Jul 18th – It was a hot sunny day with
moderate winds. We left our Picton
anchorage and travelled 45 miles through 4 Trent Severn Locks and tied up to
the overnight wall at the top of Lock #4.
The current on the Trent Severn is very strong in a number of spots …
Like Captain Kirk I had to say … “Give me more power Scotty”! On the way we crossed paths with another
Tollycraft and travelled through the 4 locks with them … Burt and Karen on
“Almost Heaven”. We stopped together at
Lock 4 for the night and we got the chance to compare the 2 boats. Burt has done all kinds of work on his boat
and has given me some great ideas for jobs that need to be done on ours. I mentioned it was hot thus you probably
guessed that we had a few cold ones to lower our body temperature!
Jul 19th – It was
a hot day with a mix of sun/clouds and moderate winds. We left Lock 4 and headed 26 miles through 8
locks to Campbellford Ontario and stayed at Lock 13. The other Tollycraft stopped before us at the
Frankfort Lock to do some boat chores and get provisions from town. On our way we stopped at Lock 12 to walk to a
cool suspension bridge to check it out as well as walk along a riverside path
to town to grab some groceries.
Afterwards we moved the boat to Lock 13 since the construction noise
near Lock 12 was annoying. The weather
is getting better … knock on wood …! Are you kidding! ... I'm not touching those weeds ... You do it! |
Fort Henry in Kingston from the water |
The Kingston Penitentiary |
We stopped in at Crates in Bellville and said Hi to Ryan Crate |
Entering the Trent Severn Waterway (TSW) |
Turtles everywhere! |
You mean we still have 45 locks to go through! |
Two Tollycrafts docked for the evening |
The water is really flowing on the TSW |
A cool suspension bridge |
The water is flowing quickly ... Let's body surf! |
Did I take a wrong turn ... Yikes! |
When do you think you will be at Lake Simcoe. We were with you when you left, we would love to meet up with you and celebrate you crossing your own wake. We have travelled back with Dave and Michelle to make sure they had no problems with vibrations or balancing of new props. We are at Port of Orillia tonight (met up with Ron). We are going to spend the rest of our holidays around here, so let us know if you might want to meet up.
ReplyDeleteWe plan to move fairly quickly through the rest of the Trent system since my mom is not well. We're hoping to stop in Orillia for a few days before heading to Georgian Bay. We could be there by next weekend. It would be Exxxcellent to have you there to help us celebrate the crossing of our wake!
DeleteSorry to hear that you mom is not well. We'll talk again when you get closer and make plans. Ronnie wants to join us too.
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