi stopped working and kills that option for us now. We will replace the Wi-Fi when we get back in the US.