Today was a long day, too long. We traveled 31 miles & went through 12 locks. Compared to the locks on the Erie & Oswego Canals, these locks are small & very slow. The lock operators have to manually open & close the lock doors. All the lock operators are extremely friendly, and always stop by the boat to chat. Locks 11 & 12 were combined into a double lock, it was quite impressive. We had 2 other boats in the lock with us the whole day. The last guy in the lock had trouble controlling his boat, so we had to wait for him to get situated at every lock. All along the canal there is lush greenery. All the homes and the surrounding property are kept in pristine condition.
We stopped in the town of Cambellford. We plan on staying put for a few days.
7/12/14
Since Al's project with the couch came out so well, he decided to take on another one. We had installed a new washer/dryer which works great, but we didn't like the way we had it vented. Al came up with the idea of running the dryer vent through the engine room & then to let it vent to the outside through the engine vent. He took off on his bike to gather parts. Luckily Canadian Tire is right down the block. They sell everything that a hardware store would, plus groceries & tires. With all the supplies he needed, he only had to hang upside down in the bilge to run the dryer vent where he wanted, but it works great.
Waiting on the wall for lock 1 to open. Canadians are never in a rush.
Lock operator gets a real workout manually opening the lock
Narrow waterways
Turbulence before the lock opens
Giant Trent Severn spider
Water cascades down the lock wall. With 3 boats in the lock, we were right up against the front wall.
Combination lock & swing bridge
Locks 11&12, double lock. See the boat sitting at the top of the lock.
Looking up from the bottom of the double lock
Art in the park
Al running the new dryer vent
Suspension bridge over the Trent River
Ranney Falls
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