Grandkids Cruise-Bobcaygeon—Trent Severn Waterway-Part-3

Bobcaygeon Is A Popular Town on the Trent Severn Waterway —

Grandkids Cruise-Bobcaygeon. One of our favorite places on the Trent Severn Waterway (TSW) is the charming town of Bobcaygeon. A popular stop for Loopers, Bobcaygeon has many things boaters are looking for while cruising the TSW. We looked forward to visiting this town with the kids.

The last time we were in Bobcaygeon was when we cruised from Orillia, Ontario, on the TSW to Montreal, on the Rideau Canal.

After we went through the lock wall, we secured a spot on the park side of the lock.

I tried to do some girly stuff with Hadley during our trip, so the morning after we arrived, we took a few moments to attend to our nails.

We gave the kids specific daily chores. Silas’s task was to clean the floor and Hadley’s was getting the garbage ready to take out.

We had a few meals on this picnic table during our 3-day stay in Bobcaygeon. It’s incredible how, when boating, things become very simplistic. Without the multiple distractions of everyday life, the ones we find on land. When boating, we have to focus on following a lifestyle and routine that concentrates on the immediate tasks at hand to get through our cruise on the TSW canal system.

After A While, the Routine Becomes Very Obvious.
Getting up in the morning, we rearrange the boat back to daytime configurations. We must put all the bedding away and reposition the table so meals and activities can begin. Personal hygiene and clothes management can be a struggle, but we usually sorted that out before or just after breakfast. Provisioning, preparations, and clean-up for meals, for four, alone take up much of my day. Thankfully, Jim would keep the kids off the boat and busy on shore while I prepared meals in the cabin.

Exercise and Activity…
I would also count exercise right up there with the other big daily regimens. Jim and I need a walk every day to keep us mobile. The kids need to run around and work off excess energy several times a day. Can’t imagine them being cooped up on a boat all day without somewhere to run around. This is one reason we chose the TSW for our grandkid’s trip. We knew firsthand that almost all the locks have park areas at or nearby the locks.

Thanks to the local grocery store, cupcakes were a special treat, especially for Hadley, she got to pick them out during our walk through town.

One thing we like about Bobcaygeon is the musical events they host in the park regularly. On one of our nights there, they had a special musical event for kids.

Good thing we brought some games. They were a good night-time activity, to wind down and end the day, for all of us.

Grandkids Cruise-Bobcaygeon