July 30, 2008: Hurst Marina to Burritt's Rapids (again)

Today was great! We finally finished with all the maintenance work on the boat at Hurst Marina. The fiberglass guy, Jay, did a great job of matching our navy blue and the repair looks like the original. Tom spent the morning scrubbing the boat. I was working and he is really not good at doing nothing. So after lunch and thanking all the guys we had come to know, we cruised out of the marina and honked our horn good bye.

Our destination for tonight was to return to the exact same picnic table where we spent Sunday night attached to the stone wall at Burritt’s Rapids. This particular spot has electricity which is really nice for the luxuries of air conditioning and powering the stove.

I should comment that I got an email today suggested that you do everything possible to reduce electricity usage today due to the extreme heat at RTP. I just thought I would let you know that it was 70 degrees in Burritts Rapids.

Just for fun we took out our bikes and retraced some of our ride from Sunday. We rode by the General Store and got a Morning Glory muffin (that’s carrot and raisons, but I can vouch for the sugar in there too). It was delicious. We also rode by The Lone Wolf Farm and watched a young woman training a brown and white pinto around a hunting track with assorted fences and jumps. We watched for a while and although she rode well and cantered at times, she never actually went over a jump. Either she was nervous or her horse was. We also saw three mares with their foals in a pasture at the Rideau Wood Farm, and it was fun to watch the little ones. We also saw a stockpile of split firewood that will keep the village warm this winter. It was hard to image needing all that for warmth on this beautiful summer's day. Note all the Queen Anne's Lace in the wood yard.