Gramma Camp – Wednesday

 We tried to watch tennis until the girls woke up. Three rain delays! Up before noon, 9 - 10-ish, Grampa and Isabelle went shopping for the pineapple stir fry for dinner.

While they shopped, and Isabelle took photos, Jos and I did some sewing. 

I had some issues with my left eye. While waiting to go swimming, and waiting for the phone call to see if I've an appointment, the girls waited patiently. 

Ta da!

They collected some rocks.

It cleared out by 3:30.

Hustling home, showers were to be had. Then, dinner prep. We had the pineapple stir fry. Jos was in charge, I assisted, Isabelle was the sous chef. 

We were going to do barley, but it took too long to cook. The recipe called for cooked rice or barley. We chose rice. It was brown rice, though, better for Isabelle.  "How do we cook rice?" asked Jos. 

    "In the rice cooker! Easy peasey." 

    "We don't have a rice cooker at home!"

    "Oh, yes you do! He's called Papa!" He's a great cook!

It was a great dinner. We watched some Jeopardy shows. Everyone was happily tucked into bed.

I've an appointment for my eye today. I'm seeing floaters in my left eye. We'll see what is wrong. 

Rideau Ferry Yacht Club Regatta

I can hear them 5km away at home. Being curious, off we went. It was $5 each. What the heck. This is the 122nd anniversary of this regatta, begun in 1897.  The year before, 2017, a 69-year-old man from Minnesota died when his boat became airborne, and he was ejected from it. They go at high speeds.
The group used to run it one day annually, a condition of selling the land to but now they run it for two days every other year, with added events like canoe building, cardboard boat races!


'A cast of thousands!' Lots of volunteers, at least. This is the area where the boats are parked on their trailers, and hauled down to the dock at race time. They were delayed about an hour on Saturday, we went on Sunday, due to the rain and possible lightning.

vintage motors

These hydroplanes are quite something. They are quite old, some older than I am, run and refurbished by a team of dedicated boaters. This one, Miss Supertest III,  has a plane engine.

Miss Supertest III (1959)Miss Supertest III is now a part of the Murray Walker Antique and Vintage Race Boat Collection. She will be a star attraction at a Canadian Race Boat Hall of Fame in Muskoka that will also feature a collection of other great Canadian race boats.

Canadiana Grand Prix
World record 153.8 MPH in 1965, and it's for sale! It has a jet engine. 

It was a lovely day, really!


The silver awards on top of this boat dated about 1955!


This is the dock, and the crews who put the boats in and out of the water at "the pitt."


Down we went to look out at the pitt. Quite a process.


The boaters, drivers and crew, and fans camp out on the field. It's very organized, with lines painted and cones placed, to enable people to park.


I wonder at the pollution, noise, gas, oil, etc. This camper was running, I heard dogs barking inside. It came from North Carolina.



The black flag sends them in to the dock. They were done.


The gull was just being cheeky! They laid out a course, and swimming was forbidden during the races.


Here are Rideau Ferry Yacht Club Regatta videos, if you are so inclined.