On the Road (Water) Again!
18 July 2019 | Rose Harbour/ Parry Sound
John Robin | Windy
One of the nicest views, is when you are leaving a Marina to start on a trip. After 3 weeks of constant work, Eagle Heart is raring to go! I have not been blogging as Susan and I have been building, scrubbing and fixing things.
I did take a three day break, and went to Hastings, on the Trent Severn waterway to help my friend Kurt bring Festivus to Orillia, where he finished his second Loop.
While I was away, Susan took a morning off to go to the local museum, where they were having a tea and Tarts outing. She said there was interesting displays going back to the Jesuit missionaries in the 1600s.
From 1642 to 1649, 8 Jesuit missionaries were killed by Iroquois bands that were not Christians, and were foes of the Hurons. They were all ritually tortured to death. The 8 priests were later Canonized as Saints in the Catholic Church and called the North American Martyrs.
The Pope came to Penetanguishene in 1984 to pray at the Martyrs Shrine. When the local cathedral found out he was travelling to the city, they spent tens of thousands of dollars fixing up the church for the pope. Alas, he just went to the shrine, held a mass for 100,000 people, and headed back to Toronto, not even stopping at the cathedral built to honour the Jesuit Martyrs. Such is life!
Last night, we wrapped up at 6:00, and took the dingy to a restaurant called Dock Lunch. They have great meals, and Susan and I shared fish and chips, as it comes with a full bowl of Caesar salad, fries, at two large pieces of Lake Whitefish. Its going to be hard to beat that. Picture is of our meal.
This morning, we were up at 6:00, had our coffee, and starting taking in the power cord, and lines. A neighbour asked if we heading out for the weekend, and I smugly answered; that we heading out for good, on our trip down the rivers. Many in the marina are quite envious, as the barely travel 200 miles in the whole summer. As I said to them: A voyage of a thousand miles begins with releasing you lines. We have let go ours. Yeah!
Tonight we are anchored outside of Parry Sound, in front of our friends summer house. Unfortunately they are not here at this time. Nice anchorage though.