Hello everyone, we are now in Montreal and finally have the internet so this may be a long blog as it has been a few days since we updated it. We can also load some pictures for everyone to see some of the sights. I returned from Toronto on Wednesday and my cousin Lyle lent Bruce a car for the day so he was able to pick me up in Ottawa and we were able to re-provision the boat and do some other running around for supplies. What would we do without our friends and relatives! Dave Burns also delivered our much needed wind thingy (I can't remember how to spell the other name.) Thanks Dave! It was also great to be home and see Lindsay again although I kind of felt like a guest in my own home as she has reorganized everything and I wasn't allowed to move anything of mess anything up!! Love you hon!

We left Prescott on Thursday morning about 08:00 for what we thought would be a short trip to Cornwall, however we had a 3 hour wait to get though the Snell and Eisenhower locks so we didn't get into Cornwall until 18:30. We stayed at the Marina 200 in Cornwall and had dinner with Bruce's cousin Brenda and her husband Bob. It was great to see them. Bruce's Aunt Sheila and Uncle Blake met us as we were sailing by in Morrisburg and waved from shore. Sorry we couldn't make a stop in Morrisburg to see them. We also filled our gas tanks in Cornwall and were glad we did as we payed 1.06 a litre and in Montreal fuel is $1.50 a litre!

From Cornwall we had a little later start as we did not want to go thru the next set of locks that day in case we had another 3 hour wait. We went as far as Valleyfield and anchored in the Bay, that way we could get an early start and get through the locks and make it to Montreal in one day. It was a beautiful day and we spent the afternoon relaxing in the sun

We left our anchorage early the next day and had better luck going thru the Barharnois (sp?) locks. We were just motoring in to tie up to the pleasure dock when the lockmaster came over the loudspeaker and told us not to tie up as we were next to go thru the locks. This was great as there was another boat on the dock who had been waiting for 3 hours. Timing is everything. From there we continued onto Montreal. We feel right at home here as we are at P.C.Y.C in Pointe Claire. They give us 3 free nights so that is an added bonus. The club is very friendly but the docks really need a lot of work and the power sucks, but it is free and we are now retired so we like that! It is also a block away from the Town of Pointe Claire with lots of nice shops and a grocery store and best of all a great ice cream shop that reminds me of the Dairy Cream in Port Credit. The lineup was out to the street last night. We are also able to get on line and that makes us very happy!

Our friends Don and Arlene joined us this morning from Toronto and will spend the next 10 days with us as we continue our trip down the River. We hope to leave early tomorrow for Sorel, Trois Riviere and then Quebec City. Not sure how far we will make it in the next 10 days with them but they are pretty flexible about where we drop them off as they are airline employees too.