The R.St. L.Y.C - A Nice Place to Stay

 Two boats rafted to ours in both locks. It wasn't that there were a lot of boats - it seems that that's just the way it's done.

To get from Valleyfield to Dorval on Friday, we traveled along the Beauharnois Canal where we waited for two lift bridges to let us through and then transited two locks. We only had 20 miles to travel but the waiting added time - 15 minutes here, 30 minutes there - so that although we left at 7:15 in the morning we didn't arrive at the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club in Dorval until 1:30 p.m. Add to that the time we spent going in circles in the water just outside the club while we waited for the worst of a thunder storm / squall to subside.

The high temparatures and humidity had it's usual result and a severe thunderstorm was predicted for the early afternoon. Well we didn't quite make it into the dock. The worst of it didn't last long but when the wind picked up to 35 nm and the rain obscured everything while we were weaving our way through a narrow marked channel, Bob decided to circle a red/green buoy where he knew we would have enough water. The big fear - other than being hit by lightening which, incidentally was very near - was going aground. That would have been really unfortunate in such high winds to say the least. The short of the story is that both boats "weathered" two squalls that came through - one after the other - and made it into a nice long dock at the club where we have stayed for the last two nights.

 The club is very nice with great facilities. Today while the Goodyears went to a family reunion, Bob and I did our chores and then went for a swim in the pool here. Dinner on their "terrace" overlooking the grounds was very nice too!



It was cooler for a while after the storm and we were so glad of that that we didn't mind the day of heavy rain that followed. Today was lovely but the temperature is climbing again and there's not a puff of wind tonight.

Tomorrow we have another bridge and the last two locks to go under and through - and then we'll be in Montreal for a night.