A lovely week out ...

This week we spent five days out and had a delightful week, even though there was quite a lot of hard rain. The hard top really makes a difference when you have to endure a steady hard rain - we really had nowhere on the vessel that was even damp except up on the flybridge where pounding rain eventually works its way through the canvas stitching and drips. One of the heaviest rains came up very suddenly and several other boaters (we were hooked on a mooring can at Camelot) were out in their dinghies with hatches and windows open on their boats. They had several hours of miserable dampness to deal with upon their return. We had never been on a mooring can before - we were relieved to discover how easy they are to hook and attach. There's something about floating free that is much more relaxing than being tied to a dock. There's less noise and, believe it or not, less worry - we slept the best we have yet at Camelot.

After our three nights we took a swing by Leek (Thwartway) but, there being no cans free, came on over to check out Burnt and Beau Rivage. I should mention here that when I refer to an island name it is one of the park islands of the St. Lawrence Islands National Park. Our favourite little finger-dock was free so we decided to give it a try with our new bigger boat. We were about half-on, half-off but quite secure and in lots of water even with the stern in (more convenient for boarding). We were alone Thursday night but joined for Friday by two Quebec boats who rafted on the other side of the dock. They were courteous, quiet and turned in early so we had a nice night. I had dinghied over to pick up m-in-law and we had a scrumptious supper.

This morning we had a boating staple - bacon and eggs and then got underway. We were back to our dock by about 10:30 and very glad to see neighbour K waiting to help us dock. A couple of days home now for laundry and stocking up and we'll be back out again next week.