Thursday, July 15, 2010

Into Canada and some great hosts part 2

We slept in until about 7 and when we woke up Isabel had come out to the backyard to invite us to breakfast and she had brought out a 3 year old basset hound name Gibson. She was dog sitting for a friend. Shannon sat in the front seat of the car next to Isabel and I sat in the back with Harold and Gibson and we drove a few miles down the coast to Colchester. We had the most amazing breakfast of bacon, eggs, and toast! I think I even saw Shannon eating bacon! Harold and Isabel's friends showed up and we had a full table of 7 elderly Canadians and two strange traveling Americans. After breakfast Shannon and I needed to check into Canada at the Colchester marina. The man I spoke with was not happy that we had spent the night without checking in. Oops... I tried to explain the situation with the storm and not having the means to reach the marina to check in but he was still grumpy. Eventually everything was worked out and we went back to the backyard to get packed up. Harold gave us four beers and we set sail for Leamington! We decided to drink the beer on the way and it was a very fun trip! After leaving at 12:30 we managed to travel about 18 miles to Leamington without having to paddle much at all. We got in late and Shannon bought a tent from Walmart because there were not many trees to tie our hammocks to on the beach. We got some good beach food at a beachside restaurant and called it a night. Wow we still have a long way to go!

Jay

2 comments:

  1. How awesome is that?? Pull up in some random person's back yard, chill, and get breakfast with them and friends in the morning? Great story!

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  2. No way! colchester is where my family's cottage was that I was telling you guys about. Great town!

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