Day 329: Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Port to Port: Kingston to Big Bay

Underway: 6:06 am      Motor Off: 3:50 pm      Miles Traveled: 57      Stayed At: Anchor

Mile to Mile: We started early, early this morning (by definition early is 7 am, early, early is 6 am and early, early, early is 5:30 am, right Kent?) Lake Ontario was calm, the sun was shining and the sky was clear. We boogied (went fast) for three hours before the wind started picking up a little creating a light chop (right on the nose, of course). It was a great day to travel.

The waterway gradually narrowed and became more protected and we started racking up the miles. With no locks or other obstacles in our way, we traveled three times farther today than we did all day on Sunday.

D: Doable (oh wait, we don’t do doable)

E: Eh?

T: Time consuming

O: Oui (yes in French)

U: Unexampled (means outstanding, right Linda?)

R: Remarkable

The wind started to get a little annoying for the last couple of hours of the day but we soon anchored in a quiet bay only a few hours from Trent and the first lock on the Trent Severn. We are excited to finally be here after our long and winding detour. It will be interesting to see how our journey this time compares to our experience in 2002. It will be a lot different, no doubt, without Jess, Sarah or Spice with but we will make the most of it.

We don’t expect to see a lot of other Looper boats along the way – we are probably the tail end of the pack (we travel slow and we took the long way around). Hopefully we’ll see some of our friends. Tomorrow we start locking through again – we hope for smooth sailing.