Rideau Trip 2000

All of the pictures here can be clicked on for a larger version. The picture that comes up can be clicked on again to get another version of the picture. Most of the pictures are cropped and the final large one is not. So you have to click twice on each pic to see the whole thing!

So for whatever reason I did not take any pictures at the start of our trip at Newboro. Could it have been that the amazing rainfall that started before we had the tent up?

Anyway, the picture that I did take was on the way down at Smith Falls .. outside the Burger King.

here is a context map:

The next morning (Saturday July 29 2000) we took off down Newboro Lake under sail. Actually now that I look at it ... this picture is Indian lake.

We were under sail because the 2Hp Evinrude that we have stopped working as soon as we left the dock! We had to paddle a little to get into Clear lake, then into Indian. Total trip time was about 3 hours with light winds on a run. We met Tom at Chaffey's and bought a new motor. Tom!

While we were at Indian Lake we visited Joan's sister and brother in law and Andrew and I went for a water ski. andrew

At the raft with Sam hi

Pulling Andrew hi

Upgrading the bracket to hold the new 5Hp motor hi

Our camp site at Chaffeys was nice.

The boat just off the blue line looking down at the lock.

Here is how much gear we put in the boat!

The Kawartha Voyager just fits into the locks

Here it dwarfs the Tanzer

The Chaffeys Lock opening. They will swing the bridge for us once the gates open.

Tom on Opinicon

Us in Davis Lock

Lower Brewers

We are dwarfed by big boats just before entering Kingston Mills (4) locks.

Boat at Kingston Confed Basin

Joan on the dock.