Ok, yesterday's excitement continued into last evening and night. After the locks had closed, a couple in a 25' (?) powerboat tied up behind us on the wall. Because they were late in arriving and did not call ahead to say they were coming, no washroom key was left for them. They asked to borrow ours and returned it without even a thank you. First thing that irked Jorge. Next they asked if we had a spare Coleman fuel cannister, no we didn't. Next they asked if they could "share" the washroom key with us during the night. We didn't think that was a good idea because if any damage was done, we felt we would be held responsible. That caused friction. Before retiring for the night, we used the washroom facilities and asked them if they wanted to use them at the same time. He declined. At some point they knocked on Serenada's hull and asked Gilbert if he had a key. He wisely said no. We were in bed and the boat was in total darkness when the guy knocked on our hull at 11:15 p.m. and demanded to borrow the key. Well . . . a heated exchange of words took place with Jorge finally calling the police. They arrived, took Jorge's story and then went to see the guy in his boat to advise him to leave us alone. The guy was still belligerent this morning. We spoke to the lockmaster and were advised we did everything right.

Previous to all this, a crew member from the Island Princess III (a Peterborough dinner tour boat) visited and brought us a rhubarb/strawberry pie. Nice guy!

We left the lock this morning at 9 a.m. The 3 hour trip to Rice Lake was peaceful, the scenery spectacular with green all around us, even the water looked olive green. Cottages and boathouses dotted the landscape. We passed many, many small fishing boats and I have perfected the royal wave!

We entered Rice Lake just after the noon hour. Winds were light, waves were small and sky was blue albeit the temperature was a bit cool. We were told Rice Lake could be like Lake Simcoe, nasty at times if the wind was from the wrong direction. Everything was favourable though. We stopped at Lang's Resort. Originally we had decided, with Gil and Diana, to anchor in that area but because we had made such good time we pushed on for another half hour or so and then set anchor in very muddy and weedy bottom.

Dessert and after dinner drinks are planned on Serenada.