Cloudy and cooler today....we left Hanlan's Point at 10:45 and cruised 4 miles to Outer Harbour for a pump out and then to Marina Quay West for a total of 8.9 miles. We'll be here 2 nights and are in the heart of downtown Toronto. It was crazy windy but Mark maneuvered Catrina just fine into our slip. He checked into the office and we were off to find some lunch. Rain was predicted for later this afternoon and we should've taken umbrellas, but we didn't. Very close by, we found the Music Garden Cafe - tiny little place with coffee, gelato, sandwiches, etc. We both enjoyed our panini's with potato salad.
Then off to get Mark a haircut. The rain started but not too bad. We walked past a Starbucks and I settled in there while Mark walked a few more blocks. The barista asked if I was a local or visiting. I told him we were visiting and on our boat for the summer. He thought that was so neat and said "Here, welcome to Canada" and handed me 2 cake pops! How nice was that. I enjoyed my latte and after sitting down, the heavens opened up big time. Fortunately, Mark got to the barber just in time. He had a guy from Ukraine cut his hair who has been in Toronto just 4 months. Mark came back to pick me up and we took a different route back to Catrina. The sky was getting darker and glad to hunker down as the rain poured down again! More coming tonight and tomorrow! The high today was 73.
On our way to Outer Harbour, we went around this Great Lakes cruise ship - Viking Polaris out of Bergin, Norway. These Great Lake cruises seem to be very popular and the next port for this one is Port Colborne and the Welland Canal. So nice to have AIS (automatic identification system) which gives us direction, speed, destination (if other boat has AIS) of other vessels.
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