We had a delightful dinner with Ron and Sally Thursday evening and then Summer Star headed out early Friday morning. We decided to stay another day in Peterborough to rest and regroup before taking on the next series of T-S Waterway locks. The marina is very conveniently located to major shopping areas including a grocery store, LCBO and indoor mall. We walked to the mall, which was about ten blocks away and contained a very nice book store, an okay food court and a very small sampling of yarn which was located within a scrapbooking store…couldn’t quite figure that situation out but I will take yarn wherever I can find it.
Immediately adjacent to the marina is a huge outdoor concert venue. It is unfortunate that we will miss the next performances as some very nice concerts are booked within the next couple of weeks.
In honor of our friend, now Captain Fireman Jim, Mark and Dottie visited the tribute to Canada’s firefighters which is located in the lovely park area next to the concert venue.
We knew that it was just a matter of time before Dottie fell into the water and it finally happened in Peterborough. Dottie loves vanilla ice cream and she and Mark had just returned to the boat from the ice cream store at the marina. Dottie has become very adept at jumping off and on the boat and the leap this time was considerably shorter than she had jumped in the past. However, she was much too concerned about where Captain Mark had her ice cream to be paying full attention to where she should jump and of course, she came up short. I don’t think she had a clue that falling into the water was even a possibility as the look on her face was of total disbelief. Mark quickly fetched her out of the water and brought her inside to quickly dry her off. Usually she loves having her hair blown dry but I think her main concern was eating her ice cream before it melted. 
Being good and law abiding citizens we obeyed the Canadian restrictions on how much liquor could be brought into their country – which is a very limited amount, like one bottle of wine and a six-pack of beer. The liquor sales in Canada are done in government owned stores LCBO: Liquor Control Board of Ontario (or respective Provence).
We visited our first LCBO while in Peterborough and were in for a very rude shock…the cost of wine is at least double and in most cases three times the price as it is in most US states. Most of the wine brands were Canadian, which was preferable as I like to taste local wines, but Holy Moley, I could only afford to purchase one bottle. Another example is the boxed wine which costs about $15 for a 5 liter box in Indiana – here in Canada, the cheapest 3 liter box of wine that I saw cost $33. Needless to say, I left with only 1 bottle of wine and six pack of Blueberry Cider which I will ration until we get back to the States.
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