The Lady J: Sunset Cove Marina to Orillia

Our trip from Sunset Cove Marina to Orillia was pretty uneventful. We went through 2 locks and crossed Simcoe Lake.

First lock of the morning and what a beautiful morning it was.

A little construction going on next to the lock

Tending to the lines in the lock

Second lock of the day was a good size one.

If you look at this photo on it's side the tree is back together again.

Lori Skoog, I thought of you when I saw these Stables.

Great day for cruising

Simcoe Lake is the largest lake on the Trent Severn Waterway, 20 x 30 miles, but we only had to cross a corner of it. We picked a good weather day since there are literally warnings as you enter the lake saying it can be dangerous with possible 8 foot waves in bad weather. Thankfully this day it was calm and warm and hardly any wind at all. We crossed the lake without a problem and first mate was not bothered with motion sickness. We arrived at the Orillia Park Marina around 1:45 p.m.

Entrance to Simcoe Lake

The Captain was so happy to be on big water again.

The marina was a really good size, with 200 slips that were primarily for transients like us. We quickly got the Lady J settled in her dock, put up the sun shade since there was not an ounce of shade to be had and the temps where racing toward the high 80’s. It was too hot for site seeing so we stayed on board and caught up on, oh heck we just tried to keep cool and looked at plans for the following day. While I was checking Facebook I noticed that Pam from Sea Bear was on line so I sent her a quick note to find out where they were. She quickly responded back that they had pulled into the dock behind us. Hmm must of snuck in while we were closed up and cooling off. I told her we were planning to go out to eat since cooking in the boat was NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Too much heat already. I asked them to join us for dinner and as they too didn’t want to heat up their boat replied “absolutely”. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner out with Pam and Mark. After returning to the marina we stopped at the ice cream stand and each ordered a small cup. I still don’t understand why ice cream is so expensive here in Canada. Small portions for what we think is pretty pricey. Tofts has us so spoiled. It was still enjoyable and definitely helped adjust our mood.