It rained more overnight! We walked to Archtop Coffee Co. - what a neat place with the coffee/pastries on one side and bar (with coffee alcoholic drinks on other side). Mark had a cinnamon roll and I had a lemon cranberry muffin + our coffees! All delish and I stayed a bit longer while Mark went to FOGH Boat Supplies for a few items. They had "The Pet Collective" on TV.....never heard of this but so funny watching cats, dogs and other animals doing silly things!
Neat coffee shop in Port Credit
Not seen a sign like this before?
I took a long walk along the waterfront trail with the water on one side and a pretty park on the other side.. On the way back to Catrina, I went into the marina office and asked about the fox on the dock.....as Mark expected, it's the marina mascot and a deterrent to keep the geese off the dock (tail wags, etc.) Very clever as the geese are a big issue up here!
We left Port Credit at 10:40 and cruised 13.4 miles to Hanlan Point, Toronto Island. Although it was pretty hazy, it was really neat seeing the Toronto skyline and cruising past all the tall skyscrapers, the CN Tower, lots of yacht clubs, the private airport (Billy Bishop on Toronto Island), Rogers Centre (home of the Blue Jays), etc.
Several boats were parked along a long wall but plenty of room for Catrina. Today marked a big hurdle for me as we rode bikes (me for the 1st time since August). There are so many paths around Hanlan Point with bicycle and surrey bikes (2-4 passenger) for rent (very popular). Also many walkers and lots of folks out and about. We stopped at Greek Island for lunch - walk-up place (pizza was other choice, plus a bar). Our gyros were delicious and then we were off. We did a total of 5 miles and felt really good, although shoulder was aching by the time we were done! Jeff and Chad (PT guys would be proud)! 😀😀
Back home to rest and had a brief shower pass thru and although radar looked like some nasty stuff coming didn't happen.. Here are some pics from today...
Always can find a place to plant flowers
This partially sunken freighter marks the entrance to Port Credit
The Ridgetown was launched on June 24, 1905. She became the breakwater to
Port Credit River in 1974.
Toronto skyline
CN Tower - tallest structure in the western hemisphere
standing at 1,815'
It was built by the Canadian National Railway (CN), has 147 floors and opened June 26, 1976.
View from our bikes looking across to Toronto
Hanlan Point is 800 acres with 9 miles of paved walking/biking paths
and has a clothing "optional" beach! (NO thanks)
At 5:00, we went for a walk and came upon where the ferry docks (taking passengers from the city to Toronto Island). The only vehicles here are maintenance related. Taking the ferry, water taxi, boat are the 3 methods of transportation. And there's the Billy Bishop Airport.
On our way back to Catrina, we stopped and visited with a lady on her 36' PDQ sail catamaran. Had an interesting chat with her. She and hubby are from Toronto but are constantly cruising and they with their boat have been to SEVENTEEN (17) countries! WOW!!!
On September 5, 1914, Babe Ruth hit his first home run for the minor league team, the Providence Gray's against the Toronto Maple Leafs here at Hanlan's Point. It's the only home run he hit in the minors and to this day, is believed to be at the bottom of Lake Ontario. That day, he also pitched a great game and was sent to the majors where he became the
"greatest baseball player of all time."
One of many surrey bikes on the island
A full rainbow tonight - nice ending to a really fun day~
Shortly after we saw the rainbow, a huge charter yacht (The Yankee Lady) came past with a wedding party and guests and then a bit later, the 2nd Yankee Lady came by with a big cruise group.
The Yankee Lady
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