Monday, June 15, 2009

It was another lovely day in Canada – and a great day to visit with friends! Ken and Nancy arrived at the Peterborough Marina about 11 am and after our greetings, we invited them aboard Blue Heron. To introduce us to a real Canadian experience, they had brought along a box of “Tim Bits” from Tim Horton’s. We had been seeing the Tim Horton’s stores regularly since entering Canada and knew that they were the Canadian version of Dunkin’ Donuts but had not yet tried them out. Our first taste was very good! After we had a chance to visit for awhile, we decided to find a lunch spot. Nancy thought we should try a pub, since those always have good food. Maureen had remembered seeing Riley’s Pub as we walked through town on Saturday so we headed for that establishment. After lunch, Ken and Nancy offered to take us to do some shopping since they had a vehicle. We had been searching for a small wheeled cart to help out with grocery shopping and laundry but hadn’t yet found anything suitable. We were very happy that the first hardware store we stopped into had just the cart for us. We drove back to the marina and our friends said that we really needed to go into Tim Horton’s since there was one just a block away. They thought we needed to try an “Ice Cap,” an iced coffee drink. After sipping on our drinks, we had to agree that we could become “hooked” on this sweet treat!

Ken and Nancy left for their home about 7 pm. We took care of a few things on the internet and then moved the boat at 8:45 pm so we wouldn’t have to pay for another night at the marina. We motored the quarter mile to tie up at Lock 19 and listened to the water go over the dam all night. Very nice sleeping!