Sunny Days: Fenelon Falls

Next day we did a little provisioning and left around 11 to travel 15 mile to Fenelon Falls. The day was a rough one for Terry – he had forgotten to bring his replacement contacts (called 1-800-contacts and they will be waiting for us in Parry Sound), Fenelon Falls Lock was a zoo and there was no place to tie onto the wall so we pressed on (first time there has been no room at the inn). Through the lock we saw High Spirits anchored in a great cove, Skipper Bob said there was a good anchorage on down but as we headed there 2 different locals flagged us down and said we were headed for rock. With Terry’s Karma, we decided to go anchor with High Spirits—good call-- the day started looking up. We went for a dingy cruise with Bill and Barb for happy hour and then after dark we had fabulous fireworks. We will stay here for a couple of days—this is a great anchorage—we have found Center Hill North. Dingy-ed with Bill and Barb into the town, had a great lunch at Nolan’s and found a bakery that made me gain 5 lbs. just inhaling. We bought our first Butter Tarts of the trip (another Canadian dish) --wonderful. We are supposed to have 5 days of perfect weather and even though we had the sweatshirts on this morning, we are in bathing suits this afternoon. I think summer has finally arrived in Canada. Bill has graciously shared with Fitz his maps and charts of the Georgian Bay and the North Channel so he will go over those on our way to Orillia where we will meet up with them again and give them back. We noticed what we had had very little information about anchorages so we are glad to have some additional charts.