Hastings to Peterborough

NautiNell standing proud by the fountain in Peterborough

Cool place!  Hot Belly Mama's

Hastings Ontario
Well the storm predictions were right. A storm hit about 5:00 a.m. that woke us up with the wind blowing and the rain pounding. We had all the windows in the boat open because it had been so hot. You should have seen both of us scrambling around trying to shut the windows. It was raining in on all sides of the boat! We rocked and rolled a little bit but we were

hang on!



Hot Belly Mama's (great little bar!)

were really protected being tied up to the lock wall. The area lost power for about 3-4 hours. What a way to start a morning! Since more storms were forecasted, we decided to stay another day. It's easier to ride a storm out on the wall than in the shallow lake we needed to cross.
Mike took the dinghy out and fished a while on Rice Lake. He landed a huge small mouth bass. I was surprised that he didn't bring it home for supper. (He did take a picture of it!) Guess it's cheeseburgers again!
The storms didn't show like they were predicted, but it did rain early evening. It was probably a good thing we stayed. "A good sailor leaves nothing to chance".
Finally on the move again! The next morning Sweet Pea and NautiNell were on their way. We planned to anchor somewhere near Peterborough. Sweet Pea planned to stay on the wall tonight and then the municipal marina tomorrow night. We only had one lock to go through today so we figured we could go about 40 miles. It turned out to be a really pleasant day. The weather was nice and there wasn't much wind. The area is getting prettier all the time. The water is also getting a lot clearer as we go along. After we locked through at Lock 19 we ventured on to find a good anchorage. Sweet Pea tied up at the wall as planned. As we ventured around the curve that would lead us to the marina, we spied the 250' Centennial Fountain geyser! What a sight! Behind the fountain we also spied what looked like a wall that we could tie up too. We didn't see anything telling us not to tie up there, so why not give it a shot. It turned out great! We found out later that it belonged to the city and they used to charge. Now it's just a first come, first serve deal. Sweet! It was close to the town of Peterborough – only a few blocks away. We called Sweet Pea but they were already set up. They did come over in the dinghy later for a visit. Inconceivable was in the marina so they also stopped by in their dinghy for a visit. We took our bikes to town (have I mentioned how much I like my bike? It has pink rims!! Ha! ) Anyway, we checked out the town. We stopped for a beer at "Hot Belly Mamas". It's a Cajun place that looked like it would be a lot of fun later on in the day. We biked around some more – going to Boaters World, etc. We were looking for another depth gauge. One of ours shot craps. We really need to have a backup. Oh well, we may have to wait until we're back in the States.
When we got back to the boat there were several young kids swimming around the wall. They were having a ball and we had a ball watching them. If we hadn't spent so much time at our last two stops, we would have definitely stayed another day or so at Peterborough.
Oh well! Gotta keep movin' on!!
Till next time!

Admiral "C"