We entered the Murray Canal around 9:00am. The canal is about 10 miles long and has two swing bridges. The eastern (2nd) bridge collects a $5.00 toll for the full canal passage. The operator collects the toll by passing you a can on a long stick. Exact change is always appreciated. If you do not have exact change you can stop on the canal wall walk up to the bridge operator to pay the toll and get change made.
We entered the Bay of Quinte around noon. We motored past Trenton and then stopped the engine to have lunch in the middle of the bay just front of Canadian Forces Base Trenton. There was no wind so we just drifted lazily while we cooked hamburgers on the BBQ.
After lunch we started up the engine and continued motoring on towards Belleville. En route we were surrounded by hundreds of dragonflys that were in the process of mating. They were attracted to Ananda’s rigging and many landed and proceeded to procreate.
We were making pretty good time so we continued on and ended the day near Glenora, Ontario. We anchored in Canachan Bay, a beautiful little bay a couple of miles from Glenora. It was pretty hot so as soon as we were satisfied that the anchor was properly set we donned our swimming trunks and jumped overboard.
After cooling down, I started to cook supper while Steve did some fishing. He tossed in a line and caught a big one just a few minutes later. We would have eaten it but supper was already well underway so Steve mercifully tossed his catch back into the bay so it could have a 2nd chance.