Fenelon Falls

7-4-17 Fenelon Falls

We had planned to stay at the famous Bobcaygeon lock. We got there fairly early to make sure we got a spot, but it was jammed with boats. The walls were solid house boats and runabouts and there were many boats in the channel hanging out. When we came out of the lock we were a bit nervous getting our big boat through the mass of boats. We had the law of gross tonnage in our favour. People did move as we came through. We went on the Fenelon Fall, the next lock. We expected the wall to be jammed also, but it has several openings so we pulled in. Within a few hours it was also jammed with boats.

They had power and water and internet on the wall. It had been 12 days since we were at an actual marina. We were glad to fill up with water and run our icemaker for 24 hours to catch up on the ice in the drink cooler. The town was lovely! Small with everything within easy walking distance. Our generator battery finally died (it was old) . The auto parts store was right there. Scott did that and a quick grocery shop while I went to the post office and the library to work on the blog. The internet at the dock was really slow due to so many people being on it. We walked the wall and the town with it’s older stylish homes.

Scott is appalled at this by this fire hydrant.

Some Canadian friends told us we had to try “Tiger Tail” ice cream when in Ontario. Before you say eew, you have to try it. It is an orange cream ice cream with small streaks of black licorice. It was amazing. Scott is a chocolate purist and of course didn’t want to even try it especially if there is a chocolate option.

This area of the Trent has a lot of rented houseboats on it. We were entertained by their boating skills or rather lack of. To their credit I am sure they don’t handle well, but their mentality was often to drive it into the wall to stop. We watched people jump off the boats and quick wrap a line around a cleat order to stop it. We didn’t want to tell them they had reverse….. hmmm. They are a nightmare for the lock tenders. They have to tell them what to do. “Go Forward…not so fast… reverse, reverse, reverse!!” Those guys and gals should get extra pay to be at those locks. It was entertainment for us, but we kept plenty of fenders on the outside of our boat and a few boat hooks handy just in case they got close. Luckily we were in a wider spot so they had room for their antics.