Day 54-56 Little Current Holiday Weekend

This morning I wake up to what I think is the stereo,but soon realize the music is not from our speakers. I am surprised to see a man on shore singing away with his cup of Jo. I want to stay here even longer than planned.
After a heart breaking weather report  we have to leave Manitowaning due to weather change, were not sure if we'll get a dock, but we decided to pass through Little Current and give it a shot at the town docks. Private marina's are all full due to the Canadian Civic Holiday, but the town docks are first come first serve and we went through after a few boats had just left.  Lucky us! We are excited to see the activities planned for the weekend. Water ski shows, cardboard boat races, kid's games, car shows...too many things to mention.
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We were docked right next to the Fish and Chips/Ice Cream building and it turned out to be a prime people watching location.
It was kind of amazing that there are so many people that look like people you know. It was fun!
We see the sailboat Sabrina (Mel and Jan) there from our home port on Lake Erie.
We get our printer out and make some photo's for Two Turtles and two of the little dog on the boat docked next to us, Blue Max IV. What a good dog. And what a beautiful boat. It's a Marine Trader like ours, however it's back deck is covered. The galley is down which leaves space for a couple of comfortable chairs ( I am so jealous). So the trade off....  inside seating where we sit outside...and of course they have galley down which was never a favorite for us. Love the space it added, though. We enjoyed their company.
Dinner at The Anchor Inn was good as always.
Double checking the boat brings up an issue that Ron must solve under the boat. He tightened the nuts holding the starboard prop to the shaft. Also double checks the starter and the batteries from our bad start yesterday.
On our way back from the butcher shop, an old car parade went by. It was neat with a variety of older sports cars mostly. There a singers spread through the streets playing various types of music with tip hats, jars etc.

The next day we find ourselves walking the streets of downtown where vendors have set up booths. We buy some t-shirts and sheets and run them back to the boat before the parade starts. Cool small town parade is quite fun for me anyway. Ron could not help pretending he was part of the parade, since that is the only way he's gotten to a parade as an adult. Oh, all those summer parades we did are so distant.Talked to Lynda, Mom and Dad on Skype. It's always good to talk to home.
We cook on board in anticipation of a great parade of boats and fireworks. We were not disappointed.