City Lights

Today we planned on going to the Toronto Art Gallery but unfortunately, it is closed on Mondays! So I worked on the blog and John worked with a repairman in the Tiger Pit as the generator wouldn’t start when we tried to use it a couple of days ago. John discovered 4 liters of water had found its way into the engine and mixed with the oil. According to the knowledgeable serviceman, this was due to Cruisers incorrectly piping the generator exhaust out the boat. John is working with the dealer and Cruisers on the issue as this is really the first major issue we have experienced since our cruising began. Fortunately, we rarely need the generator as we always have power at the dock and don’t need AC when cruising, so the repair (likely replacement of the generator) can wait for the winter layup.

John had some catch up work to do and I went to a yoga class across the street from the harbor, then we headed up to Yorkville to the Windsor Arms to have tea. It was a beautiful sunny day and after tea, we walked and shopped in the big city and generally just dwelled. We had dinner at the CN Tower, a beautiful concrete communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto. It is the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, a signature icon of Toronto's skyline, and a symbol of Canada attracting more than two million international visitors annually. Its name "CN" originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The city lights below were a great sight and we had a nice dinner while the restaurant slowly turned to give us an ever changing view of the city.