Maggie in Newfoundland Again 2016: Day 48 1000 Islands

Leaving Quebec is bittersweet. I am certainly not ready for summer to be finished. I certainly haven’t had a long enough time with my sister (though she may not say the same!!), but we are now coming closer to home and seeing everyone that we left behind for the summer. We have talked and texted with Jonathan and Jeffrey, Nancy and Jenna have sent pictures and we have had Skype dates with grandbabies but it’s not the same as being there. We want to see everyone and catch-up on various summer adventure so that has us looking forward to home!

It wasn’t a long travel day because we planned to stop once again in the 1000 Islands. While in Quebec with Nancy we learned there are actually 1,864 island and that in order to be called an “island” it must be out of water for 365 days and support a tree! Trivia!

Arriving and setting up in Mallorytown KOA (so David can flush the tanks before we store it tomorrow) was completed in record time. We are back in Ontario heat and when we bring Mary-Kate to Rockport to visit her Godparents we know we will be on the river so the temperature will be a little more manageable.

After some kisses and hugs, a cold drink and a quick catch-up we are in our bathing suits, loaded on the boat and cruising the 1000 Islands! So lovely and relaxing… or at least it was until we anchored the boat, hopped in for a refreshing swim and couldn’t get the engine to start again!! Poor Barry! He tried everything he could think of, Kathy used her cell to try to call everyone she could think of, and we were absolutely no help at all! Mary-Kate did mention that if disaster was to befall, this wasn’t too terrible a fate – to float on the St. Lawrence River in the setting sun!

Eventually a family out for an evening swim came close enough to contact and we were rescued and towed back to Barry’s and Kathy’s dock! No harm done! The jury is still out on boat engine repairs but while we were a little past happy hour, we quickly made up for the loss and we enjoyed a wonderful dinner of BBQ and summer’s harvest! We may have to go home tomorrow but we kept the fun and adventure going to the very end!