Chores and Chi-Cheemaun Festival

Tobermory is getting warmer and the crowds are getting bigger.  We have noticed a huge increase in traffic around our boat. Typically, these crowds are from larger cities and come in by school buses or caravans.  The waterfall next to our boat draws a lot of attention and people are taking many selfies.  

People have tried ordering "double-double" coffees once they have noticed our boat name...Timmies-run.

People love taking photos of our boat and I believe I have been photobombing in them wearing my pyjamas.  One evening, Brian and I was watching a movie and I felt the boat move and thought to myself since it was a calm evening, came to the conclusion, that someone had boarded our boat.  I came out to the cockpit to find a young female adult mid-ship posing on the cabin top.  She was surprised that someone was on the boat and was immediately embarrassed and apologized profusely.  I told her that she should always ask permission before boarding someone's boat.

Our friends Hugh and Marian invited us for lunch and had a wonderful meal and a game of "KanJam".  The game is basically tossing a frisbee and scoring points similar to horseshoes.

Brian thinks I was pretty intense

Marian and I won!

Brian and I joined the community and participated in the "I Scrubbed the Tub" to clean up garbage that the tourists leave behind.  We were teamed up with Neda who owns a local bed and breakfast.  She was very nice and knowledgeable.  After the clean up they had a pizza party at the legion.  There we also met Bonkey and Geoff who are locals and also the ambassadors for the local yacht club.  They invited us for dinner this week and had a lovely vegan meal.  Geoff is also building a wooden trimaran.  

Neda

The rain does not prevent us from taking our walks and here's proof.

The ducks are friendly here in Tobermory.  With there exposer to all the tourists, they have become fairly bold.  This duck came up to me looking for handouts and followed us up and down the dock.

We had a ripped screen in one of our enclosure doors, so Brian took out the Baracuda sewing machine and repaired it.  I didn't know my man was domesticated.  He is a keeper!

Brian has been helping a fellow boater who recently purchased a Bayfield 32.  He launched the boat and because of work commitments had to leave immediately afterwards.  So Brian offered to rig the boat and get it ready for them to take it to their home port.