What an absolutely beautiful weekend! From Friday afternoon, right up to Monday evening we had the best weather imaginable for the middle of October and yes, I did capture
another lovely sunset at the cottage;
On Saturday morning we headed up to Orillia for the day/night along with Free Bird. The lake was super calm & clear;
There were quite a few boats there for the weekend. No surprise, really, given the stellar conditions;
After our late breakfast at 'Bygone Days' restaurant, Graham & I took the dinghies out for a row around the Port. Guess where this shot was taken;
Evening at the Port;
Check the calm water over Couchiching. And the fall colours on the foliage;
Leaving Orillia out on Sunday. Another clear, sunny day;
The fall colours on the trees was beautiful, despite the fact that it signaled autumn upon us;
Crossing the lake, coming back into Chicken Harbour. What a nice sight, eh;
Sanja taking SunAria over for the last pump out of the season. Debbie & Graham went along for the ride;
Ahhhhh. . . . Yet
another FINAL for the season, this being the final cleanup of the dinghies for the truck ride back home for the off season. Note the shorts and bare feet on the Commodore - it's October, man!
I must say that I'm sure glad Anchor Girl talked me into getting that little toy - it sure was a lot of fun;
On Monday, we took Boogaboo out for one last spin to run the fuel stabilizer through and burn off some gas before the sneaky snowmobilers siphon our boats again. Graham, Debbie & Sanja also came along for the ride - and a few pointers on the limitations of chart plotters :-)
On this trip we discovered the passage to Virginia Beach and the Sand Islands. We also got to see the Island ferry coming back from Georgina Island;
I guess taking the gang out for the last run is getting to be a tradition. . . Another great day & a great end to the season!!!
These next photos/video were all submitted by the Water Wings crew.
Given the fact that we saw the first SNOW of the season today up in The Wick, I figured it was a good time to reminisce about the beginning of the year when we were starting the massive renovations at the cottage;
Here's the gang in Orillia, at the end of our holidays. We walked through town to look for Elvis stuff for the show at the Legion, but only found shark stuff for the Jimmy Buffet show at the park. . . . . Or was it shark on the buffet at the Elvis Restaurant? I always get those mixed up;
No, it WAS shark stuff;
Bringing Pugsly The Wugsly back from a tinkle run on shore. I can't remember what it was, but it appears that Wevvy & Graham were trying to make a point about something to me. Or point at me;
Billie Sue forwarded these shots that were taken by someone else she knows.
This was one of the water spouts that was scene on Lake Simcoe on the day we were returning from the Big Chute to Orillia. We had rain & some lightning while we were travelling, but nothing like what you guys saw around Simcoe & Couchiching;
Apparently, these were taken around Beaverton;
Meanwhile, back at the Big Chute, we see the Commodore & Anchor Girl taking Boogaboo over the marine railway on that very same day (Aug 7/08);
