At lock 33, Perth, On

just exiting a lock

At dinner with Gordie and Esther, Nancy and Eddie and Adam

Eddie and I on the front of the boat waiting for the next lock around the bend.

Left Smiths Falls about 8:30 this morning, through 2 locks into Lower Rideau Lake and on to the Tay Canal. We wanted to go up the Tay canal right into Perth, and dock at the Last Duel Park, but the people at the lock told us that water levels are so low right now that we probably couldn't do it. With the hot weather and the lack of rain, the system is losing one centimetre of water depth a day. Called son Adam who lives in Perth, he kindly came out and took us into town for a grocery run. We actually didn't need much, but seem to have been going through a lot of water and soft drinks with the heat the past few days. Nice to have a car to bring that back to the boat. Took us to a specialty grocery store called Foodsmiths, very nice place with foods that we don't see in regular stores, then on to Your Independent for all the regular stuff. We brought everything back to the boat, then went back into town to meet friends Gordie and Esther for dinner. Nice for us that Gordie and Esther and Nancy and Eddie have met each other; each couple seems to think that they have heard a lot about the other from us. Altogether  a nice day. We may stay here another day and take the dinghy into town to do a little bit of touring.