Day #356 – Peterborough, ON

Last night after settling in we walked uptown to a restaurant that one of the dock masters had recommended, Hot Belly Mama’s.  It was a New Orleans style menu and quite good.  We walked right up the main street to get there and passed this amusing window display.

Would you hire any of them to do a singing telegram???

They have a beautiful river walk which we took on the way home and stopped for a photo op.

For the first time we had a day with nothing we had to do which was glorious.  We slept in, walked, shopped, cleaned, cooked and explored town.

The people in this town are unbelievably friendly and helpful.  They are preparing for their Festival of Lights Concert in the park tonight.  Tonight Town Pants will perform, they are a “West Coast Celtic” style band.

The band shell, which is in the park right next to the marina is set up

and their grounds are manicured.

I went to have some copies made in their local print shop, Package Plus, and Bruce was extremely helpful and informative.  His company is a sponsor for the concerts and wanted to assure that we had a great time.  He gave us four VIP tickets to enjoy the show.  We look forward to tonight and have really enjoyed our time in Peterborough.

Footnote:  We had a great time and the concert was terrific!  Thank you Bruce, our seats were fantastic.

Day #355 – Peterborough, ON

Yesterday after we arrived in Hastings Patti and I went and did a little exploring.

Their flower pots and baskets were all over town and beautifully planted and maintained.

The town had only one stop light, but they had everything we needed.  We visited the LCBO, the post office and the grocery store.  We couldn’t help wondering what anyone would do with this many marshmallows.

Lots and lots of s’mores we guessed.

After a nice dinner aboard Salvage Crew we were treated to a beautiful sunset.

I will never tire of those.

Up and away from the docks at 7:30 this morning for a 40 mile ride up to Peterborough.  Most of the trip was in winding rivers.

This mallard swam by with her string of peepers.

The Canada geese are plentiful and these thought it was a good idea to have a parade.

Purple loosestrife appears in the area.  At one time it was feared that it would take over the marshes as it is so invasive, but so far doesn’t appear to be the problem that was feared.

Again, Canadians show the pride in their country.  What a great canoe.

We only had one lock today and it was at the very end of the day.  We locked through, turned the corner and Peterborough was welcoming us.

We look forward to spending a day here tomorrow and seeing the area before taking off for another three day run.