It's been some time since I wrote a post to the blog. The reason being, we took a little trip home for an 80th Birthday. " Happy Birthday June" and to visit with Jered, Amanda and of course Wyatt! We left July 18th and returned to the boat on July 27th. A few days longer than planned because yours truly needed to go to the the doctors because of an issue with bursitis in the hip that actually started on the Sunday before we left for home. It's not better yet but hopefully time will heal. Not sure if I like this getting older thing?
On Sunday July 29th, we broke a Cardinal Looper Rule, "DO NOT TRAVEL ON A WEEKEND", but off we went and did we ever encounter heavy boat traffic along the way to the Big Chute. Lots of boats make for very busy locks and very slow going. 7 hours to go 28 miles with only 2 locks. In the past when we locked through on a weekday we were by ourselves in the lock or maybe one or two other boats. Today the lock master packed the lock with as many boats and jet-skis as possible. The plus side was it was a beautiful day and lots to look at. In fact is was nice to be back on the boat and moving again.
In the bottom photo, you can see that it is just a big cement box. This was one of the last locks to be built and Canada was running out of money because of the war.
Our destination is Big Chute Marina and after 7 hours it was nice to tie up and shut the boat down. This marina is the last marina before entering the Big Chute. The evening and setting was beautiful as we dined on the aft-deck with yet another spectacular view! We are now almost to the end of the Trent-Severn Waterway. The Big Chute and one lock after that.
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