We had choices to make as there were Canada Day festivities all over the place. We decided it would be a nice day to spend by the water, so we headed to Brockville for Riverfest. It's been years since we've done that! We got to town just in time to see the parade. Honestly, it wasn't any bigger than the one they have in Merrickville, but at least it didn't have as many firetrucks in it. I took a photo of that one year, and managed to get I think the entire parade in just one frame of my camera. Kemptville has the best parade around these parts.
The Dock Dogs competition was at Riverfest today. I've never seen that before, and it was great fun. The dog owners throw something in the pool for the dogs to retrieve. The rules state that the object must float, be none edible and be retrievable. The dogs had all kinds of interesting toys to fit the bill. Some of the dogs had done this before, and knew the routine. Others had never done it before, and thought twice about going off the edge of the platform. That made things interesting as then the owners had to find a way to get the dog to jump into the water, without actually pushing or pulling them off the dock. Only one dog flat out refused. But later in the day, even that one figured out he was missing out on the fun, and jumped off the dock with no hesitation during the second round. There was a competition to see how far they could jump, another to see how high they could jump, and a third to see how fast they could retrieve something from the far end of the pool. A good time was had by all.....especially the dogs!
Other things we saw today were a karate demonstration put on by the Brockville Karate Club, various musical performances, and the Wildcat II, a boat that takes people for a wild and speedy ride....but it had some kind of problem and had to come back to shore. Too bad too as I really wanted to see how fast that thing could go.
There was an area for children that had such things as a petting zoo, a pony ride, facepainting. There was also an area there where the budding artists could make chalk drawings if they wanted to. Apparently it was not just the kids that were enjoying that. Too bad all this work will be washed away in the next rain.
We went for a lovely lunch of fish and chips at Buds On The Bay and then went back to the park for another walk around (to wear all that food off) before heading home.
This evening we went to watch the local firework display. I feel like I packed the whole weekend into just one day. I'll be happy to sit around and read for the rest of the weekend......or maybe just sleep. It was a really great Canada Day this year.
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