Friday, July 12th.

We had an easy day, cycling around Sorel and provisioning the boat.  It was hot, but pleasant cycling.  We were expecting Ted and Liz to join us at 5-ish, and by 3:30 we were back on the boat almost ready to receive them.  Teresa did some laundry and Ron filled the water tanks.  Usually, we test a sample of water before filling the tank, but didn’t on this occasion – shame on Ron.  He paid the price though – after filling the tanks he filled the drinking water bottles and discovered that the water was yellow.  It turned out that the water on the docks was good, but we were on the end of a long dock and the pipes didn’t get flushed very often.   So, instead of being ahead of schedule, for once, the tanks had to be drained, the water pipes flushed, (for 40 minutes!), and the tanks refilled.  Ron was still in the middle of this when Teresa returned, with Ted and Liz. 

We settled our guests in, Ron went for a shower and the Gins and Tonic came out.  We dined on the boat.