We did another 6 locks today and the only “biting” point was killing flies on the aptly named “flybridge” as we cruised through the lower marshlands. Our destination was the town of Campbellford where we tied up on the Old Mill Park west mooring wall that has power and showers for a reasonable price. The Chamber of Commerce manages this and their tourist information staff even helped us get haircut appointments on a busy Friday.
You can do a self-guided walking tour of historic homes and churches. We made a beeline for Canadian Tire—funny name but it’s like Home Depot. There is good Wi-Fi at the wall and also at the library. If you’re here on a Thursday evening, there is a yoga class at the Community Centre; Wednesday and Saturday evenings, there are free concerts in the park and there is even a one screen movie theatre. I enjoyed a workout in the community pool ($3.00) and I cashed in this caloric burn with a tasting visit to the World’s Finest Chocolate Factory store. Locals and other boaters recommend the restaurant, Capers, and if you have to reprovision, there are 2 grocery stores, a Farmer’s Market on Saturday morning and a clean laundromat. This is not a low cal stop as you have to buy a little something at Dooher’s Bakery.
The highlight of this stop was meeting other Loopers. We have not seen any in quite awhile so it was great to spend the evening with new Loopers, Luc and Jocelyne aboard Blue Max iv; mid-Loopers Richard and Tiki aboard Tadpole and almost gold Loopers, Joe and Joyce on Takitez.
Later in the evening, Marilsnick II, a Grand Banks 36 with Washington state registrations numbers, docked. Johann and his crew are also doing the Loop and he had his boat trucked to Mobile AL by a Marysville WA company with a lowboy truck so the flybridge did not need to be removed.
I asked him why he wasn’t flying an AGLCA burgee and he told me the story of how “a lion ate it.” He was maneuvering around the construction by the Lion’s Gate Bridge in St. Augustine FL when the current slammed his boat ferociously into a bridge piling which severed the burgee mast, took a chunk out of his swim platform and demolished his davits. Next morning, I found our now retired white AGLCA burgee and presented it to Johann. We may have to visit it in the Pacific Northwest. Shall we ship Baby Grand out there to do the Inside Passage or do it by RV and ferry? Always looking to the next adventure……
You can do a self-guided walking tour of historic homes and churches. We made a beeline for Canadian Tire—funny name but it’s like Home Depot. There is good Wi-Fi at the wall and also at the library. If you’re here on a Thursday evening, there is a yoga class at the Community Centre; Wednesday and Saturday evenings, there are free concerts in the park and there is even a one screen movie theatre. I enjoyed a workout in the community pool ($3.00) and I cashed in this caloric burn with a tasting visit to the World’s Finest Chocolate Factory store. Locals and other boaters recommend the restaurant, Capers, and if you have to reprovision, there are 2 grocery stores, a Farmer’s Market on Saturday morning and a clean laundromat. This is not a low cal stop as you have to buy a little something at Dooher’s Bakery.
The highlight of this stop was meeting other Loopers. We have not seen any in quite awhile so it was great to spend the evening with new Loopers, Luc and Jocelyne aboard Blue Max iv; mid-Loopers Richard and Tiki aboard Tadpole and almost gold Loopers, Joe and Joyce on Takitez.
Later in the evening, Marilsnick II, a Grand Banks 36 with Washington state registrations numbers, docked. Johann and his crew are also doing the Loop and he had his boat trucked to Mobile AL by a Marysville WA company with a lowboy truck so the flybridge did not need to be removed.
I asked him why he wasn’t flying an AGLCA burgee and he told me the story of how “a lion ate it.” He was maneuvering around the construction by the Lion’s Gate Bridge in St. Augustine FL when the current slammed his boat ferociously into a bridge piling which severed the burgee mast, took a chunk out of his swim platform and demolished his davits. Next morning, I found our now retired white AGLCA burgee and presented it to Johann. We may have to visit it in the Pacific Northwest. Shall we ship Baby Grand out there to do the Inside Passage or do it by RV and ferry? Always looking to the next adventure……
