Labour Day 2012 at The Waubic

A bunch of fun from the Labour Day long weekend, which found us back at The Waubic Restaurant alongside the Severn River.

 When we left our marina for the weekend, it was another really windy day, but we made the run up no problem. Just before hitting Swift Rapids Lock (#43), we met up with friends and decided to spend the night there with them and continue on to our final destination - the Waubic - the next morning.

 Here we are tied up for the night, which was the first time we did an overnight at this lock;

Enjoying some good times, along with a couple of cold ones :-)

The view from our flybridge. Yet another nice spot.

. . . and a beautiful sunrise the next morning. The day gave us hot weather and calm conditions.

When we arrived at The Waubic, we had to drift in the river for a little bit while the previous nights' guests left the docks. No problem, as it was calm, unlike our previous visit here in July when we had to deal with strong westerlies while waiting for our spot - and three professional dock captains who were full of suggestions as to how I should make my approach in the wind ;-) Guess which one I listened to? HA!

This weekend was one of the best all summer for weather and we was all in swimming - and trying our skills on Kim's SUP (Stand Up Paddleboard). To my pleasant surprise, Anchor Girl was a natural on the thing! Myself, not so much :-)

The owners of the place have two dogs that great the guests when they arrive. This guy is named Tanner and he will spend the entire day with you retrieving a ball if you throw it. Problem with that is he jumps in thew water a lot and loves to shake his stinky wetness all over when he brings the ball back. . .

Kicking back on 'Poker Sticks' before going to the restaurant for dinner.

HI!

Jimmy shows off the huge portions of fish (along with everything else) that they serve. The food here is really good!

A peaceful evening on the docks. A spot we are looking forward to visiting many more times!

Calm conditions lead us back into our home port. Sure was a great weekend!!

Canada Day Long Weekend Boat Trip to TheWaubic Restaurant

For the 2012 Canada Day long weekend, we headed up to The Waubic, a small restaurant on the Severn River. We had boated past this place many times over the years, but never actually stopped in. Well, it was a good call, as we really enjoyed it. So much so, that we visited again for the Labour Day long weekend. That turned out to be the best weekend of the summer, by far. I'll be posting lots of fun from that event in the future . . .

 Before heading out, Jimmy staggered, I mean walked, over to wish us well before he & Marg left for their fateful boat trip to Georgian Bay. See the video below to find out what happened.

Jimmy's boating accident;

Bill dropped by, as well. Hey Bill, you might be putting your ship up for sale next year?? Say it ain't so . . .

I took these next few sunrise shots on the Friday morning of the long weekend, before heading back home and to work;

Pretty, eh?

I captured the sun rising and reflecting off the calm water - a perfect picture frame for the bow of Boogaboo;

Northward bound along the Severn River on Saturday morning;

Sit back and enjoy this 24 minute long trip up to The Waubic;

We have arrived;

Anchor Girl checks out the surroundings;

It was so windy when we got there that the dock we were tied to was actually being pushed sideways. So much so that the boat on the other side was almost hitting the next boat over. We ended up having to jamb both our boat (to the left in this picture) and our neighbour (to the right) as close in to shore as possible. We then had to tie off to the shore dock to stabilize the docks!

The 'On A Roll' crew joined us as well;

Went for a dinghy ride over to the Severn Falls town dock;

There is a small grocery store, complete with LCBO Agency outlet at the town dock;

Here's a shot of the restaurant deck from our flybridge;

I'll tell you this, if you go in really hungry, you will come out satisfied. The portions are huge and the food is all home made and REALLY good!

A look around the restaurant. A quaint spot;

First time I had one of these Flying Monkeys beers. Tasty and bottled locally in Barrie. Plus, the logo 'Normal Is Weird' feels right, too ;-)

You can see how close we had to squish into our neighbour;

A beautiful look of a beautiful setting. And I'm not referring to the docks or the boat ;-)

Ahh, an afternoon on the dock, enjoying a sip of Anchor Girl's piña colada - straight from a cup that was 'stolen' from the Deck bar in Fort Lauderdale;

More video from the weekend, complete with live music and a food review;


Monday morning started off as calm and sunny as could be;

Calm is an understatement;

The restaurant is closed on Mondays;

A lovely, slow cruise home;

Anchor Girl gets the lines ready as we approach Swift Rapids Lock;

On A Roll caught up to us in Sparrow Lake;


Severn River;

The weekend ended the way it started, with a glorious sunrise;

Canada Day Mini Cruise to The Waubic

This past Canada Day long weekend, we headed up the Severn River to The Waubic for a couple of nights. As expected, I have a bunch of pictures, videos and stories to share with you sometime in the future, as time allows. For now, here's a couple of quick pics;

Looking form the river, towards The Waubic restaurant;

This is what it's all about - Anchor Girl relaxes on the swim platform. They had a live band (a bunch of old guys doing some Chicago jazz) which was a surprise - and kept the toes tapping;

Here's a video clip of us heading through the rocky & picturesque McDonald Cut on the way back home;