Prime Minister Trudeau, the Younger, awarded Least-Favorite-Person status among Loopers.
Today, Canada announced that its border with the US (as well as some of its internal provincial borders) will remain closed to "nonessential" (i.e. recreational) travel until at least the end of July. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ We were hopeful that our dawdling schedule on the Hudson would allow the border to be open we reached the Erie Canal. But no such luck.
So, we will proceed with our original plan of transiting the canals to Lake Ontario, hiring a delivery captain and two crew to take Irish Lass thru the Canadian Wieland Canal (where the Lass likely will be thoroughly searched by two Canadian Customs officials), and bringing her back to us in Buffalo NY on Lake Erie. (A boat delivery is a commercial, and therefore "essential", activity.)
Now, we could invest in endless speculation how all this enhances public health over two fully vaccinated US citizens cruising almost quietly thru southern Ontario sprinkling US credit card $$ like holy water, But instead, we will just.......
Yep....sounds about right. what a croc! Well stay on the sunny side and enjoy the land portion of your journey :)
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KZ - sigh - life of a boater. The tales you will be able to tell! You are certainly keeping the blog interesting. Safe travels Irish Lass
ReplyDeleteThat Justin is a major fun sucker! We're dying to camp through Alberta and BC. Jerk.
ReplyDeleteThank you Robin! Sorry about the delay, inconvenience and cost. Bummer Dude... I hope you will soon be boating away with happy experiences ahead. :)
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