Boat Shows

Toronto in water boat show will be taking place on September 13-16/07 at Ontario Place, along Toronto's waterfront. We visited this show for the first time last year and it was very good. The size/type of boats we are looking at are well represented there. Plus, the setting is very nice, too.

Given the time of year, I had gone there wearing a sweat shirt and discovered that a tee shirt would have been the better option. Note to self for this year - bring both. Looking forward to it again.

That is one event of many over the upcoming weeks that is going to keep us occupied. In less than two weeks it's the Labour Day long weekend that, unfortunately, kinda marks the unofficial end of summer :-( We are hoping to get away on the boat, with three different spots planned for our overnight accommodations. Sure hope it's good weather!

The following week, it's the annual corn roast at our marina. Then the boat show. Three weeks later, they will start to pull the boats out of the water for the winter layup. Well, at least our section of the marina is done last, so we might get an extra week or two in the water. Man, if it's going to be anything like it was last year, we could conceivably keep the boat in until December! The attached photo was taken just down the street from our house, overlooking Lake Simcoe - on Christmas Day! Usually, one would see snowmobiles and ice fishermen on the lake by Christmas.

It's unlikely that we'd see those kind of conditions two years in a row. . . But, hey - with global warming, you never know . . . .?