Up early in Montreal, no breakfast, out by 8:00 to meet our Virginia based friends in Smiths Falls, ON. Deb made it 9:00 with no food, but then…Tim Horton’s to the rescue (a cross between McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts).
The meet-up was successful. We left our car and rode with them back to Ottawa where our 30’ Motor Yacht was awaiting us. We had the all important walk thru at 3:00, so we were on high alert to accomplish all our tasks ahead of time, including eating lunch and going grocery shopping for the items that we could not bring through customs.
Arriving with 10 minutes to spare, we offload the luggage and food, got the car parked in the designated parking lot and presented ourselves to the staff at the charter company. They had felt that it would be easier to do the walk thru with another couple, who were decidedly more interested in a romantic evening
alone before being joined by their three children, then receiving detailed instruction on the use of a fire extinguisher, the location of windshield wipers, and how to flush a marine toilet. After two hours of excruciating details, we each had to drive and dock the boat. Each of us had a few hiccups and took about 5 minutes to dock, except for young wife who accomplished the task with perfect fashion in about a minute.
We all decided to have a congratulatory glass of wine, topped with a mexican dinner and safe evening still tied up to the same slip.
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