Dump The Pump, Family of Loons, Flock of Seagulls and Loony Loopers

Hastings Marina was a fine place to stop for the night.  The only negative about Hastings was that we were told that there was a laundromat just up on the corner on Main St.  We loaded our clothes in our nylon wagon and pulled them all over town looking for laundromat, but it had gone out of business, so we came back to the boat to live to wash another day.

Morning brought another perfect day on the 44th parallel, and we headed for Peterborough with Gypsy Spirit, Dash Away and Miss Norma, but we all left spaced out about 1 1/2 miles apart.  This gave us the feeling of being the only boat on Rice Lake. We motored along at 6 kts while the diesel drummed out its one lone note like a roll on a kettledrum.

Our route took us along the Trent River, through Rice Lake and past a dozen or more islands before turning north up the Otonabee River that leads to Peterborough Ontario.  This was a fantastic journey that words fail to describe, and pictures leave us disappointed.  The only way to experience a place like this is to come here and marinate in it like we did today.

Arriving at Peterborough Marina, we were assigned a slip with a stern in approach with one-foot clearance between the dock, and the boat next door.  We had folks to throw lines to on the dock and they helped us shoe horn Viridian into her slip.  After getting tied up, we walked over to the marina house to check in and get keys.  We were also given a free ice cream cone of our choice before leaving.  In addition to all the goodies, we were told that the band "A Flock of Seagulls" would be performing, and we had a free pass to attend.

Once we got the paperwork done, we loaded up the laundry and Meg started a load or two while I walked over to Boaters World (like a small West Marine) and ordered a VFLO 12v, 40 psi, 5 gpm fresh water pump to replace the waning Frankenstein/Mister Potato Head pump now on its way out again.  This will eliminate the accumulation tank and all the junk pump parts now in constant failure mode.  Once the pump was ordered and the wash was going, we joined other fellow Loopers at Riley's Irish Pub on Main St. downtown Peterborough for a fine meal and good fellowship.

That's the news and here's some views:

We are here

Today's route across Rice Lake and up the Otonabee River to Peterborough

WebMaster (cleaning spider webs off the bow)

Beautiful Rice Lake

Family of Loons

Pretty Farm

Otonabee River

Waiting for Lock 19 to open

Lock Ducks

Approaching Peterborough, Ontario

Peterborough Marina

Boats packed in for a long weekend

 Us Loopers at Riley's Irish Pub

Viridian, Dash Away, Gypsy Spirit, Miss Norma and  Free Spirit II

"Flock of Seagulls" 80's techno bad