Heat Wave

Wed. 4 July:  Heat Wave

Making waves 

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How to escape the heat?  Head out onto a large lake in a powerful boat and make waves.

This author was lucky today to be invited by my hiking friend M. to explore the Rideau Lakes – and they are impressive.  We landed on an island and enjoyed a 1.6 km hike under a cooling canopy of leaves; we motored down to Portland for a large hamburger in an air-conditioned lakeside restaurant; whizzed the whole way down the lake to the entrance to the Tay Canal, then sped back in glittering waters, past luxurious lakeside ‘cottages’, to our starting point at Murphys Point.

On a day with temperatures in the mid-thirties Celsius, under the hot sun, this was the place to be.

Heading out onto Big Rideau Lake

On Colonel By Island

1.6 km hike under a leafy canopy

Island dock

Rideau Ferry bridge

Tay Canal:  Lower Beveridges Lock

Here the Tay Canal meets Lower Rideau Lake

One of the new luxury boats based at Smiths Falls

The perfect place to be today