Tuesday, July 9th.

We started the day with an hour’s long phone call to Verizon to figure out our best phone options whilst in Canada.  It turns out that all our options for connecting to the internet using the phone are very expensive in Canada, so blogging may have to wait until we have WIFI during the next couple of months.  We set off and cleared Canadian customs, then had a very hot day motoring to Chambly, 45 26.78N 073 17.01W.  This trip included 4 swing bridges and 6 locks on the Chambly canal, all of which we were familiar with, having passed this way last year.  We tied up just above the 1,2,3 right in the town centre.  There are no shower facilities here, but we had sun showers.  However, they were way too hot for these temps, so Ron took one and re-filled it with cold water.  In the event, we took a mixture of hot and cold showers in swim suits in the cockpit.  Very refreshing.  Chambly has a lot of restaurants, so we took a walk and ate ashore in Les Grillardss des Forts – delicious.

Ship’s Log: 2697.3nm, Today's log: 25.5nm, Season total: 243.4nm.