Car trips near Orillia and to the Big Chute

While stuck in Orillia waiting for the prop repairs to be completed, we rented a car to check out the local sights.  Lots of farmland nearby, and of course we did Artie’s favorite cultural excursion to the local boat boneyard, where you never know what you may find. We were also happy to reunite for a short time with Lynn and Wayne on LeryLynn, and with Dale and Andy and John and Priscilla on Changing Latitudes.  And finally, we drove over to the Big Chute, which is a lock in the guise of a marine railway.  Essentially, your boat is driven onto a railway car, picked up in slings, and the railway car is moved over a hill and roadway, where you are deposited on the other side.  You do have to see it to believe it.