Day 78 Sunday Sept 8th

Day 78, Sunday September 8^th

Julie hoisting USA courtesy flag in preparation for tomorrow

Today we are spending our last day in Canada.  We wake up to an email from Kathy and John who we met the July long weekend and had managed to lose their contact information.  Luckily they spotted us on the marine traffic software and contacted us.  Julie called them and they could come over for a hello.  We started inventorying our stuff awaiting their arrival.  After an hour or so, they found us in the marina and we had a great visit getting to know each other better and regaling our summer weekend together.  Kathy is Laurie Slats…. From the boat square waves sister.  We have known Kathy’s sister Laurie for many years and had the luxury of rafting a couple of times over the years.

Ross and Julie as we cruise Port Colbourne

Mailing Kevin's  birthday card

The boat is now a mess with everything pulled out and we are also expecting Ross’s arrival for a visit.  Ross has never even seen our boat so we were hoping to make a good first impression.  That was not meant to be though with everything pulled out.  Oh well.  Ross arrived by 2:00 and go the official tour and then we headed out for a walk along the canal.  We found a neat art gallery hosted by an interesting owner who shared stories about the many artists which increased our appreciation immensely.   The streets were very quiet and there were a few shops to pop into, all the while chatting to Ross about his summer adventures, his back to school schedule and upcoming racing season.  We decided to head back to the marina or an early dinner on the patio which was nice.  Soon we were saying good-bye to Ross which is always a bit sad, however we will see Ross at Christmas as both boys have booked their flights to the Bahamas for the holidays.

Our final goodbye

We dive back into our inventory project which consists of identifying all the parts, pieces and paraphernalia we have on board to fix and maintain all our gear.  It took a couple more hours and we found some stuff we did not even know we had.  Thanks Glenn for being pro active on inventory.

By 9:30 we were done this job and heading to bed.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson