July 27, 2012 Day 77 Kirkfield to Orillia Total miles to
date: 1459.7
Yesterday may have been
rainy but today was a beautiful sunny day as we headed out from our overnight
stay on the Kirkfield lock wall to the town of Orillia. The thirty mile trip
provided us with the diverse experience of being on an extremely narrow canal
to a large lake! You know the water is
narrow and shallow when it is called Canal Lake. Then we went under a bridge
called “Hole in the Wall”. We went
through five locks today, all locking down.
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| Lots of nice homes on the water! |
Then we arrived at Lake Simcoe –
what a change! We actually had water under us!
We enjoyed the lake as it was calm today and we could pick up the speed
for a while. We arrived at the Port of
Orillia Marina around 2:00 and will stay here until Monday morning. Orillia is
at the end of Lake Simcoe and is a larger city. We cooked dinner on the grill,
talked with Sarah and Brooks on Our Time,
and will get together with them for lunch Saturday. There is a Farmers Market
and a festival Saturday, so we will check those out too!
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| No room to pass! |
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| Hole in the Wall bridge |
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| Entrance to Lake Simcoe |
