July 19, 2014

survived the night at Lovesick lock beautiful area but man were there lots of mosquitoes. We spent an hour killing mosquitoes in the boat looks like a battleground with blood on the walls and floor and dead mosquitoes all over in the boat. we are at 25 or passed lock 25 halfway on the Trent Severn Waterway soon to be going down in the locks rather than up.  Beautiful lakes with big rocks sticking out of the water.  we were warned about the Black Bear coming on the boat to get the garbage and told to put our garbage in the bathroom  also that the raccoons would sneak on the boat and get into different foods that may be left out? Don is telling us his scary bear stories. So were careful to keep everything locked up. Got up this morning with no trouble. Started the motor started right away but immediately quit. We couldn't get the motor started. So after lots of guessing what to do and our friends said they would tow the boat to a marine about 8 miles down the water way so we can have it looked at. Decided not to do that because there was a lock in between not easy to get in the lock with one boat. So I said a prayer and said make this motor start magically and then went back to the boat pulled it back up and put it down again, it magically started everyone amazed asked what I did, I told them I said a prayer no one could say anything after that with great smiles we took off made it through a lock 25.  We are sitting right now waiting for the mechanic to fix the motor or the short in the wire, glad to have that wire fixed.  Don and Katherine from the 25 ft. Oday waiting for us. They are also doing tje loop, started in Florida.