{"id":14345,"date":"2025-08-24T20:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=14345"},"modified":"2025-08-24T20:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:09:13","slug":"sunday-august-10-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=14345","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, August 10, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overnight at Port of Orillia, Slip 169
\n44\u00b036’48.4236″N, 79\u00b024’42.8868″W
\nWhat3Words: \/\/\/rowdy.strutting.expressive<\/p>\n

A minor crisis has arisen aboard Belisama! The marina’s bathroom pass card is missing! Belisama is thoroughly searched by the entire crew, but the card is nowhere to be found. Our $30 deposit is forfeited if the card is not returned at checkout. Catherine thinks she might have left the card in the washroom\/shower room while she was there but it\u2019s not there and no one has turned in a lost card. I’m not so sure that she is the one who misplaced the card. I obtain a \u201cnew\u201d card from the Marina Office in exchange for another $30 deposit, but the marina staff say, sorry there is no refund for the missing card. More about the missing card mystery will be revealed in a few days \u2013 stay tuned!<\/p>\n

Catherine and I had lunch with Dan and Isa at one of their favourite \u201clocals\u201d followed by a driving tour of Orillia and a lot more conversation. It is wonderful to catch up with them after so many years of not seeing each other or much communication. We all get busy in our lives and time just slips away – first weeks, then months and then years! Where does the time go?<\/p>\n

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Dan and Wally aboard Belisama<\/p><\/div>\n

Dan\u2019s father and my mother were brother and sister. They were close when they were growing up and they remained close even as adults with their own families and busy lives. Our families may have been far apart by physical distance but not emotionally. Dan and my aunt and uncle spent their entire adult lives in Orillia while my family lived in Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and finally eastern Ontario.<\/p>\n

I can remember when I was growing up we would go to Orillia in the summer to visit my uncle and aunt and my cousin Dan or they would come and visit us and other relatives at our grandparent’s family farm and summer cottages near Moose Creek, Ontario. Dan is about five years older than me, and I always remembered him as my cool older cousin who was happy to spend time with his younger cousin at an age when a 15 or 16 year old often would not like being stuck with having to entertain a 10 or 11 year old. Dan was not like that. We talked about cars and boats and other cool stuff that he knew a lot about and I was just learning. His family had a house on Lake Couchiching. We went for boat rides and swimming in the lake. Those were great times, and I remember them fondly.<\/p>\n

Years later we visited Orillia occasionally. Dan now had Isa in his life (a very cool woman then \u2013 and she still is today) and, like me, they had started a family and were busy building careers. It was fun to catch up then, but once again busy lives, competing priorities and physical distance got in the way of keeping in touch. That\u2019s why it is so special now to be able to reconnect \u2013 especially when we are all getting to an age where it is best not to take time for granted! Dan is still my cool, slightly older cousin!<\/p>\n

While we were out with Dan and Isa, Valerie and David explored the Orillia Waterfront Festival at the park beside the marina. The weather was fine, and they enjoyed themselves.<\/p>\n

Catherine and I got back to the marina around 4:00pm. We all considered our dinner options and decided that it would be fun to have dinner aboard Belisama for our last night together. Sadly they have to head back to London tomorrow but we are looking forward to the next time they can join us for more cruising adventures. It was great to share Belisama’s inaugural cruise with them.<\/p>\n

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Another fine dinner aboard Belisama – Valerie & David head home tomorrow<\/p><\/div>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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