So far, Merrickville gets the award for “neat little towns
along the Rideau”. We are at Smith Falls
today and it is larger and has several restaurants, a grocery store, Wal-Mart
within walking distance. Merrickville
was not so practical just quaint and charming.
We are in The Pond between the two locks at Smith
Falls. The area is called Victoria Park
marina and campground. There are
floating docks, electricity, showers etc.
Since it is a hybrid of city dock and marina, they charge only half
price if you have a Canada Season Mooring Pass. And they have wi-fi. We had no idea how much we depend on
wi-fi. Not only to post the blog, but to
look up weather, send and receive e-mail and answer all the miscellaneous questions
we think up while floating along.
There is a band playing in the park on this Sunday evening
and we walked up to Rob Roy’s for dinner.
They had a traditional shepherds pie on the menu and it was good.
All day today the rain clouds threatened, but we were done
boating and safely docked here before the rain came. It was a one-hour shower and now we are back
to intermittent clouds. There was
thunder and lightning with the rain last night.
Perhaps the rain has finished now and we can proceed with sunshine.
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| Hand operated Locks and Bridges |
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| No really hand operated, push a little harder Ralph! |
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| War memorial to Canadian Flyers, Reunion between the trees |
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| A view out Rob Roy's window |
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